a major clear up of undergrowth in our local wood has revealed these, plus a couple of other bits and some NIK play. went out hoping for butterflies and fungi but none of those about.

1. getting down low



2. Torn and Twisted



3. Golden Grass



4. Autumn on the Way



5. 3 Birches



6. Rising High

excellent set Gareth, 3 is my favourite. can see i am going to have to come over that bridge one of these days.

don't know what the K30 is like in low light to focus but the K5 is very good if you do that sort of thing, better than the K3ii in my opinion (using same lenses)

exactly, have to agree with this. if you are so concerned about copyright you mark it or don't post it

Think Tank Retrospective 10 and 30 bags . the 30 can hold a large amount of kit, i put all of mine in it to take on holiday or if i have no idea what i want, the 10 will take K3ii with 16-85 attached , Sigma 50-150, Sigma 10-20 , FG360 flash plus various filters, batteries etc,etc. both are very adaptable however with removable dividers. would take £100 for the two, £270 at todays prices, never seen them discounted anywhere which i believe is testament to their quality, both have been used but are in good condition , both have rain covers. willing to swap for a backpack along the lines of the Lowepro Flipside 300, nothing larger and not a sling back. only having to part with them as i have developed a neck problem . would have to be collection or i could deliver within 20 miles of Stroud. thanks for looking
p.s 30 would take a 13" Laptop or notepad, 10 will take a notepad

i imagine for what it would fetch it would be better to keep it as a spare, you never know when you might need one or convert to IR

tried on my K3ii and you cannot see a thing. the IR point definitely works , tried that out on my Tamron Adptall 35-70 which has a mark for 35mm and one for 70mm. the 35 IR point is 6mm from standard but the 70 is only 1.5 mm, how you sort out distances between i have no idea. Pentax A70-210 has one mark that slopes through the whole zoom range my other lenses for IR are primes, 24, 28, 90.

thanks again for comments. Mike , i drove past that when working loads of times in 25 years or so and never realised that it was not a complete Church until about 3yrs ago when i went to photograph it as part of a village Church project i was doing. have been reading again and it seems it was left to rot from mid 1500's until being re built in 1849 then demolished in 1952 when bottom stones of the walls, the Porch and Tower were left. did not have a wide enough lens to get the Porch in shot. the info today is slightly different from what i had previously, just shows you can,t trust all you see on the net. cannot find a reason for demolition, there is another Church (St Andrews) near to the Manor which is now the village Church so can only assume lack of use.

thanks for observations and comments. you are right Karlo
here they are in black and white, in all honesty i think the only one that works is the Church which was shot with the intention of converting as i could see it in my minds eye but i do find great difficulty in seeing any landscape type image in B&W, unless it is a lone tree

seemed daft not to wth all this sun, just had to re learn setting profiles and white balances.

St Peter's, Frocester , nr Stroud. just the Tower/Spire as the rest was pulled down in 1951 i believe as it was unsafe



Boats at Saul, Gloucestershire



Remains of the Stroudwater Canal