Thanks for the generous feedback

Excellent variety, thanks for posting. I particularly enjoyed the pool of light with the colours on the horizon and mix of light and shade.

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a prosperous year of photographic opportunities in 2023

Here’s a couple of pictures from some lazy days on the sofa.

I had a play around with some slightly different compositions, the common theme as much as there is one are the eyes I suppose.


Mirror Eye by d00d0c, on Flickr


Hiding by d00d0c, on Flickr


Half Asleep by d00d0c, on Flickr


Full Face by d00d0c, on Flickr


Croissant on sofa by d00d0c, on Flickr

C&C welcome as usual

I enjoyed viewing all of these, especially 8 and 9. I think you managed to capture some of the character of the city.

You might be forgiven for thinking it is the start of springtime here, it's a balmy 15 degC. I took advantage of the break in rain, went out to one of my favourite vineyard walks with the dog and took a couple of opportunistic pictures when a rainbow appeared. You can see the effect of the strong wind on her floof also.


Weinberg_1 by d00d0c, on Flickr


Weinberg_2 by d00d0c, on Flickr


Weinberg_3 by d00d0c, on Flickr


Weinberg_4 by d00d0c, on Flickr

All taken with my K5iis and Pentax-F 35-70 (i.e. portable setup which slips almost fits in a coat pocket!)

C&C welcome as always

Exactly the same for my tastes also, I really like the drama in 1 & 2

I just saw this thread for the 1st time and it‘s interesting to read about everyone‘s preferences. I‘ve gone with three sets of three to cover my usual activities.

For general walkabouts with my K5iis I‘d go with:

Pentax DA 16-45mm
Samsung 35mm/f2
S-M-C Takumar 120mm/f2.8

The 16-45mm has never let me down and is pretty light, it does take up a bit of room though. If space is an issue I‘d swap it out for the Pentax-F 35-70mm and sacrifice the wide end.

The Samsung 35mm has a lot of character and overdelivers for it‘s compactness and weight. It’s fast and discrete enough to use in low light and street photography and has, for my tastes, a pleasing FOV on the cropped sensor.

Many of my favourite images in my archive were taken with an 85mm/1.8 SMC Tak but I‘ve gone with the 120mm for general walkabouts due to the extra reach. On the cropped sensor 120mm is a short-to-mid telephoto and to have that at f2.8 with something that fits in the palm of your hand is pretty nice.

If I‘m going outdoors in good light and have my Rucksack I’d change to:

Pentax 16-45
SMC Takumar 85mm/f1.8
Sigma 135-400mm (zoom creep is mildly annoying but better since I got a chunky rubber band!)

My indoor set would be:

Samsung 35mm/f2
Sigma EX DG HSM 50mm/f1.4
SMC Takumar 85mm/f1.8

I enjoyed looking at all of these, nice work. I particularly like your eye for colour in the composition and post-processing, which is vibrant and natural, without being oversaturated. The highlight for me is the ‘sunrise condensation’.

Thanks for the kind words, not only about the images.

Frankie (she) would be lost in 80cm of snow, good job we don’t have that here!

She is getting used to me pointing the camera in her face. I “had” to invest in a lens though, a Sigma 50mm with HSM, my MF skills are not up to keeping up with this little bundle of energy and I realised I didn’t have an AF 50mm prime. She’s a little bit sensitive to noise so I find the HSM comes in quite handy compared to screw drive.