@ Jack -- Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. @ Dan -- Much appreciated! I like using as big an aperture as I can for close-ups. I never realized how much fun aperture priority could be using the kit lenses I had.
@ Igor -- Thank you for the kind words and the lens advice. For the colors, I used the in-camera custom image settings to crank up the saturation a couple of notches, the hue, and contrast a notch each, and cranked the sharpness up all the way to compensate for the softness of the lens. Then, for post-processing, I just used Photoshop 7's "Auto-Levels" adjustment and resized the image down to a manageable size for uploading to Flickr. I will look into the lenses you mentioned and see if my local shop has them, or can get them for me. I'm hoping to find something used but pampered on the cheap, but I'm beginning to get the impression that supplies are being snatched up pretty quickly. At this point, I'm praying that someday I'll stumble across some nice lenses at an estate auction or yard sale. -- http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbert http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/ http://wally-gee.deviantart.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
