It reminds me of a scene from the movie, "The Others", when we see a photo from the "Book of the Dead" !

You certainly have developed a fine technique for close up accurate focusing, and yes, Rob's right .....for me I think even the slightest rocking back and fourth, or tiniest bit of QuickShift, to fine tune the focus would have every little critter hopping or buzzing right out of sight!

That's a good one Will l, I think you may have pointed me to it a good few years ago and I'm still using it ....(so thanks again!). All the key PhotoShop tools needed, 16bit layers etc, and totally free! I actually use Sagelight for my RAW working, then Save As a Tiff for finishing work in CS2.

No, it's not a batch or bulk processing workflow, but for hobbiests it's plenty. It may be that those needing batch tools and professional grade image management will have to look to paid for software, but for the rest of us it's amazing how much can he achieved for free ...I don't think someone using the latest version of CC will necessarily be able to produce better looking processed images than me, at least with the basic types of adjustment tools.

The camera will fully operate without it.

Instead of being hellbent on one particular course, why not tell us exactly what you need the software for, or want to achieve with it. There will be plenty of other free alternatives.

Also read my last post about PDCU ... You are not looking for Silkypix.

I think the software that was supplied with that model was Pentax Digital Camera Utility, version 4 or 5 . But later versions should also open the files, both PEF and DNGs.

There is a method of installing the software from the download from the Ricoh website that involves renaming an SD card so that it appears to the OS as a CD. I am sure someone will remember a link and post it here .....

Thanks all Much appreciated. Philip, I think despite dialling in some cooling to the Flash WB preset I seem to have been picking up some warm reflected colour cast, especially on the shadow side. It might have come from the walls or table covering. I'll re-process it, and bear it in mind with some others from the shoot..... hopefully I can reduce it further.

You show it how it should be done, yet again!. Great panning action and sense of action. I especially like the effects in Nos 5 & 6.

Well it is a rather monochrome kind of spring we're having so far! The flowers don't seem to know whether they're coming or going, and I imagine its been hard to extract much colour from all the the gloom for many landscape photographers. In your set here Philip you faced dull skies and the cool greys of stone. Not easy at all!

I wonder, does switching to the "overcast" white balance setting and boosting yellows and oranges bring any hope for worthwhile colour images in these circumstances or is it a bit futile .....?

It's interesting you chose the little 18-55 " retractable" .... Did you expect to need the extra width over your 20-40 ? It's obviously a handy little lens. I think when pixel peeping I can see a reduction in clarity compared to what I've seen in similar shots you've taken with the 20-40, but they all look good at normal viewing distance

Nothing wrong with a bit of pendantry, especially when talking about technical products like this.

I've noticed a tendency to divide things into two main categories .... Hotshoe battery types with a small enclosed head("flashes. Flashguns, speedlites") and bare bulb rechargable or mains powered types with accessory options for the head ("strobes. Studio strobes, Studio lights").
I suppose in fact they are both really flashes, in that the light comes out "in a flash" .

A rare chance to grab a few portraits today ...... here's one, easily set up with our youngest (and last!) on the table. Lit with on-camera flash only, bounced from the side wall and flagged.

K7, D-FA 28-105mm, AF-540FGZII - F9.5, ISO200, 1/180th, P-TTL with -0.3 compensation