Matt, they are some great shots! I love that part of the world and have to agree with others that they look pretty sharp. Think my favourite is number 6, although that's just my personal choice and they are all very good. Nice close up of the peacock (was that taken at Brownsea Island? I recall there were loads of Peacocks wandering around the beaches there...)

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Thanks everyone

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Wow - really stunning pictures! I especially like the third one. Amazing

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They're great shots - looks like a lovely day (can't believe it's nearly November!). I especially like the second - I think because of the bright colours of the sail against the almost black and white/silhouette in the rest of the picture. Top stuff!

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It was a beautiful morning today and in particular there were a good few herons squawking around pen ponds in Richmond where I was out for a bit of a ramble. Here's a few shots I managed to capture. Very strange looking birds... almost like little dinosaurs, but with fantastic plumage which seems to look blue in some light and grey in others. Anyway, here's the first I saw:




He soon hopped off to the wooden island in the pond, making a not-too-elegant landing, although there are some interesting pointers to the aerodynamics over the top of the heron's wings in this shot (apologies - I am an aero-engineer by background :shock




The Heron then stood here for a bit, scaring away the gulls:




Before exploring the edges of the pond. I like this one as it looks as if there's a sunbeam landing on the heron's head:




A little later, I caught this shot as well which I am quite pleased with although it's a little noisy:




Hope you like these, any C&C welcome as ever

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Great picture! and a great project idea... There's so much being built around London all the time, and now especially with the Olympics on the way. Looking forward to seeing more.

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Wonderful pictures Martin. I especially love the picture of the beach (third one above). You have captured that effect with the waves of sand perfectly!

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I really love the DA 40mm prime and use it a lot as a general 'walkaround' lens... It seems to stay on the camera pretty much when I am taking holiday snaps..., and it is so small that when it's on the camera I can squeeze the whole lot easily into a small bag full of other stuff... At the other end of the scale the DA* 300mm is fantastic for bird/animal shots... Like greytop says, it just depends what you want really. I just got the DFA 100mm and am looking forward to having a play with it in the morning (if it stops raining...)

Agree with Hefty - Watermelon for No 1,

No 5 looks like a serrated cutter for cling film or similar (???)

No 3 looks like a bleed valve (???)



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What a great idea for a post!!! I have no idea what any of them are so will look around my house for inspiration...