OK, but what are the CA auto or default settings on your RAW converter? I'd expect some CA to occur on this subject for many lenses. Camera correction settings will not have any effect unless you shoot JPEGs, or use Pentax Camera Digital Utility.

Use the ground and water of No 4, then take the sky of No 1 and blend them with PS layers - that would look best I think.

I'd also suggest checking if there is any Chromatic Abberation correction activated, whether on the camera (if JPEGs) or in your software (maybe an auto / default setting) - it looks like some fine edge de-saturation has occured, a bit like a CA correction after-effect. Try and switch off any of this and re-process to check the edges again.

And what are the crop magnifications? It really doesn't look like something that would be significant at normal sizes. In any case, this sort of well defined edge blurring is preferable to blurring across the whole surface of the object.

Umm, a nice picture of 3 pieces of fruit? Seem to be about it ... oh, was it taken with a new DA 560mm from the building across the road?

No, I think seeing those photographers below was nothing more than a fleeting, transient distraction in this cats life - I don't believe it appreciated the significance of what was happening at all.

Lets hope we don't need 6 pages of histograms and 200% crop comparisons to back you up I have also found the auto-align (on the K7)very good, and have been able to prop the camera on a seat in low-light and get good results, so yes, its is a very practical and versatile 'get out of jail card'.

Do you really use 7 shots for Photmatix work? I find 5 is plenty, and the camera auto-bracket feature makes an easy job of it.

I think it would be ... maybe some savants can help us out


Then I would be at an advantage - he wouldn't be able to use the DA10-17, but the Samyang 14mm would work just fine I might not share it though

Yes, it works and the camera HDR generates a nice result. You have to have the camera stable of course, because it takes 3 actual seperate 'frames', although I believe the mirror remains up throughout as it sounds like only the shutter re-cycling. John how did you keep the camera steady there?

And also, surely we are going to be told that HDR is not necessary here with a K5 and its DR capabilities? Just expose for the windows and use some massive shadow correction.