Yes it certainly is, you get used it though when you live in the UK and you're daft enough to get interested in landscape photography - my unsuccessful days outnumber my successful ones by about 10:1 due to weather!! Still it's a good excuse to spend even more time in the wonderful countryside.

George, yes at the bottom of the Horseshoe Pass

I think the lack of depth is more due to the flat lighting that as a result of HDR, it was solid cloud cover so no sunlight/shadows. My next effort will be a bit more succesful with a bit of luck

Simon

Thanks for the suggestion but it's not really an option - there's a really ugly caravan site immediately to the left of the abbey and the town of Llangollen further to the right which would add lots of distracting buildings into the R/H side of the frame if I shot any wider.

I'm with you on this option George, I'm not keen on spending loads of time processing, my processing skills aren't the best either so I'm waiting for a nice evening and off to shoot the scene again

Went out to Llangollen this afternoon to try a new location, more of a factfinding trip than anything but was hoping I might see a bit of sunshine, not to be sadly. I still shot a few photos just to figure out the composition I preferred.

This is HDR as the lighting wasn't great

It was also a good excuse to try a few of the K5 features too:

incamera HDR - won't be using it again as Photomatix is much more powerful.

Live View - great tool for checking composition with the camera on a tripod.

Multi exposure - couldn't get it to work, need to read the manual!!


Simon

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Funny you should post this today, I've just got home from a day out walking around North wales using my Lowe Alpine Primus AW and as Matt says it's pretty good, carries the weight very well - well worth trying

Simon

This one is worth considering too...

http://www.ffordes.com/product/11041519375681

Simon

Personally I do prefer the Pentax colours although the differences are quite subtle on the PC screen, it's also worth printing both at A4 size and comparing - I find the colour/contrast differences are more noticeable "on paper".

I've owned both the Sigma 17-70 and 10-20 in the past and both are decent lenses and produced good results, I still decided to sell both and replace them with the Pentax equivalents though despite the extra cost and haven't regretted it for a minute. It is very much personal preference though. I think you've made the right decision on the 10-20 vs 8-16, all you need to do now is decide if you're keeping the DA:


Simon

Lens now sold



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I think that's a very good idea - side by side I think the Pentax colour/contrast alone will make you doubt selling the DA15mm. I've owned a Sigma 10-20 in the past, not as good a copy as yours by the sound of it, one thing that never really impressed me was its colour rendition.