After the majority of my Canon gear was lost, I decided to look at Pentax when starting to rebuild. I'd always been curious about them from days when I worked in a camera store. My first film SLR was a Canon, and then my first DSLR, so I stayed within the Canon ecosystem, but after I was suddenly cut loose I thought now or never. This isn't the first shot I've taken with my new-to-me K-5 & Limited 21, but it's the first one that isn't a test shot first and foremost.

This is my girlfriend and a terrarium we picked up at a local market a few weekends ago.

[K McCall]

I'm sorry to hear about your Canon gear, but I welcome you to the Pentax fold

I really like your shot - how these faceless hands offer a terrarium containing all these greens and oranges surrounded by browns and purples. While it's unorthodox to cut off your girlfriend's head, it definitely keeps the focus of the shot on the terrarium and hands.

The 21 Limited was one of my first lenses and the only one I ever sold. I feel a pang of regret when I see shots like this.

I look forward to seeing more!

[goodnight]

Sorry about your gear I kept seeing your lovely Leanne images while obsessively going through flickr searching lenses and just came across this one a few hours ago when I was looking through images for the 21. Didn't know you were here, too! I really like the processing you do on these pictures. Anyways, it's nice to see you here and I hope your experiment goes well

[ZackHuggins]

I'm sorry to hear about your Canon gear, but I welcome you to the Pentax fold

I really like your shot - how these faceless hands offer a terrarium containing all these greens and oranges surrounded by browns and purples. While it's unorthodox to cut off your girlfriend's head, it definitely keeps the focus of the shot on the terrarium and hands.

The 21 Limited was one of my first lenses and the only one I ever sold. I feel a pang of regret when I see shots like this.

I look forward to seeing more!

Thank you! So far I haven't been missing it too much. Most of my day-to-day shooting has been with micro 4/3 cameras for the past few years, the Canon was mostly used for events and roadtrips. I'm excited to see what's coming down the pipeline for Pentax though, and I've been really impressed with the K-5.

And thanks! It's an unusual photo for me, not my usual style, but I like the result.

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Sorry about your gear I kept seeing your lovely Leanne images while obsessively going through flickr searching lenses and just came across this one a few hours ago when I was looking through images for the 21. Didn't know you were here, too! I really like the processing you do on these pictures. Anyways, it's nice to see you here and I hope your experiment goes well

Thank you! So far the experiment has been successful, I want all the Limited lenses

Thanks for the welcome! The community here has been very helpful, in fact I got the K-5 I'm using from the Marketplace here

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[Photogoof]

After the majority of my Canon gear was lost, I decided to look at Pentax when starting to rebuild. I'd always been curious about them from days when I worked in a camera store. My first film SLR was a Canon, and then my first DSLR, so I stayed within the Canon ecosystem, but after I was suddenly cut loose I thought now or never. This isn't the first shot I've taken with my new-to-me K-5 & Limited 21, but it's the first one that isn't a test shot first and foremost.

This is my girlfriend and a terrarium we picked up at a local market a few weekends ago.

It works well.