[beachgardener]

You are more than welcome to come join the fun one of these days.

Yes, you should, Ken. Because that is exactly what you will get - something different. K10D works well with the DA 15mm Limited, as well.

Thanks to both of you, yes I might just do that. I'm away for a week, get on to it after that.

[Digitalis]

Pentax K10D - Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO EX @ f/5.6 ISO100 1/250th

But your caption says K5IIs - are you sure this is the K10D picture you intended to post?

I wish CMOS cameras had SOOC raw colours like that. Caption corrected, thanks for pointing that typographical blooper out.

[rayallen]

These images are not showing the normal colours that you and I expect from a K10D. This is Soldiers Beach where I have taken many beautiful photos with bright blue skies but not today. The sky is not overcast but is full of bushfire smoke. Our state is burning. Last night (Friday Dec 6) there were 108 fires burning in NSW and 74 of those are "out of control" according to our Rural Fire Service. The smoke that you see is affecting the health of many people especially those with any sort of breathing difficulties. The smoke has also reached New Zealand and is affecting them as well.

Taken with Pentax K10D and Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4 7-element version.

[paulh]

Our state is burning.

We feel your pain, Ray here in California. Good looking shots anyway! Stay safe and hoping rain finds its way to your area soon!

[rayallen]

We feel your pain, Ray here in California. Good looking shots anyway! Stay safe and hoping rain finds its way to your area soon!

Thank you, Paul. I know that you have recently experienced similar conditions in your state so you know what it feels like. Yes, we are desparate for rain but there is none on the horizon just yet.

[Dartmoor Dave]

Our state is burning.

I've been seeing some really quite shocking photos in the media here showing the effects of the fires. I hope you get the rain you need soon, and I hope (if it's not too political to say so) that the world will start paying attention to the wake-up call.

[Leumas]

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Pentax K10D - Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO EX @ f/5.6 ISO100 1/250th





I wish CMOS cameras had SOOC raw colours like that. Caption corrected, thanks for pointing that typographical blooper out.

Very Nice Shot

[subsea]

I've been seeing some really quite shocking photos in the media here showing the effects of the fires. I hope you get the rain you need soon, and I hope (if it's not too political to say so) that the world will start paying attention to the wake-up call.

Unfortunately, I don't see the politicians waking up to the danger on anything other than a purely local scale. Even then, they seem to be completely capable of denying the fundamental cause of the problem. NSW is burning... The Amazon is burning... California is burning... and the politicians sit there with their thumbs up their collective butts!


I hope you get some rain moving in very soon, Ray. Good luck!

[rayallen]

I hope you get some rain moving in very soon, Ray. Good luck!

Thanks, Mark. This morning most of the smoke haze has gone and there actually are some clouds in the sky but I doubt that we will get any rain. The situation here has not been helped by an extended drought which means that the bush is very dry and once a fire starts it grows very fast and becomes almost impossible to put out and to add to all that there has been very few controlled hazard reduction burnoffs during the winter months because the greenies won't allow it. End of rant.

[paulh]

Crowds at the beach, Carpinteria, Calif. DA18-135 on K10D:

[dbs]

Thanks, Mark. This morning most of the smoke haze has gone and there actually are some clouds in the sky but I doubt that we will get any rain. The situation here has not been helped by an extended drought which means that the bush is very dry and once a fire starts it grows very fast and becomes almost impossible to put out and to add to all that there has been very few controlled hazard reduction burnoffs during the winter months because the greenies won't allow it. End of rant.

Nice shots earlier Ray
We refuse to learn from the earlier inhabitants of this vast land.
And no I am not one.

Dave

[timb64]

Thanks, Mark. This morning most of the smoke haze has gone and there actually are some clouds in the sky but I doubt that we will get any rain. The situation here has not been helped by an extended drought which means that the bush is very dry and once a fire starts it grows very fast and becomes almost impossible to put out and to add to all that there has been very few controlled hazard reduction burnoffs during the winter months because the greenies won't allow it. End of rant.

Thoughts are with you Ray,keep safe.

[rayallen]

Nice shots earlier Ray
We refuse to learn from the earlier inhabitants of this vast land.
And no I am not one.

Dave

Thanks, Dave. Yes, there are those who know but nobody seems to listen to them. It makes no sense.

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Thoughts are with you Ray,keep safe.

Thanks, Tim. We are safe but I really feel for those who have lost their homes. The count exceeds 600.

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Cups grow on trees. Just playing on the kitchen bench and it turned out better than I expected.
Pentax K10D, Super-Takumar 135mm f3.5 Model II. (Cross posted Takumar club)

[paulh]

Letting sleeping seals lie . Ventura Harbor, Calif. DA18-135: