A good lens is a good lens and should stand the test of time. In the M series the 20mm f4; 28mm f3.5; 50mm f1.7; 85mm f2 to name a few are very well regarded.

One thing that has changed over the years is coatings so a hood is a must.

I missed all this excitement. Not jealous at all

Good luck to you all

I like becalmed a lot. The almost monochrome effect,and the way the little boat and the bouy lead the eye to the larger boat make it for me.

Nice pictures and lovely dogs.

I am sure you will love this lens.

Peter

I like the first one. It has a forboding air to it, I feel. Although the focus is on the dandilion head, my eye is drawn into the back of the photo...wondering what is there.

My feeling was that they might be a bit "busy" too.

Unfortunately I was restricted on the angle I could get, as the cars were in a roped off area. I would have liked to get more of a side on angle on both which I think would have been better, and a closer crop would have then had more impact.

I did try some closer crops with these but felt I wanted to show enough detail so they were not complete abstracts.

This photography lark is difficult sometimes !

Thanks for the comments.

Nice shots John. I remember a very enjoyable day there myself.

I grabbed these at Leonardslee Gardens recently. I like the warm colours of the first and the contrast between red and black in the second. Be interested on your thoughts.

K10D DA* 16-50 Both shot at f5.6

I like the second one.....very moody... very Bladerunner

Great expressions.