Hello all. I thought I might post a handful of pics from the Isabella plantation. This is a woodland garden contained within Richmond Park which is full of all sorts of goodies. Lots of azaleas and rhododendrons and plenty of trees. This time of year the garden is full of colour and soon it'll be full (I expect) of bugs! I often have a wander through on a sunday morning when I am out in the park for my morning constitutional and here are a few shots from the last couple of weeks...
















(apologies, I can never resist a duck! - this one in the reflected azaleas around a small (dim) still pond)



All were taken with the K-7, the first couple with the 10-17 Fisheye (up very close, and with a little flash), the third with the DA21 and the rest with the DA*200. Any C&C welcome as ever. I was experimenting a bit with the PP on the first so I would be interested in any thoughts people might have on that.

Best Regards

I have recently acquired a 10-17 Fishy and I really like it, although I do find that you can get a fair bit of purple fringing where there are areas of contrast nearer the edges. Can be got rid of pretty straightforwardly in PP, but definitely something to watch out for when procssing

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Wow you had an inspirational day! these shots are great. I like all of them although the first (which there are now three or four versions of here) is a gem! I like your last version of it although I might be inclined to try and add a bit more at the top above the window to give a bit more (dark) space above it.

Great stuff

Good to see these John, nicely captured. I have seen a ton of butterflies this year already it seems (although only managed to get a single pic) and spotted a single damsel fly last week. Early I think, as you say. Hopefully the weather will last!

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Nice shot Rob. Both in fact. The sabre looks very cool viewed larger on flickr. What a cool aircraft!

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First for me too - a proper corker! but a good set all round, with great lighting/exposures. Well taken

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Beautiful glass in these shots, and well taken. There's true artistry in those windows.

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That is a set of stunners - and the backgrounds in the last five are very cool to my mind. Really top results

Nice one

Nice set. Good to see some medium format film pics here as well. How do you find it carrying the 645 around? - is it a big lump? Of these I think I rather like 'To infinity and Beyond' the best. You have produced a great feeling of depth/distance and the sky contrasting with the yellow flowers in the field looks great.

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Nice shot. Great DOF and great sharpness in all the right places on the owl - top stuff

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