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<p>Bird feeder 1</p><div></div>

<p>Some late fall images in the Bronx, NY</p> <p>Oddly, this shot was on a bright, sunny day, like the ones that follow:</p><div></div>

<p>The one w/o OS is for Pentax. B&H has the one without OS for Pentax, the ones with OS for Canon and Nikon.</p>

<p>Faves this week<br> Doug - Sounds like a good idea not to move Conus Striatus; love the sunset<br> Dorus - As usual, artistic and interesting shots. As for #2, Check out Joel Meyerowitz's pictures in his book Cape Light.<br> Bob - #3 Spectacular vista - the light on the mountains<br> Yuri - Good lines in all - B&W was definitely the way to go.<br> Rick - Welcome back. #1 looks sci-fi; Potsdame Dome is fav.<br> John - Nicely done portrait.<br> Matt - #3 does it for me.<br> Til next week.</p>

<p>I usually don't like flare, but I tried it anyway. Not too bad, I think.</p><div></div>

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<p>Lot's of good stuff last week and Dave, your father looks great.<br /> Last Monday I took pictures of a lovely young woman, who volunteered again even after a session in very difficult light, last month. Here are some of them:<br /> I know her eyes are closed, but the expression on her face was one I needed to capture</p> <div></div>

<p>Lot's of good stuff last week and Dave, your father looks great.<br> Last Monday I took pictures of a lovely young woman, who volunteered again even after a session in very difficult light, last month. Here are some of them:<br> I know her eyes are closed, but the expression on her face was one I needed to capture</p>

<p>And hunting was not an issue.</p>

<p>OK, when I said it was really hard to get a non-blurry picture from my 85mm it's at f/1.4 with DoF probably the length of a short eyelash. I'm wondering if Jochen's 50mm 1.4 is hunting for that reason.<br> <br />I took some photos with my Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 macro. Depending on the light and how close I got, the shots were fine. The lens was not emphasizing lines or irregularities if I stayed out of macro range. I have a K-5 so the lens is equal to a 135mm, allowing me plenty of distance, even for closeups.</p>

<p>Oh yes, the Tamron has a focus limiter to cut down on lens travel.</p>

<p>Ruslan, I like your portraits very much. I mostly use my 50-300 for outdoor portraits. I've been trying to use my Rokinon 85mm Manual Focus but getting accurate focus at a distance is really difficult wide open - nice bokeh, though. I have the Tamron 9omm f/2.8 macro which I have not really used for portraits, but I'm going to try it, given the focus issues with the Rokinon. One has to watch out for too sharp portraits with a macro.</p>

<p>The Nikkor is $100 dollars less @ B&H.. So, we're obviously not going for competitive pricing anymore. I wonder how they stack up against each other.</p>

<p>I just received an e-mail from RICOH, offering a new DA 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR @ $749.99. A couple of months ago, I purchased a Tamron 24-75mm f2.8 for approximately the same price. I'm sort of glad that Pentax didn't come out with their lens sooner. I bought the Tamron because of the f/2.8 aperture for portraits. The wider range of the Pentax would have been tempting, since I could have taken the kit 18-55 out of my bag and would have had a more useful wide angle-short tele. But I think for portraits, the f/2.8 will be more useful.</p>