Hi Mate,

I was at an out door food thingy and this was the pan they cooked the spetzl in (I think thats what its called) Doughy stuff you get with a Goulash. The Goulash its self was all up front in those heated trays like school dinners used to be in.

Regards
PaulM

Hi All,

bugger I missed the comp this week buy 15 mins after I had taken this shot specifically for it. So rather than loose it to the photo tomb that I have I posted it here to see what you all think




All C&C's welcome

Regards
PaulM

I really like those shots mate,

I like the individual shots more than the group ones (but thats just my personal preference)

Is that a honda NC30 I see in picture 6 thats being push along ?
Very good panning skills to, I like the effect of the blurred ambulance in there as well.

Did you get to stand in a good place or are you using a long lens? or is it a mixture of both

Well done mate

Regards
PaulM

[not to self, too much red wine makes you forget things]

Yes hefty your completely correct, I did get an MX and I have just run my first film through it with some good results, I can't believe I forgot to put it in here !

Here it is



Hows your MX parts collection going ? have you got to build a second one yet?

Regards
PaulM

Hi All,

I have finall got all of my bodies of storage and the various boxes they were in so before I put them back in to the cupboard I took a few pics with the wifes Camcorder

This is the first one I ever got and was given to me by my dad. The winder I bought afterwards and it came with all its original packing and an unmarked instruction booklet



This is the second it was an ebay bargin and was bought purely for parts incase the above ME-Super died, came with the Hoya lens attached to it



This was the third, bought as a mistake cause I was looking for a Super-A. Another ebay bargin but not quite as shiney in the flesh as it was in the pic, but it works well and is clean on the inside.



This is the last (so far) a It came all the way from Canada, and whilst still from ebay, not quite a bargin, but it was very clean and tidy and came with a pentax leather case. Shown here with the power winder thats just started to play up on the side button, so I will ned to have a look at it shortly



I do admit that I need a few more pentax (or any for that matter) lenses and then I would like to get a good newer style AF Pentax, but I dont know enough about them yet to choose one and of couse I would also like a digital.

Two other cameras I have (although not Pentaxs') are a Contax MD137 with a very nice 28-200 lens and the std 50 (also a gift from my Dad.)

but compared to all of the Pentaxs' its very heavy even when compared to the Super-A with the power winder on (and all its batterys!)

And for the occasional dabble in to medium format I have a Bronica S2A


Which I was given by a company I used to work for because they knew I liked photography and they where just going to throw it away !!

Regards
PaulM

Those ant pics are excellent,

I take my hat of to both of you, I tried to do the same and just ran out of patience and ended up taking pictures of bees instead, they were a bit easier and stayed still a bit longer

I might have to give it another go now

Regards
PaulM

FatherTed,

I got my inspiration from this thread in the digital forum. If you have a computer and a copy of Photoshop (and probably any other photo editing program) you should be able to do it.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7125

Malo1961,
Thanks for the advice, I tried it with the one below




Is that any better? I think I may have over tweak the red a bit though

Regards
PaulM

Hi All,

Not sure what its called but I saw a couple of these on here before and I liked the effect, so here is my first attempt.
(the mask is a bit wobbly but I was doing it with the touch pad on the laptop)




C&Cs welcome

Regards
PaulM

Hi All,

I finally have got my net access back up so I thought I had better post a pic




Still not quite right on the exposure (I think it 20 secs)
Pentax Super A, 400mm at f6.3 on a 400ASA film possibly (kodax)

any advice on how to improve welcome, I look at this veiw every night but I cant seem to catch it on film

Regards
PaulM

I like nos 2 & 3 but for some reason 1 just looks a little flat too me (its still a good picture though). I think its because the other 2 have a perspective depth , whilst no1 is a straight on picture.

Good set though.

Regards
PaulM