That first one is great! Nice set.

Given we're always b*tching about the tat that does make it onto PPG, it's very brave of people to post their rejections

Aliengrove's abstract would have got my vote for sure, though! I am guessing people aren't looking closely enough to realist it's not digitally manipulated.

What is PPG for anyway?

I've uploaded shots to it for the satisfaction of having my own little gallery, but apart from voting, I can't say I spend much time looking at the pictures.

Damn things so slow and hard to navigate I wonder if anyone else does too!

If Pentax want a high-end online gallery to show what their kit can do, perhaps they ought to hunt down good images from Flickr and then offer the photographers a 'Premiere Collection' gallery on PPG.

Or they could update their Pentaxian site with some more photographers using newer kit than the K10D!

On your third JD then Baz?

Wish I had some alcohol in the house...

Me too. They remind me of Devo! I fear it will be a case of pearls before swine though.

Can I mention one of my pet peeves? Some people are so phobic about burnt highlights that they go overboard with overexposed shots in PP, pushing the recovery slider so far over to the right that anything white in the photo goes a solid grey.

White clouds are not inappropriate - that's actually how they tend to look!

Another 'No' from me. It's far from ideal, but sometimes you have to compromise - blown highlights or unacceptably dark shadow areas... the shot's interesting enough to overlook technical imperfection, IMO.

I'd go with the Tamron unless weather sealing is an absolute must! The IQ of the Tamron more than gives the 16-50mm a run for its money and it's much cheaper and smaller. (It's shorter and only slightly wider than the 16-45mm for example).

OTOH the extra 1mm really makes a difference!

But you already have a fairly fast and pretty good lens in the 17-70mm. I'm not sure I'd be feeling a particularly strong urge to upgrade if I was you, especially if it means sacrificing the 50-70mm range...

I really like the first one, it really pops out and the setting complete with leaning gravestone is very nice.

Having a discussion in a classified thread? tut tut!

Pawel, I note K100d knock-off grips are still available on ebay for c£30... It is a shame your client is so blinkered but hey.

Alternatively you could consider renting a K5 from SRS

Put one in an ants nest and the formic acid turns it pink

I have noticed that the colour of bluebells seems particularly hard to record faithfully.