I believe the sigma 180mm macro is discontinued (recently - this year), but it's worth keeping an eye on dealers' second hand pages and ebay as they crop up now and then... more than the 200mm pentax does (think I've only ever seen 1 for sale). I believe sigma have a new 150mm macro lens on the stocks but I don't know if it will be made in Pentax K mount.

I have also used my pentax DFA 100mm macro with a 2x teleconverter, and the results are passable for the most part.

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Hello Russ. I reckon the last pic in this set could be a bit of a cracker! I like the way the pier heads away into the mist and disappears, whilst there is a bit of darker structure in the foreground, with some groovy looking reflections. My suggestion would be to straighten it, up the contrast and the brightness, and then tweak with levels or curves to taste. Might look cool in black and white as well - definitely worth a bit of playing with I think!

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Hello cameraboy. It is probably the case that you can only upload one picture per day to the Gallery on-site. It has been the case that all site members can upload one picture per day to the Gallery, but that those who also subscribed to the quarterly magazine could upload more. Now that the quarterly magazine is no more I am uncertain whether these rules still apply but my guess would be that you can upload only one picture per day to the gallery.

If you wish to share more, or open up discussion threads based on your pics (which I am sure members here would love to see), then you can post more pictures into a thread (or threads) which you can initiate on the forum, although the mechanics of doing that are slightly different (instructions can be found on the forum).

Hope that helps

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These are great! Padlock is my pick. Really top stuff though

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Love those frosty landscapes - really great set as Gareth says. I think the first is the pick as well although maybe it could take a smidge of lighening?... or maybe it's my monitor. minor point though. I also like all the duck frozen out of their pond (although maybe that's just because I rather like ducks!?)

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I reckon these look great in colour - and I especially like the first and the last - all that crazy flaking rust! great stuff

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Wow, only a year!? I always look forward to seeing your pics, and I can generally pick them out from the Gallery thumbnails as well. Let's hope 2011 is a good'un!

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What a cool link! the photo waistcoat looks (ahem) timeless... My first camera was a choccy bar style Halina which retracted at one end (it's at the bottom of the page of them in the catalogue) - I think I still have it somewhere. I probably got it for christmas in 1985 thinking about it. I remember I also used to REALLY want an Olympus XA2/A11. Ah, sweet nostalgia....

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PM Sent re: Giottos head

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Hello Chele. I agree with Stuart. The filter I use the most is a polariser. I also have a couple of Neutral Density graduated filters, although often forget to carry them with me (:! so they get less use, I also have a couple of UV filters but only really use them as 'lens protection' if I am down by the sea or something where I am likely to get splashed with seawater or similar - however for the vast majority of the time I just use the lans 'as is' and most adjustments, if necessary, can be made in photoshop afterwards. The polariser's effect and the ND grad are the most tricky to do in PP hence the filters

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