Love the hoverfly shot, the DOF and colours are just perfect to my eyes. Agree with Pentaxophile that you could crop off some of the right hand side. It's a beaut!

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Thanks all for the comments. I was very taken with the Gorillapod. It only really works with a pretty lightweight lens but I think it'll be getting a fair bit more use - especially with the DA Ltds...

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What a great set. The Kingfisher pics are really pretty special to my mind - sharp, well composed and good DOF. Well worth the effort I would say. Of the wide angles, numbers 6 and 7 look like something from the American west. They have a great feel to them.

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Great shots through this thread. The initial one of Shaun Ryder I think is very cool! it has a 'feel' to it I think from the graininess compared with the mirror-smooth of the sunglasses. Being a popstar probably helps too... and I like your 'Orson Welles' shot as well - Have been playing at trying to get similar shots myself earlier this year. Top fun!

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Wow that is very cool! excellent focus and brilliant details. What set up did you use?

(I have to say as well that I think the Pentax Q is growing on me...)

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Hello all. This week I was quite taken with a passage/tunnel which passes under Waterloo station in London. It is a pretty dank and murky place (filthy in fact). However, it has been given over to Graffiti artists and so the place is full of it. I tried initially to get some pics with the Sigma 10-20 hand-held at ISO1600, but the results were all a bit noisy (pushing my K-7 a little) so I went back with a Gorillapod and the Pentax 10-17...

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I used Topaz adjust to give a sort of HDR quality to these, and the exposures were a struggle as the areas of light are fantastically bright against the general darkness of the tunnel, which I was trying to generally lift so as to actually show the graffiti... I would be interested in any C&C people have.

Have a good weekend everyone

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I always find there are so many different tastes to mono pictures. I think I prefer the first as the second looks a little too light to my eyes/monitor. Overall though I wonder if the pic needs a little more contrast. Not sure what post-processing application you use but if you have photoshop or elements, I would have a go with the 'levels' tool or with curves to try and boost the contrast a little, or you could use the contrast/brightness controls. Just my view though

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The cat for me too - a real cracker, great expression and a bit of a cutie. Shame about his ears though. I rather like number 6, although I wonder whether a little more PP might make it 'pop' a little more? Impressive close up of the dragonfly as well. Nice work

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I agree with you on the 55-300. It's a cracking lens for the price. Lightweight too. I very much like number 1 - good compo/pose and nice to catch him with a bug in his bill. I like the way the pink pops in number 8 as well - did you use a little flash on that one? Nice set

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Mine is an Amur Leopard from the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent. A rare and beautiful cat (i.e. not like me at all). It is a picture I rather like and when I joined the forum I had not long had a Pentax DSLR and so this was one of the few pics I had taken with it! so I thought why not...