Just got back from a nice sunny day on Anglesey in North Wales & visited a newly renovated "gastro pub" (The Seacroft) that I recently sold an image to...the thing is its now a 20 x 10 feet 3D centrepiece for the bar, looks great too. If anyones ever around Trearddur Bay and calls into the pub my shot is the one with the lighthouse !!

Sorry to go on, probably isn't of much interest to anyone but had to post anyway:shrug:

simon

here's the shot...

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Nearly missed this thread, glad I didn't !!

A great series of shots but the 1st one posted really is excellent.

BTW.. the thing about the A380 is not just only how manoeuvrable it is but how quiet it is too, you could have a game of football inside it aswell (with the seats out of course !!)

Glad to see you're putting the 55-300 to good use, I'm impressed with mine - struggles a little in low-light but no different to any other consumer tele in that respect



simon

Just had a couple of days in the Yorkshire Dales, unfortunately the weather wasn't ideal for landscapes so this was about the best shot I managed - all C&C welcome

Simon

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Thanks Dan,

Final judging is in November...bit of a wait, to be honest I'm very pleased to get this far if not further

simon

Just had some great news - one of my shots has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times, Landscape Photographer of the Year 2008.

http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/

First serious competition I've entered so I'm delighted to get this far !!

simon

I thought along similar lines...until I saw all the warning signs for the electric fence - although if I remember Jurassic Park, the animals still escaped. Next time I go hiking in the Lake District & bump into a load of Lemurs I'll at least know where they came from

simon

Thanks...

I've owned both of the most popular/rated consumer tele-photos (Tamron & Sigma) & can honestly say that the Pentax betters them both, well worth the extra cash...

The 1st shot I was a distance away, maybe around 50/60feet. The 2nd & 3rd I was quite close, maybe around 5/10 feet as the lemurs are just wandering around you. They're both slight crops - approx 10-15%

This next shot was taken a good distance away, wide open at 300mm (F5.8 ) & is a heavy crop - the whiskers on the tiger are pin sharp when viewed at 100% on my monitor.

To get the best from this lens it does need high-ish iso in anything but bright light, but that applies to all consumer teles. What also sets the Pentax apart from the Sigma/Tamron is its excellent colour/contrast rendition

simon

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As landscape photography is a real struggle here in North Wales at the moment I've just processed a few more shots taken during a visit to a "Wildlife Park" in the Lake District, Cumbria - the lemurs roam freely around the park & make for a fascinating visit !!

For any Pentax users all shots taken with the new DA 55-300

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Simon

Just visited South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness & thoroughly enjoyed the visit...

It's quite different from most "zoos" in that some animals roam freely whilst you walk around - thankfully not the the tigers though !!

The Lemurs are a highlight, free-roaming & absolutely hilarious, could have spent the whole day just watching them !!!

My new 55-300 impressed me again - infact mid-range its so sharp I've had to reduce my post-processing !!


A few shots..

Hi,

To be honest the noise in these doesn't seem bad at all to me.. if you were to print them A4 size you would more than likely not see any.

Don't forget that removing noise is essentially destroying detail so I'd only do so if completely necessary...

If you need software then both Noise Ninja & Neat Image are both highly regarded.

simon