I am liking no 4

Thanks folks. The low sunlight really helps bringing out the colours reflected in the water.

Great weather for it. What is the car at the back of the second picture? McLaren ?

Heather Farm is a wetlands centre on Horsell Common, Surrey. It was not very busy tonight but a Coot and some Canada Geese posed for me.

K1 + DFA 150-450 (and a lot of cropping)

Nice set as usual, but 1 and 13 are super dooper.

I don't normally go for IR photos but these are beautiful

Indeed Bill, 1986 it was released

Yes John that's right. There are click stops at 2.2/2.8/4/5.6 but a lot of travel between each stop so it is like a completely variable aperture in that range. The focus ring is closest to the camera, and the aperture ring is much more prominent at the front of the lens. As it stops down in real time (no aperture linkage) you can assess the softness of the image as you compose. It also means you can use it in Av mode on a modern DSLR.

I know the effect can be replicated with software these days, but it is fun to use this old lens.

Portrait of the hound with the Pentax "K" 85mm 2.2 SOFT lens wide open. Soft or what !!

You did very well considering challenging lighting. Magnificent creatures.