Well at least it might keep me off ebay...

I think I need some slide cleaner... the puffer doesn't make too much impact on the oldest of the slides I've ordered some PEC-12, I hope it goes a long way!

This is slide No 168 and was shot in August 1982 in Shropshire on Kodachrome 64, Pentax ME Super, 50mm f/2 lens. No processing after the scan apart from resizing. I zoomed in to clone out the muck to discover so much muck there was barely anything to clone from!

I am going to try a new K64 slide and see what happens.

First quick attempt at almost 2am, so not really all that good!

Taken in 1983, Pentax ME Super, SMC-M 50mm f/2 lens, Boots 100 ASA slide film, tripod and no idea as to the shutter speed or aperture.

Barrie is right, the background doesn't suit, sadly. Also, there are terrible halos around the birds which suggests the image has been over sharpened.

I like John's take on it though

Best wishes, K.

Was "Firefly" Fox too? Brilliant series stifled almost at birth. Great shame. K.

Owch. Sorry to hear that. I hope the HD is recoverable.

K.

This really has turned into the thread that will never die.

Excellent shots. Mike's tweak is excellent but there is still a little more junk that could be cloned out, e.g., towards the bottom left.

Trying to photograph small critters is not my speciality. I managed to get a nice butterfly pic, once. My girlfriend was in fits when on one walk when we came across a particularly butterfly-rich length of footpath and I was singularly failing to get anything at all. Give me a nice wild flower anyday!

K.

a left pointing arrow... (the website didn't like my attempt using ASCII characters)... a Sci Fi Nerd and proud of it.

I got mine from Jessops for £39...