or a couple that went wrong but i like them, what do you think?

Poppy Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4



Summer 10-17mm Fisheye

Nigel, have you analysed what focal length,aperture,iso and shutter speed you have used in the last 12 months, that will tell you the range that would suit your shooting preferences. there is a little programme called exposure plot, free, you can copy all your jpeg folders into one and have it analysed, you will end up with a graph for each which can then be expanded individually for a closer look, it may help the decision.
i would find 28 very restrictive personally, i have a Sigma 17-70 f2.8-4 and Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6, the 17-70 lives on the camera. tried primes i had DA15,21 40 and 70 which were beautiful in results provided and in use but the inconvenience of lens changing got to me in the end.

thanks for comments, not sure about the fireworks but i would presume so again have never done it ,too cold or wet that time of year to be stood around outside for me

i was inside, door open, camera on the floor on a Gorillapod tripod, lens was Sigma 10-20 to get a wide area of sky in view, focus set to infinity and manual, shooting mode was Bulb, wired remote with lock button. i used tungsten white balance to get the blue sky. get that set up then wait for a flash to know roughly where to point the camera, lock the shutter open immediately after and wait , you can either release the shutter after each flash or you could leave it open and have a series, say of 2 or 3, in one exposure. the exif on the first one is 10-20 @11mm f8 30sec iso160, the second was @18mm f8 58sec iso160, as i say i kicked myself this morning finding i had moved the focus ring but i was more intent on getting to the side of the house where lightning was as it changed as the storm moved, anyway lesson leant. hope this helps ,this was my first time at it so i was happy i got something.

during a storm last night, would have had more but somehow moved the focus ring in the dark




not quite as dramatic

all with K5 and Sigma 170-500 on a sunny day stopped down to f8 iso500 to get shutter speed up sparrows @500mm, great tit @370mm.

sorted, thanks for the help

age is a terrible handicap

thanks for all the comments, the f8 was because the lens is better stopped down a bit from what i have read, have not used it enough to prove or disprove, just set that then tweaked iso and shutter to lower the exposure to get something i could work with, af in live view using the edge of the moon against the sky for it to have something to lock on. it is surprising how fast the moon is moving when you are faffing about altering settings though.
we live in the hills and with my view of it there was nothing i could put in front of it unfortunately, apparently if you can it makes it appear larger.

how did you get the text to become "my flickr page", sorry if i am being a bit thick