Well, as test shots I completely agree with you!

Wow, in that case I'm really impressed John - it's a lovely colourful and active shot!

Thanks everyone for the welcome back, I'm getting tearful now!

I've put some photos up tonight, so feel free to take a look and comment.

And there'll be lots more to come!

Thanks John, wasn't sure if it being a macro made a difference. It's only recently that I've decided to use it all the time, it's nice to have to think about different ways of taking your photos (and also the old-fashioned walking backwards to fit everything in routine).

I'm loving it at the moment, especially as my mobility isn't 100% yet - I can take wide-ish landscapes, and get in really close for my favourite flower macros.

I don't know whether this counts (please ignore my ignorance here), but my "3 lens kit" at the moment consists of just one:

My Pentax 35mm macro (I say ignorance as I'm not sure whether a fixed length macro lens is a prime).

I've insisted on keeping it on my K10D during our last 2 outings and haven't had the necessity to change it. It's a really versatile lens that produces some cracking results (provided the photographer is up to scratch!)

Hi,

I have to say 1 and 4 are my favourites here. Number 1 has the feel of a Constable painting to me, and rich blue and green hues in number 4 really set of the almost silhouetted trees.

I think it's a bit of a shame that my eye is drawn to the purple arc to the left (lens flare?) in the last shot. Ruins it a bit for me I'm afraid. But all in all a great series of shots.

A great series, but I have to jump on the band wagon and say the tiger is my favourite. Such rich colours, strong markings and an almost regal expression. You were really lucky to get a shot like that - beautiful.

A really good shot!

I love the vibrant colours! Have you done any post processing to enhance them?

You can tell I'm back, posting twice in one night! We also stopped by Pitstone Windmill yesterday so I thought I'd post my favourites from there too.

Again, these are all shot with my K10D, 35mm macro wide open at f2.8. No post-processing except converting to jpg in Aperture, and I've aded a little vignetting to the last one.

Again, all comments welcome (and suggestions on how to improve). Please bear in mind these were all handheld with my very shaky pins!

Detail of original door, ISO 100, 1/50 sec



Detail of central mill post, ISO 400, 1/40 sec



Detail of mill stone (my favourite) ISO 400, 1/60 sec



Wood beam, ISO 100, 1/1000 sec



Sails, ISO 100, 1/4000 sec



Wood beam, ISO 100, 1/2500 sec



Clover, with drive wheel in the background, ISO 100, 1/1600 sec

Walked around Claydon House on Sunday - my first outing without crutches! Decided to take a different approach instead of my usual "oh, there's a country house I'll photograph it" and went for different angles (now that I can actually crouch, and more importantly get back up successfully).

So here are 6 very different ones, all taken with my K10D, Pentax 35mm macro wide open at F2.8. No cropping or adjustments, just converted to jpg using Aperture. Let me know what you think.

Lovely textured stone post, ISO 320:



Detail of sundial, ISO 100



Ha Ha Sign & house, ISO 100



The Ha Ha Wall, ISO 100



Bark detail, ISO 100



Beautiful Bentley in the carpark, ISO 100