The shadows cought my eye.

K5 M50/2 ISO80 f8 1/160:

First flash picture with K1 - even though the camera's over two years old now.



This Christmas Cactus is in a hanging basket right outside the dining room window. Its new flowers caught my eye this afternoon, but they were in shade with daylight beyond. A good incentive to see if my Yongnuo YN560 III flash works with the K1. Shot at MFD through a dirty window with the flash sitting on the staircase diagonally below. The flash was fitted with a diffuser, set to 1/128th power (minimum) and fired with a Yongnuo RF603N II trigger mounted on the camera. K200/4 wide open.

Early morning trip to church... Both k5 with F 35-135

K-1 & SMC Pentax-A Macro 100/2.8

Hazel

House finch.

Super Takumar 200mm f4 on a K5ii

Day 11, in the yard again this evening, temps up to 88F today, too hot for any other time to shoot.



K-30 Black Knight, Pentax A50mm f2, flash diffused, @f11

Late effort. Familiar subject.
Schneider Kreuznach Cinelux-Ultra 125/2.0 on the 645Z. This is a full colour shot under tungsten light. I made no effort to correct white balance as I liked how it looked almost like a sepia monochrome.


Sammy in sepia

Stretching for subjects tonight. The cups win.

The best stories are the nondescript cups; the cheap Koffee cup from Budapest, the lovely yellow perfectly sized cup from El Salvador, and the Cafe Younes cup from Beirut. Nothing grand or dramatic, just fascinating places.

A Story in each cup...

Pentax-F 80-200 F/4.7-5.6

A busy day, I'm not even getting this up until after midnight. Back into the yard now that the sun has come back and, sorry, you'll have to suffer me my apple tree again. Just wait until it flowers. I missed all this last year because at this point I was about to head to central Australia for three weeks and when I got back everything had bloomed and gone. (Still have a lot of unprocessed Oz shots waiting a year later.)

on the grill tonight





while she watches from the picnic table





K-3 with SMC A 200mm f4

Busy again yesterday so I just ducked out the front door to try ganging the orange filter with a close up filter to see if I still got that increased pop. A dose of the detail has been blunted but it is still there I think!

Minimal signage.



K-S1 with SMC FA 100-300mm @190mm, f5.6, 1/750