I also generally get outdoor photography and black and White photography, especially liking the latter. I've bought just about all the available mags in the past but these are the only two which have stuck for me.

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Lovely shots - I had a browse on flickr too - very cool. Like trickletreat I rather like number 3 the most with the Palace receding and just a hint of the bridge.

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Thanks again all, much appreciated comments. Iuvenis - I saw your pics of London fog and enjoyed them very much, I think the pic here of the trees in Richmond park was taken on the same morning. Danny - I think the first three shots here were taken on one of the days you went to Richmond Park, from memory, although I think I might have been there a little earlier than you. I remember a few days later as well it was REALLY foggy!

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Wow, these are great. I especially like numbers 3 and 4, and think either would look very cool in black and white - given the same treatment you have (very successfully) for number 2

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Thanks very much everyone for such kind comments... Aliengrove, I shall have a go at a mon conversion of the first one

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Hello all, It seems like I get less and less time for posting these days, but here is a handful which have a common general theme of mist, fog, or general murk - which there has been plenty of around my neck of the woods over the last few weeks. It looks as if the winter is upon us...

1. Going back a few weeks to the rut in Richmond Park, this young stag had a bank of low cloud behind him! (this with the DA* 50-135)



2. Later on, as the mist was thinning, I saw these two from some distance... (This I think with the Sigma 100-300 + 1.4x TC)



3. and as the sun properly came up, the last of the moisture was caught in these rays (This with the Sigma 100-300 + 1.4x TC)



4. A cold and foggy morning at Richmond Bridge (This, I think, with the DA15)



5. A foggy morning in the park (this was taken on my first time out with my new K-5, and I think the DA* 16-50...)



6. The London eye disappears! (This with the DA40)



7. A London scene (also the DA40)



I hope you like these. The first four were with the K-7, the last three the K-5, and a variety of lenses, which I have included from memory (although I could be wrong). The K-5 (although it has been said a lot before) has been a revelation from a high ISO point of view and I am glad to have been able to get one as the days get darker! As ever, any C&C is welcome. More on flickr if anyone wants to see. After a number of weeks I am finally (almost) up to date with my backlog of PP...

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Gosh yes that's rather lovely

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Thanks for the link - an interesting article I thought; I wasn't surprised by any of the points made but it is nice to see them all laid out in the article. Thank you Pentax for giving a mechanism to offset at least some of this with the ability to adjust autofocus for individual lenses (on the K7 and K5 to my knowledge).

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I am not sure which is best from LED or tube light. However, I use a sigma ring flash with no problems so there are alternatives to Pentax - when I was looking for a ringflash the sigma was certainly much cheaper than the Pentax. I cannot compare the quality of the two, however, as I have not used the Pentax one. One thing I would say is that the Sigma has two 'semi-circles' of light rather than a 'true' ring. Not sure about the Pentax one.

That said, I also find you can get decent results with a standard flashgun, with the power wound down, on a short remote cable held close to the end of the lens, or triggered wirelessly from the onboard flash. I know some people even get fantastically good results using a modified pringles tube or loo-roll to channel the light from the onboard flash, so there are all sorts of options for macro flash.

Not sure whether that is helpful or not

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Wow nice one Danny, this lens is pretty legendary I believe...

PS - can't wait to see some shots with it. I am very sorely tempted by your DA* 55 but I just gave my LBA fund to SRS in return for a K5