Rod Herdman

My 2 cents - to get a great photo you have to be in the right place at the right time, and know how to use the gear you have and how to nail the basics like focus, exposure and framing. The actual ...

This was taken with the trusty *istD on my first outing with the SMC-M 100mm f4 macro lens, over at my local water park on a beautiful Autumn morning. Still love the quality this 6mp can produce. C ...

Hi, well it's some time since I regularly frequented here, not through falling out of love with photography, just lack of time . . Anyhow I managed to drop in today and thought I'd share some some ...

This is something I do in Silkypix. You can select BW, but still use the colour adjust control band for light/dark. I tend to darken blue skies and lighten greens, it gives a kind of infra-red BW ...

So when I read you used an orange filter, I scrolled down expecting a BW image! So, it was a nice surprise to find something a little different  :-)

Impressive! I tried dragonflies recently with my K5iis and man those suckers move real fast and can change direction so quick they just disappear from your viewfinder.

Nice capture Dean, yeah you don't normally think of ducks as aggressive. Now geese is another matter LOL

That is fabulous, really unusual dragonfly shot. I can't believe you got so close !

That's neat !

Excellent !

Nice captures Mike

Sorry to hear of your issue. As far as I know, the official Ricoh/Pentax service agent in the UK is John Pye. https://www.ricoh-imaging.eu/uk_en/camera-info/service-centre I used them just over a ...

Fully agreed. I got some great shots from my *istD. Yes the AF is slower, the FPS is slower and the buffer fills quickly, but image quality can be beautiful.

Took the Q on my canal path commute on a frosty morning . . .  fabulous. The images don't do it justice to be honest. Thanks for looking :-)

very nice Dean. The moon can make a great daytime subject since the contrast is so much less.

hi, just sharing a few from my garden when we had a bout of snow back at the end of January. Taken through double glazing with the K5II-s and the A*300/4, PP in Silkypix. Chaffinch Starling Peeping ...

You are privileged to see them. They are getting quite rare. Thanks for sharing.