Congratulations, excellent shot.

Hate to follow the flock but the squirrel and widgeon shots are my favourites. K.

Try getting a chrome one! They do exist...

K.

The last FA* 24mm f/2 lens sold on ebay went for $709 (c. £445).
The last FA* 200mm f/2.8 lens went for $949 (c. £596).

Best wishes, Kris.

I use flickr as a mixture of a showroom and a dumping ground and a way of getting stuff to other people. I did win a years subscription to a proper image website but I haven't really got that going yet.

As for getting images stolen, I just keep mine small (800px maximum on one side). At a print resolution of 300dpi that makes the images rather small for most purposes. I guess 480x320 would make them even harder to reuse.

K.

I found Utrecht very photogenic. The last time I went there was for a one day conference. I rode my motorcycle to Luton, locked up the bike and helmet and caught the SleazyJet to Amsterdam, then the train to Utrecht. All went according to plan until I got off the plane in Luton. There was six inches of snow and a blizzard blowing. Motorcycles and snow are not a good combination!

Best wishes, Kris.

Yup, exactly like that.

Best wishes, Kris.

PS I love the pig.

I personally love my ES for no logical reason I can think of. The auto exposure is surprisingly accurate. It's main drawback is that there is no metering in manual mode so I tend to use the exposure compensation system as I do for my K20D rather than manual. It works best with S-M-C or SMC Takumar lenses as they have the extra bits on the back to allow for full aperture metering (as they do for the F and the ESII).

I have an H2, S1a and a SPII but the ES gets the most use from my M42 cameras.

K.

Love shots and conversions both although I would crop some of the black off the top, especially in the first image.

Best wishes, Kris.

It is a picture taken with this lens, presumably to illustrate its close focusing ability.

K.