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Over Cape Sounion, Greece. Lens: Tamron SP AF 70-200 mm F/2.8 Di LD Macro Lens: Sigma 17-70 F/2.8-4.0 DC Macro HSM C

Shot on my house terrace, 10 km south of Athens, Greece. The Moon is 4 days' waxing, Jupiter is below it (2 of its satellites may be seen too) and the star Spica (alpha of Virgo) is to the left. Th ...

Such a wonderful photo, Philip.

Nothing to object about your post, just a clarification about the Sigma 17-70 C maximum  apertures:  2.8 up to 21 mm, 3.5 up to 45 mm, 4.0 up to 70 mm.

Thank you Robert, enjoyed your spontaneous beauties!

Thank you Fred, it is a very interesting activity, where the last step, identification, is the hardest part, quite frequently.

The quest for wild orchids is continued this month and its results are far from disappointing: 1. Anacamptis Pyramidalis, on mount Hymettus, south of Athens, Greece 2. Anacamptis Pyramidalis, the ...

Some wild orchids, shot just today, in a small forest near Artemis Archeological Site, Attiki, Greece. 1. Ophrys Forestieri 2. Ophrys Bombyliflora. 3. Ophrys Oestrifera, subspecies Miniscula. 4. ...

I am a constant Pentax body user.  Since 2009, I have owned a Pentax K-x, a  K-30 and now, a K-S2. Meanwhile, I have owned 6 Pentax lenses and 5 third party ones.  All this time, I have noticed ...

Shooting Orion's M42 at 300 mm with Pentax DA 55-300 mm (red ribbon) at 40 sec (not 30 ) after having  performed a precise calibration. Slightly unfocused though...

A great series, Miles! Thanks for sharing.

Astro-shooting with the Pentax gps accessory (either internal or external) lies in the middle of the way between using nothing and using the telescope mountings. Here is a photo that I have taken ...

This is a wild orchid, shot in the Attica countryside, Greece.. Its name is Himantoglossum Robertianum. It has started to  bloom  some weeks late due to the unusually cold winter. Lens was the ...

Including a newly added feature on version 1.1.3 for -Support for Pentax KP -Text error correction -Connection performance improvement

FYI, here is the link to Ricoh's page describing all about the connection of certain Pentax cameras to mobile devices, throught that application: http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/down ...

Have you tried Image Sync app?

I purchased K-S2 with kit lens 18-50mm and, similarly, I was not satisfied by image quality, so Idecided to run some comparative tests. Pictures were shot in raw, cropped 100% and corrected in ...

Planet Venus and Moon conjunction Warm wishes for Health and Happy Shootings in 2017! Nick

Obviously,  we were very close to each other. I made a flash visit to the Syntagma square by using the Metro. It was cold and rainy, so I moved   fast. The only thing was that all the gondolas had ...

And the dismantling of the outlawed Ferris Wheel, on a gloomy Christmas time day. Lens: Sigma 17-70 mm F/2.8 DC Macro USM C The dismantling of the outlawed Ferris wheel