Have deleted the original photographs from this thread.

Thanks for the comments Gareth. I think you are saying I would have been better changing to manual focus in the circumstances. I will try that next time there are "mirror" surfaces fairly close up. Do you think using a polarising filter would have helped?

Thanks for the comments David. I had done a little post processing in as much as putting the darker patch on the bonnet which was completely blown out but can't remember what else I did. I would say yes to having used the unsharp mask after I'd tweaked various other settings, trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

I do try to take on board advice from the members on here

Think they are great. They never stand and pose for me

Super captures

Super images. I'd heard reports the butterflies had been really hammered by the recent bad weather so nice to see some.

Just checked the milage from the dashboard and it's only 03208 but no indication of how many times it's clicked over

Had another look in photome and it shows Image Stabilizer:stabilized

so SR was switched on, just shows how much my hands shake and where you said:

SR Result stabilized
Shake reduction (Setup) 7
Shutter Release Half Press Time 0.75secs
SR Focal length 24mm
Shutter Count 365

none of the above means anything to me except to confirm it was switched on
and I need to take more snaps

I know the images are not as sharp as they could/should be and this is down to the photographer, the circumstances of taking the shot etc etc. I only posted them as a general interest item, not to start a war. Obviously it will make me think twice before posting anything else.

I've opened the original file in photome but can't see anything relating to whether SR was on or off, can you point to where I should look.
Since I found out that SR turns off when a remote or timer is used I tend to leave it on and when using a tripod I use a 2s timer or the remote (CS205) so your observation of the SR not being locked is most probably right.

I was very impressed by the air conditioning in this car

Thank you for the kind words Charlotte.

The car did look special from the outside but inside it looked a bit of a tip I took a couple of snaps of the inside but they were terrible so doubt I'll post any of them.