At the Garden Centre

Had a good lunch at a garden centre yesterday, followed by a bit of camera fun. The thing that might be of interest to some, is that the photos were taken with an old Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 manual focus lens on a K-r body.

The great thing about the animals there is that they are so co-operative and they stay perfectly still. Being ceramic is an advantage - the real ones can drive photographers potty.

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Philip

At the garden centre there were, not surprisingly, lots of plants (real ones, not ceramics), many of which were in bloom. Here are a couple of flower photos - first a rose then a pair of roses:

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Philip

I like these

Nice to see someone other than myself using a '28'

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K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

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Thank you for viewing and commenting, Stuart - I'm pleased that you like them. Those old lenses are compact, well made, and of lasting quality.

Here are two more flowers from the same garden centre, shot with the 28mm lens -

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Philip

That last shot is particularly good, excellent control of the whites.

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Best regards, John

I was thinking just that then I realised John had beaten me to it

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K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

My Flickr site link

Thank you, John and Stuart.

Philip

nice shots

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Mike

Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / /Panasonic Lumix GX1/ Canon G10/ Pentax Q / Olympus OM1n

Thank you, Mike.

Three more Pentax-A 28mm garden centre shots -
7.Glossy leaves:


8.Compare the meerkats:


9.A hanging basket:



Philip