comments very welcome - thanks. It was supposed to be a 'test' shot, the first time I ever got the 135mm f/3.5 Takumar to work on my new D-SLR (which was a bit heart-stoppingly scary in that horrible techno-stress way) so the result has always been tinged with that triumph!
They're just pebbles on an outdoor set of garden shelves - crop was problematic, leaving more in or taking more out..: http://www.jimkerslake.uklinux.net/pentax/bottle_1.jpg Since it's my yard, I could always remove the pebbles and shelf - the latter mostly falling to bits on their own anyway ;-) cheers, jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: Re: just stopping by > Most welcome, Jim, > Very much like your shot. Does the green "thing" at the top edge have > any reason for being? Would be too tight a crop to get rid of it, > obviously. > Unknown clutter at left, while color complimentary, is a bit > distracting. > Wall, jug and stand are very nice elements. > You didn't ask for comments, so hope OK.(?) > > Jack > > > --- jim kerslake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just saying Hi, from Yorkshire UK. > > Thought I might join your rather prolific list for so long as my > > mailbox can > > stand it. > > > > I have been taking photos for a couple of months - no idea what > > brought it > > on. Some kind of madness. > > > > I mostly enjoy using my father's old Pentax Spotmatic F with a broken > > lightmeter. > > I have another Spotmatic (not F) which actually works, but I really > > don't > > enjoy fiddling about with that black metering switch on the side. > > > > I did buy myself a digital SLR recently - > > (not a Pentax - sorry - I wanted anti-shake in the body at a time > > when > > Konica-Minolta was the obvious and very affordable choice), > > but I dunno - I'm more of a film type I think. > > I only really enjoy using the D-SLR when I stick old M42 Asahi Super > > Multi > > Coated Takumar lenses onto it. > > So I consider the results of that to be at least half-Pentax. > > > > I am obsessed with old Takumar lenses, since they seem to have > > magical > > qualities of sharpness mixed with smoothness that I can't get any > > other way. > > They almost seem to "melt" things, like the brickwork here: > > http://www.jimkerslake.uklinux.net/pentax/oiljug.jpg > > > > So - well - Hi then :-) > > > > -- jim > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > > It has removed 7480 spam emails to date. > > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 7480 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
