[utak]

Kitty by K-1 and Macro-Takumar 50/4, normally I’m trying to capture her baby blue eyes.

[rjbrett]

Foxtail Palm flowers and new shoots. While I was photographing these an older couple stopped to look with me on the elevated walkway that allowed me to get this close view, and told me there used to be a black market for the seeds, which went for as much as $5 each. Curious I looked into it a bit further when I got home. These distinctive palms, native to, and isolated on, a remnant patch of rainforest on a headland called Cape Melville just north of Cooktown in Queensland, and are the only species in their genus. They were relatively unknown until the late 70s when they were shown to a botanist by a local aboriginal. When landscapers became aware of their potential they became very fashionable, and collectors nearly decimated the then existing population. Today you can see them everywhere through the suburbs and city here. They're not clearly shown in the first photo, but there are bunches of the larger seeds in the background. I also posted a photo of a row of mature trees in color in the thematic trees thread a week or so ago - Trees - Page 181 - PentaxForums.com .

[dbs]

Kitty by K-1 and Macro-Takumar 50/4, normally I’m trying to capture her baby blue eyes.

Hi utak
I see a slight problem with that there's.........no .....colour.
nice shot

Dave

[paulh]

From 2011 with a Sigma A28-84 on *ist D:

[wkraus]

Zhenghen village with its collective granary (agadir), Anti-Atlas mountains, Morocco. K-5 II with DA 70mm Limited.

[Jorgario]

K-1 with DA 12-24:

[UncleVanya]

Shoe string from a slow ground crew member?

LOL - nope. They appear on more than one rotor and in one picture there is a thin line several feet long.

[dbs]

K-1 with DA 12-24:

Hi Jorgario
Nice shot
I have a 12-24 but I seem to have a lot of distotion from a similar vantage point than you do

Dave

[Jorgario]

Hi JorgarioNice shotI have a 12-24 but I seem to have a lot of distotion from a similar vantage point than you doDave

Thanks Dave, I never had to complain about distortion with this lens ... unhappy to hear that you are having this kind of misadvantage

[pepperberry farm]

[wkraus]

Zghenghen collective granary, Anti-Atlas mountains, southern Morocco. K-5 II with Voigtlander Macro Apo-Lanthar 125mm F2.5 SL.

[Kerrowdown]

[rjbrett]

Old awnings and new windows. We had a particularly sharp storm a couple of months ago, and there are still a number of torn and broken shade sails and awnings to be replaced;

[Riggomatic]

Clouds just above the rooftops, and behind the trees.

[dbs]

Looks rather threatening

Dave