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I shall keep you informed...........

Thanks for all the comments and edits

For those of you that want to play with the original RAW file, to see if you can do better than me, you should be able to download it from here: link.

Gravelrash, the actual point of the photo was to capture the Land Rover against the british countryside. Without it I wouldn't have stopped

It's funny that many of my friends (Land Rover fans) have been very complimentary about the image. It just goes to show that we all see things in a different way.

A wider view, taken a few seconds later gives this:


Which adds some context to the tyre tracks and makes it even more attractive to Land Rover fans

Nigel. I brought down the higlights, added a grad filter and desaturated . I also increased the clarity and brought up the shadows.

David the dynamic range was wide and so, as Nigel said, the best bet would have been an ND grad or bracketed shots merged in PP. Unfortunately I had the camera and one lens, we were tired, had a 4 hour drive ahead of us and my family were waiting in the car

gwing and MrB nice efforts now you can play with the RAW file if you like

Still planning to go semi-pro eventually I'm slowly honing my skills and building a portfolio. So when we had to babysit our oldest grandchildren for a few days I set up the studio, in the dining room, and got them to pose for me.

Setup was;
Lastolite pop-up background with white train (stretched better than last time)
2 x Elinchrom D-Lite 4 with 60cm softboxes (covers removed) pointed at the background.
1 x Elinchrom D-Lite One with 60 x 90 softbox above, behind and to the left of camera.
K5iis, DA* 16-50, ISO 80, 1/125 @ f8. Metered using a Sekonic L-308S.

PP carried out in LR4 and PSE12. Perhaps I have 'softened' them too much?

I realise that I have forgotten the advice given by Gary in my earlier thread (link and cropped them too closely. I promise to pay more attention this time, honest.

All C&C very welcome and, once again, apply the 'acid test' i.e. would you buy these if they were your family?

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7. For this one the black train was used (obviously) with one D-Lite 4 to camera left set at f8, as the key light, and one behind the camera, high and bounced to give a fill light set at f5.6. Camera settings were unchanged.

I went to the Indoor 4X4 Show at Donington Park last weekend and, as I was driving out, I saw this view and just had to park up, trudge and slide across the soggy field and capture it.


K5ii(s) + DA*16-50

I notice that they are still offering the Silver K-3, Body only for £709 (with no extra duties, taxes or VAT supposedly).

As I am keen to buy a silver K-3 I have just sent this email:

I notice that you are selling the Silver Edition Pentax K-3 for £709 and quoting a RRP of £1235. I understood that the Silver version was a limited edition only available with a matching Pentax battery grip. This is available in the UK at £1299.
Can you confirm if your Silver Edition includes the specified silver grip as per the 'Limited Edition' information available from Ricoh.

If not please explain how you can offer the camera separately as there were supposedly only 2000 units made available, all with grips.

Please note I am keen to purchase one of these units but would like to understand how you can offer the camera separately from the grip.
Thank you

I shall let you know if I hear anything.

Bear in mind that the Silver K3 was only supplied with a silver matching grip as a 'Limited edition' package.
I saw this offer a short while ago and couldn't see any reference to the grip which made me suspicious. If you're interested then I would suggest you contact them first and ask about the source of their stock and what happened to the grip.
The £1339 UK price you are quoting, probably and correctly, includes the grip.

SRS price for the silver +grip + 35mm lens is £1299 (link.

I know where I would rather buy one from

Edit: I just followed you link and it is the a black edition not silver

It's a bit of a cliche if you ask me

Forced to go shopping, for bits for the kitchen, I insisted on taking the camera and stopping at the lovely Somerleyton Church and then , after the shopping, going for a quick walk at Ness point to capture the weather.
I met a fellow photographer trying the capture the moment and although he was using a Canon I still decided to 'use' him as a model
As you can see the wind and waves were performing well. It certainly blew away the cobwebs 

All taken with a K5iis, church shots with a 12-24 and the waves with the 60-250

As always C&C welcome.

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That's just plain ridiculous.

You only use grease on the front element to get a soft focus effect

If you buy a K-3, lovely things will happen to you. If not you will suffer the torments of hell for eternity.

Pass this on to all your friends in the next 10 minutes and something utterly unnoticeable will happen