Thank you all for your kind comments! Most of them were post processed in camera! Its something that has further cemented my allegiance to Pentax if anything.

Nice shots, especially of that cheeky squirrel!

What with the news on Flickr bleeding users to Google+ en masse (with many big name photographers on the site posting regularly), I've been joining the Photowalks London to meet others who like photography.

Last Saturday, there was a short walk around Battersea Park, ended up at the pub in front of one of the entrances near Albert Bridge, talked about various stuff, then continued on to catch snaps of the sunset. A great day!

Here are some photos from the walk:

Leaves on the Stairs



The Shed



On the Hill



Albert Bridge (HDR shot, look at that lady!)



Ze Building (quite proud of this one, handheld 5 exposure HDR!)



Obligatory Leaf Shot



The Pub



Silhouettes



Building One (missed the plane! Grr!)



Building Two



Building Three



The Sunset



...and my favourite of the day:

The Moon



Those who would like to meet some cool and friendly people are recommended to join in on the fun!

Well to be honest, I just want another Pentaxian there. It's just me and my friend who use Pentax, us with our K5's LOL.

Thanks for looking, and hope to see you on one of the walks sometime (next week Thu & Fri both evening photowalks)!

(if anyone was hesitating on jumping on to Google+ and would like to ask questions, please feel free to drop me a line via PM, I'm happy to help!)

You could argue that you initially wanted the 31LTD for (mention price) but you'd be willing to "try" this one out first.

I have one and it's the easily one of my favourites.

We all know better.

You could actually use this story for some multilevel marketing initiative!

Well done! Thanks for sharing this story, will pass the message to other people who might find this service useful.

Welcome to the forum! We look forward to your (underwater) photos!

Thanks for the warm comments, and YES! What a bargain it is!

Bought one of the 50 1.7's in CEX for £20. I'm also still waiting for the pull order regarding the "F" 1.7 which may or may not turn out to be an F lens as they do not distinguish the models of Pentax lenses properly there (a friend purchased a DAL 55-300 for only £115.xx, and was sent a DA 55-300!).

The following photos are from a very good copy (albeit it looks like it's been through a LOT of use!) of the SMC Pentax-M 50mm 1.7 lens. I can highly recommend the lens, especially when you can buy it so cheaply! Photos as follows:































All post-processing were done via Snapseed on an iPad.

Thank you for looking.