Its a weeping polypore (a fungus). A real beauty too!

Quite a few of these are soft Andrew - in a couple of cases it looks like a little bit of camera shake.

However the I find Ring and Scab very appealing. In fact I would have Ring on my wall - the balance of the uncluttered composition, the shadow play, and the textures are outstanding IMHO.

I see! Oh well, we all make mistakes!!

The Archers... now that is offensive!

Who are you quoting there Robbie? I can't understand where you're coming from.

Also, don't discount the K-r - not a patch on the K7 build wise and lacks 'pro' features, but the performance is on a par with the K7 if not better, and it has much better high ISO noise. Whatever you decide, I hope you'll enjoy being with Pentax.

I don't think you could really say Mowog had 'poor communication skills,' though! Quite the reverse.

I think the K-5 probably is worth the extra £400, but if you can only afford the K-7, go for it.

Interesting article: alphamountworld.com/photography-articles/pentax-k7-vs-sony-a700-comparison

Imagine the outrage if someone posted a similar off-brand comparison on here!

You lucky people who have retired in your 60s! You're probably the last generation to have that luxury, not that I begrudge it you

The forum has a 'no offensive language' rule, simple as that - we might disagree as to what's offensive, and sometimes a word is innocuous in one context, and deemed offensive in another, but the mods have to draw the line somewhere I guess. To err is human, to blow it up out of all proportion when we are pulled up on something is just causing unnecessary aggro.

But as to kids on the internet... they're going to hear a lot worse language in the playground, and see much more offensive talk/images elsewhere online than the very occasional 'expletive,' buried within a post which has very little interest to anyone who isn't involved in the banter itself, on this site.