[goatsNdonkey]

nice capture, but I think it's a cormorant, rather than a duck

(yes, that's pedantic)

The neck looks cormoranty to me, too. And the bill looks pointy, not round on the end like most ducks. Though I might not have known for sure, trying to capture in an image as it few over. The shot turned out well!

[onlineflyer]

The neck looks cormoranty to me, too. And the bill looks pointy, not round on the end like most ducks. Though I might not have known for sure, trying to capture in an image as it few over. The shot turned out well!

Here's a better look, caught in action this morning. It was diving for food, the 2nd picture was coming out of the water after a dive. After it settled on the rock, it felt it needed t pose for me.

[onlineflyer]

One from today: slight crop, no pp.

[Andrew_Oid]

"Cloudy with a Chance of Rain 2". 1/125 at f8 at about 60mm focal length, hand-held.

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Another from this evening.

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And another. Black and white conversion with yellow filter effect, film grain, selenium toning and the kitchen sink. "Look unto the heavens, and see; . . . "

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I was reading and when I looked up, I noticed this fly watching me. He very patiently held his pose while I fished my camera out of its bag (right next to him), set it for close focus, leaned in as far as I dared, and took a shot. The first image is full-frame, warmed a little. The second is a crop with PP applied. f8 or f11, 1/80 sec.

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[Andrew_Oid]

Another cloud study. "Look unto the heavens, . . ." 2 Black and white conversion with orange filter effect, film grain, Ambrotype toning.

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One more cloud study. "War in the Heavens". Orange filter, no toning, film grain.

[Andrew_Oid]

Time to change lenses. I think I'll go back to the CZJ Tessar 50mm f2.8 for awhile. A parting shot. "Looking Across the Rooftops". Taken at f8.

[marcusBMG]

You've got some very nice results out of that tokina 35-105mm Andrew. I notice you have given it a bit of a "rave" review. Typical tokina to my eyes with distinctly warm rendering. I have the ATX 35-200mm but is has a hazed element and is in the project box...
I have to admit I prefer the tamron adaptalls: more neutral/natural rendering and sharper contrast IMO. I am thinking specifically of the 40A 35-135mm, and the SP 28-135mm 28A.

[Andrew_Oid]

You've got some very nice results out of that tokina 35-105mm Andrew. I notice you have given it a bit of a "rave" review. Typical tokina to my eyes with distinctly warm rendering. I have the ATX 35-200mm but is has a hazed element and is in the project box...
I have to admit I prefer the tamron adaptalls: more neutral/natural rendering and sharper contrast IMO. I am thinking specifically of the 40A 35-135mm, and the SP 28-135mm 28A.

Hello, Marcus.
Ordinarily, my camera sensor renders the photos a bit too cool for my taste. Normally, I'll change it to "Auto" WB in post-processing which is warmer and more to my taste. I also like Takumars for their warmish tone. I do like this lens. It's sharp and much like a Takumar in its rendering, i.e. color and contrast. I wish it had half-stops because I've come to prefer f9 for general scenics, but f8 is adequate. I think the focal range is very nice for a walk-around lens, and the f3.5-4.3 maximum aperture isn't a hindrance for me. The close focus mode also works well. And the price? Like new for $30?!
I had one very bad experience with a Tamron lens some years ago, an all purpose large focal range lens (28mm-200mm or something like that as I remember) that I took on a trip at my camera dealer's recommendation. The pictures were horribly soft. I've avoided them since. I lost the pictures I'd taken, but on returning I exchanged the lens for a mint SMC Takumar 85mm f1.8 lens and mint SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens which got me started on my collection. At that time the used 85 was valued at around $100 ($75 to $125 as I remember).
I hesitated to post the last photo ("Looking Across the Rooftops") on my Flickr page, but it exploded today getting nominated for "Discover" and has so far 38 likes. Just goes to show . . .
Anyway, it's a good lens, and I would certainly recommend it. I think it's the only one I ever reviewed on Pentaxforums.
Cheers. (By the way I have a good friend from university who lives in Pwllheli. Beautiful country!)
As an afterthought, I don't think you can form a good impression of the lens sharpness from the posted images. My camera sensor captures RAW images that are 6000+ pixels by 4000+ pixels, and I reduce them to 1920 x 1080 in IrfanView before posting here or on Flickr. PentaxForums photo software doesn't render as crisply as Flickr's does to my eye either and doesn't permit as large an image though the file size submitted is the same.

[pepperberry farm]

in the garden last night

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[ChristianRock]

K10D and SMC-A 70-210mm f4 Macro