Mmm...I think I may have resized these incorrectly...the originals are much sharper than this.

I spotted these on my roses this morning

[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP5303.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP5289.jpg[/IMG]

Good to see the Duchess in full working order again. She looked better in red though...

Clever stuff and very nicely done too. Although Plato's Republic might be more of an endurance test than a 'love book' - for most of us anyway

I don't pack this lens attached to the camera because of the strain on the flange/mount...or am I being too cautious?

I was outbid as well. I was in two minds about bidding because the seller has no previous sales history and the product photos were poor considering the guy was selling top notch lenses. If all is well the buyer of this and the 85mm got bargains.

When using my AF 540 and AF 360 combo off camera with triggers I find the 'auto power off' feature a nuisance, in that when the units are rebooted they return to default mode (P-TTL no compensation) and I have to fiddle around resetting them to the required setting. Is there a way of retaining the previous setting?

On the AF 540 I can get around this by disabling the 'auto power off', but this does not seem to be possible with the AF 360.

It was about a 10 second exposure - so I definitely used a tripod

Not sure why the bus lights are so squiggly though...maybe all those potholes

A few images from the area around Leadenhall Street in the City of London. The place feels very different in the evening.

No.1
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No.2
[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP4075.jpg[/IMG]
N0.3
[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP4080.jpg[/IMG]
No.4
[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP4061.jpg[/IMG]
N0.5
[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP40482.jpg[/IMG]
No.6 (Leadenhall Market)
[IMG]http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff505/Philip_Brockbank/IMGP4105.jpg[/IMG]

I did a comparison of various heads with the 150-500 fairly recently
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/tripod-heads-for-longer-lenses-32417
Different makes of head but I personally found the pan/tilt head to be preferable for this weight of lens. As others have said, a decent size ballhead will do the job but I found the pan/tilt head is a bit easier to control with a fairly heavy lens.