Sorry Noel, no insects. I should have grabbed a praying mantis I saw yesterday, so in its absence - a macro seahorse skeleton.



K1 + PENTACON 50/1.8 taken at f2.8 with extension tube. Minor crop.

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I took an iPhone photo today to try to post, as we are way out of town deep in the Cotswolds. Not sure the link above from the iPhone works. So there is a DIC photo on my ‘Simon’s utak’ Flickr...If you have time to hunt it down. Back tomorrow hopefully with proper links.

Not the weather for insect hunting today, so I cheated a little bit with this little torch that I keep clipped to my camera bag.


Jupiter 11a 135mm on K-S2 with external flash.

A quick visit to Delta Park, where I always get some insect of sorts. Usually lucky with a Robber fly or a Jumping Spider.


And there are also always locusts- this one cast a nice shadow


And a bonus feel good one, from the "wall of remembrance" (for want of a a better word) at the Care Center where I started work this week, written by past students, ready to tackle the world, and a message for future generations. And yes, I work on Saturdays for a few hours.

MIlo posed for me again:


KP & DA 20-40 Limited

And for the theme, it was too cold for bugs here so: some left over berries today

KP & DFA 100mm Macro

I bought an M 40-80 a few weeks ago but haven't used it much so took it out today on the K-S2. Luckily it has a "macro" setting... No insects though.





It works well without the macro too.

Too cold for bugs here,

So here is a lens I hardly ever use, Pentax M 100 F4 macro, on my Oly EM10MK2, via Roxsen focal reducer.

Think around 3 secs and F8

/BONK!

Theme day. I forgot.. I was going to try and work it in with my selfies... maybe a redo for tomorrow (but there is another theme... hmmm)


DA 70 Ltd (for both frames) and again some layering and masking to scale myself on the wee little horse..

no insects....

but there was snow and Remy caught some



K-3 with Sigma 20mm f1.8 EX DG

Rainbows always work. I'd gone out to catch the post rain clearness, but then drove too far and missed the real show, a nice double rainbow with both ends visible.


Pentax Forum Daily in January Challenge. K-3ii with SMC DA* 50-135mm F2.8.

Bad weather makes good pix,Jim.

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