Using an smc Pentax-D FA 100mm f2.8 Macro this month. Some spares and comments on them:



Taken at around the same time as the shot that I used for April 5th. A much smaller aperture on this one, so the ISO is getting up there. (ISO6400.) In the end, I preferred the green and lessened noise in the chosen shot, flaws and all, so I skipped this one.

Shot whilst wandering around. While there's nothing terribly wrong with it in my eyes, but there's nothing that really jumps out at me either. An adequate but uninspiring macro attempt.

A pair shot in Chinatown. Both are shots where I couldn't quite get what I wanted out of the PP. In the former, I was simply dissatisfied. In the latter, I was going for the look of an old film shot, but don't think I quite succeeded.

Just a shot of some stairs and ivy. Nothing special:

Some posts. I have no idea what they're there for, as they appear to do little more than take up space on the sidewalk. One of the local street people expressed very loud and vocal incredulity that I'd be taking a photograph of something so mundane.

Just a snapshot, really. I didn't have much time to frame before the streetcar took off again.

Another person shot. I'm slowly beginning to get the hang of shooting them with this lens, and the high ISO means that the softness of the aperture at this distance is less noticeable:

A flower getting ready to bloom. I was going to use this as my main shot for the 18th, but when I loaded it into LR I discovered the the flower was not quite as attractive as I had thought.

Not really happy with the composition of this one. Being a weekend, the consulate was closed, so I couldn't get up close to the statues. But, at the same time, I couldn't step backwards or the bars of the gate would obscure the statues. (At least, for the few steps I could take before I wound up on the road.)

Just another gear shot: