Its been a few years since i did the last Pic A Day, then I tried Pic A Week although I found it easier to do pic a day than pic a week as i kept forgetting.
http://bigred4x4.blogspot.com/2007/12/pic-day-2007.html
http://bigred4x4.blogspot.com/2008/01/pic-week-2008.html
Anyway ... its time to do it all again.
Its hard but rewarding to complete the full year
1-1-11 Pentax Kx and DAL 18-55/4-5.6
I started the year off by painting my Nissan MK Patrol Ute RED !!...
2-1-11 Pentax K5 and DA 12-24/4
Just after midnight i went for a wander around MUDGEERABA taking night pics.
I was questioned by the Police and offered to show them my pics but they declined and accepted my explanation.
The old Mudgeeraba Post Ofice ...
3-1-11 Pentax K5 and DA 12-24/4
An old bridge slowly being destroyed ...
4-1-11 Pentax Kx and DAL 18-55/4-5.6
A few ribs from the wreck of the HMS Gayundah stick out of the ocean at low tide ...
5-1-11 Pentax Kr and FA50/1.4
Mt Coot-tha botanical gardens glasshouse ...
6-1-11 Pentax K7 and DAL 18-55/4-5.6
Left behind or abducted by aliens ?
7-1-11 Pentax KX and Pentax DA* 50-135/2.8
The view of Brisbane from Mt Coot-tha was pretty dull on a rainy day.
8-1-11 Pentax KR and DAL 18-55/4-5.6
Hand held shot while driving through the Clem 7 Tunnel...
9-1-11 Pentax K7 and Pentax FA 100/2.8 Macro
Oliver...
10-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
old conveyor stands ...
11-1-11 Pentax K10D and Pentax F 50/1.4
Getting prepared for the floods???
12-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
The Logan River floods. You can launch your boat from the boat ramp carpark now ...
13-1-11 Pentax K20D and Pentax FA 43/1.9 Limited
Keep Left ...
14-1-11 Pentax K20D and Pentax FA 100/2.8 Macro
Lamps ...
15-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
Little Red out for its first drive...
16-1-11 Pentax *istDs and Pentax M135/3.5
this was taken with my first Digital SLR and an old manual lens, the minimum focusing distance was nearly 2 metres so i had to crop this a lot ... reckon it does pretty good for an old combo :)
Dragonfly ...
17-1-11 Pentax *istDs and Pentax K135/2.5
flower sweat ...
18-1-11 Pentax K20D and Pentax FA 100/2.8 Macro
Weight a While ...
19-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
flood debris ... 3 stories up !!
[teddy bear on the roof of Goodna RSL]
20-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
Cane bins...
21-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
The Lions share ...
22-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 50-135/2.8
Savannah...
23-1-11 Pentax K100D and Pentax F 70-210/4-5.6
These are growing in the roof gutter ... might be time to clean it out ... as soon as the sweetcorn beside it ripens LOL
24-1-11 Pentax K100D and Pentax F 35-70/3.5-4.5
dragon...
25-1-11 Pentax K5 and Tamron SP AF Di 90/2.8 Macro
Monaro...
26-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA* 300/4.5
obscure...
27-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A* 200/4 Macro
out of the blue...
28-1-11 Pentax K10D and Pentax F 35-105/4-5.6
Wall ...
29-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 80-320/4.5-5.6
saloon...
30-1-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
seen better days ...
31-1-11 Pentax K5 and Zenitar 16/2.8 fisheye
Roundaboat ...
Might try using a different lens each day starting with the old "K" lenses..........................
1-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 24/3.5
all aboard ...
2-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 28/3.5
smokin...
3-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 30/2.8
After the brisbane floods,life returns to the park as the mud shrinks ...
4-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 35/2
relic ...
5-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 50/1.2
gecko ...
6-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 50/1.2
stepping out...
7-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 50/1.4
duck ...
8-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 50/4 Macro
Lighthouse ...
9-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 55/1.8
pier...
10-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 55/2
racing...
11-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 85/1.8
windmill...
12-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 135/2.5
spider in a funnel web...
13-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M 135/3.5 [oops, thought it was a K lens]
ripped off...
14-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 200/4
boats in chains...
15-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 300/4
butterfly...
16-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 45-125/4
clouds ...
17-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax K 85-210/4.5
Aliens ...
Time to start on the old "M" lenses..................
18-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M 40/2.8
WW2 bunker...
19-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M50/1.4
petals...
20-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M50/1.7
Paddlesteamer...
21-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M50/2
beetles...
22-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M28-50/3.5-4.5
jagged...
23-2-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax M35-70/2.8-3.5
washed away...
Now I'm starting on the really old Takumar screw mount lenses from the 60's and 70's.
24-2-11 Pentax K5 and Takumar 17/4 fisheye
Pink bits ...
25-2-11 Pentax K5 and Takumar 50/1.4
bridged...
26-2-11 Pentax K5 and Takumar 50/4 Macro [preset]
wings ...
27-2-11 Pentax K5 and Takumar 200/5.6 [preset]
let there be light...
28-2-11 Pentax K5 and Takumar 200/3.5 [preset]
bird ...
Time to try the old Super-Multi-Coated Takumars.
01-3-11 Pentax K5 and Super-Multi Coated Takumar 28/3.5
bent...
02-3-11 Pentax K5 and Super-Multi Coated MACRO Takumar 50/4
twisted...
Now its time to start on the Super Takumars !
03-3-11 Pentax K5 and Super Takumar 35/3.5
cane...
04-3-11 Pentax K5 and Super Takumar 50/1.4
Talc Alfs "Australia" ...
05-3-11 Pentax K5 and Super Takumar 135/3.5
water lillies...
06-3-11 Pentax K5 and Super Takumar 150/4
Coffee time ... 8>)
and an old non Pentax screw mount lens
07-3-11 Pentax K5 and RMC Tokina 75-260/4.5
jetty...
Now its time to start on the "A" lenses.
08-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 28-80/3.5-4.5
Brisbane city views...
09-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 35-70/3.5-4.5
for the fairies...
10-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 35-70/4
looks very much like my daughter when she was a kid...
11-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 35-80/4-5.6
hate these things, everywhere at this time of year :(
12-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 70-210/4
spider...
13-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 50/1.4
Jacobs Well Bait and Tackle ...
14-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A 50/1.7
totem ...
15-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A* 200/4 Macro
tiny fly on a 20mm flower...
16-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax A* 600/5.6
wallaby ...
Time to start on the AF lenses ... this won't take long as there is only one of them ... LOL
It was Pentaxes first Auto Focus lens with batteries in the lens.
It seems to have seized up as i could not turn the focus ring so i had to find a scene that suited where it was prefocused ... the luck of the Irish eh!! LOL
17-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax AF 35-70/2.8
green lake with little pied cormorant taking off.
Time to start on the F lenses.
18-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax F 50/1.4
Derelict ...
19-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax F 50/1.4
cruiser park ...
20-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax F 50/1.4
Oneputt Waterhole ...
21-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax F 35-70/3.5-4.5
homely...
22-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax F 35-105/4-5.6
morning ...
23-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax F 70-210/4-5.6
look, up in the sky, its a bird, its a plane, nope, its just a bloody balloon...
Time to bring out the FA lenses ...
24-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 43/1.9 Limited
morning dew ...
25-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 50/1.4
morning sun ...
26-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 50/1.7
waterfall ...
27-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 100/2.8 Macro
bad weather beach ...
28-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA* 300/4.5
mating ...
29-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 28-70/4
factory lighting ...
30-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 28-80/3.5-4.7
going going gone ...
31-3-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 35-80/4-5.6
Brissie ...
1-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax FA 80-320/4.5-5.6
power line...
Time to start on the DA lenses
2-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
waterways ...
3-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
where will we go to next? ...
4-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 18-55/3.5-5.6
dragon ...
5-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 50-135/2.8
old Logan River bridge, hard to believe this was a two way bridge between Brisbane and the Gold Coast on the Pacific Highway ...
6-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DAL 18-55/3.5-5.6 [white]
spinning ...
7-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DAL 50-200/4-5.6 [white]
Big Red Gun ...
8-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DAL 18-55/3.5-5.6 [ Red ]
moth ...
Now its time for the "non Pentax" lenses
9-4-11 Pentax K5 and Zenitar 16/2.8 fisheye
jungle house [abandoned]...
10-4-11 Pentax K5 and Sigma 18-125/3.5-5.6
fired ...
11-4-11 Pentax K5 and Tamron 90/2.8 Macro
tightrope walker ...
12-4-11 Pentax K5 and Centon 500/8 mirror lens
city backdrop...
13-4-11 Pentax K5 and Tokina 28/2.8
Behm Creek ...
14-4-11 Pentax K5 and Tamron adaptall 70-210/3.8-4
palm ...
15-4-11 Pentax K5 and Tamron adaptall 80-210/3.8-4
Arlec ...
16-4-11 Pentax K5 and Makinon 80-200/4.5
Jacobs Well International Airport ... LOL
I've finished using all my lenses now so its back to using whatever i like.
17-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
floral fireworks ...
18-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
Lutheran ...
19-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
seagull parade ...
20-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
washed up ...
21-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
winter closing in ...
22-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
big load ...
23-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
Menindee ...
24-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
woolshed ...
25-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
Menindee railway water tanks...
26-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
SHARK !!
Floods beside Old Topar Roadhouse...
27-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
White Cliffs mine ...
28-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
Lightning Ridge castle ...
29-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
Jimna Fire Tower ...
30-4-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 50-135/2.8
Myles ...
1-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 50-135/2.8
Kevy ...
2-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
campfire ...
3-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
Cement Barrel ...
4-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
just another brick in the wall ...
5-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
cluster ...
6-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
windshaped...
7-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
the big match ...
8-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
tangles...
9-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
watching ...
10-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA 12-24/4
rainbow...
11-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
birdpane...
12-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
rectangles...
13-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
big tinnie...
14-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
promise of things to come?
15-5-11 Pentax K5 and Pentax DA* 16-50/2.8
button mushrooms fried in butter ... mmmmmmmmmm
