Flowers

There is nothing to compare with the beauty of flowers.

Favourite Lens -Pentax A 28-135mm F4 Zoom

Today I coupled up my Pentax 28-135 MF  with my Pentax Kr and took some pics in the garden.I think it is just about my favourite lens.
It is a precision instrument and all class.
Constant F4 maximum aperture
It also has a macro setting but did not use this today.

This week(6/2/15) has seen Ricoh anouncing a new Pentax Full  Frame DSLR is in the pipeline.
This lens should be great with that.

My wife is the gardener not me!

Floriade--Canberra

This time of the year is when the Floriade festival is held in Canberra.
It is a display of flowers(predominately tulips) and stalls for food and produce and a very popular event, especially with photographers.
Here are some shots from the last time we went to it. We have relatives living in Canberra so it is a city we have visited frequently and come to enjoy.

Below is a link to news reporting and video of this year's event.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-18/spring-shines-on-floral-festival/2905112 

Random Photography for Enjoyment

Pentax kr Pentax 50mm 1.4 lens

Pentax kr Pentax 50mm 1.4 lens plus used live view to get down low

Pig Face Lake Merreti

Pig Face Lake Merreti

River Red Gums Lake Merreti area

Pentax kr special effects

White Plumed Honeyeater

Approaching Blanchetown Bridge on Sturt Highway

Beginning to climb Accommodation Hill Sturt Highway

More special effects

These are some shots from our recent weekend in the Riverland.It also has some shots on way home on the Sturt Highway. Accommodation Hill is so named because in the early days of South Australia this was a place where people stayed overnight when travelling to Adelaide by horse and cart.In the early days of motoring the journey took a whole day from Renmark.Now in a car it is under 3 hours.Yellow crop on Accommodation Hill is Canola which has become popular with Australian Farmers