you could say it was purely educational, for the children. must admit i have a dislike of spiders but they fascinate me at the same time and have tried many times to get a shot like some of those we see here, one day maybe.

excellent shots Derek. must start putting a flash in the bag.
ref your comment in Nigel's post about flash shutter speed, i get 180th with E/V adjustment set to 1/3 on my K5 11s so cannot see that being the reason you cannot get it unless it is a K3 thing

thanks for comments, the processing was:- all mono ones done in Silver efex, VW engine just pushed colours in PS, Morgan and Studebaker had very little done, the first one was "Solarised" in Colour efex.

not if you put them in a little sample bottle then into the fridge for a while, cools them down and slows them down.. some good shots Nigel. i am waiting for the Orchids to show but so far have only seen a couple of Early Purples, the weather needs to warm up a bit more. hoping the Butterfly and Bee Orchids re appear this year.

thanks for comments, something i had promised to do for years was to go to this show and finally made it. you are right David, there were a lot more than i ever expected and a wide variety from Rolls Royce to Dell Boy

or rather bits of cars. as usual with too many people and vehicles too close together for photography but a lovely sunny day. the proceeds of the show go to St Roses Special School in Stroud in the grounds of which it is held and has been for many years.

1. A Sweeping Line



2. Austin



3. Heart of a Beetle



4. It Flew in its Day



5. Morgan 4/4



6. Tango'd Studebaker



7. Thirsty, Thirsty very very Thirsty



8. V8

JAK, the camera has to be in AF mode for catch in focus to work also shutter release button set to enable focus not set to off for back button focusing. so camera in AF ,lens set to MF then adjust focus or simply move the camera and when it hits camera fires
this was using CIF, Tamron Adaptall 90mm f2.5 1:2 Macro lens +Teleplus 1.5x converter

potw well deserved Derek

colour versions for me with 2 being my favourite.

thanks for looking and comments. nocturnal, i know someone who thinks the same and actually still uses one of those sink units but she does have an electric cooker albeit from the sixties. David don't get too excited about it , a day will be enough. once you have done the Docks , couple of museums and the Cathedral that's about it. not the best looking city by any means in my opinion. Nigel, could not do much about that as it was a clear blue sky combined with very strong sunlight even at 10 in the morning, felt i had lifted them as much as i needed to show something of what was there. any more and i think it would not have looked right as with that strong daylight the shadows are and were very dark but appreciate where you are coming from