More likely the day had worn on a bit and I had not adjusted for ambient light !

I am very happy with the results using the flash/diffuser and ambient light. I can't believe I have been taking pictures for so long and never got round to understanding how to use flash effectively.

Great set , thanks for sharing.

Hi Nigel

I have been experimenting with outdoor daylight flash and have been using a Gary Fong collapsible diffuser. (I had never heard of him until I read your flash guide, so thanks yet again). With my "furrier" models I now get vibrant outdoor pictures. So far just been using manual exposure for the ambient light and P-TTL for the flash.

Yes that is good advice. Be gentle with the blower and test your efforts by taking a picture of a blue sky at smallest aperture possible eg f22 focussed at infinity. You should be able to see the dust spec (or not) on the camera lcd screen.

Don't be put off changing lenses though. My k10 which I had for 10 years ended up with a few stubborn specs in the viewfinder, presumably stuck behind the focus screen (which i advise you not to try and clean...blow only). But they will never affect the image, which is the important part.

Do what I do and open another bottle of wine !!

Errr...the mirror is not going to affect his image.

Get yourself a Giotto rocket blower. Blow out the mirror box first. Then expose the sensor and use the blower on that. i picked up a big dust bunny yesterday. Gone with a few puffs of the blower.

He was about 30 when he lived for a short while in Woking, and i am guessing the sculptor (who is local) and the council who commissioned it wanted to portray him at that age.

A new statue of HG Wells now resides in Woking town centre. Pentax K1 + DFA 24-70

and probably the most difficult subject to get correct exposure for.

Very nice.