New lens!

Ladies and gentleman! Let me present you a lens I fell in love with from the moment I touched it:
Tamron 90 f2.8 !

Beautiful, fast, optically great, macro, shweet!

Can't wait to take photos!

And thanks to Jennifer for purchasing it in the USA and posting it to me, you rule !

K20d's first photos

Still testing the new camera. The more I know it, the more I like it:)
I took it with me to the swimming pool where Adam swims. This one is shot with Tamron 18-250 and through a window pane, ISO 800. No problem with the noise, I love it.

I won !!!!!!

I am absolutely thrilled! I have won an Assignment on Dreamstime!

The Assignment was all about House and Home and spring - cleaning, renovation etc. People voted and I won:) What's more, all four images I posted got through to top 15.

And the winner is:


© Photographer: Sebastian Czapnik | Agency: Dreamstime.com

The results start to appear in some places, my google alert brought me this:

1. How to make money selling your photos blog.
2. Rosyjska strona microstock.ru też pisze o tym.

New collection - Education

I've just realised that I have quite a few photos having something to do with Education, Teaching, Learning. I groupped them and here you have it.

The latest additions to it:

DT milestone.

Well, it is not a milestone as you might think of. No round numbers, whatsoever.

I've been uploading to Dreamstime intensively for more than a year. I always had more photos in my portfolio than downloads. Now, it's opposite. It means I reached the point I call 'critical mass'. Those many photos I have generate such DL numbers that I can't cope with them uploading new ones. I guess it will be getting even harder as time passes.

I am not worried by the fact, though :)

Equipment update - new body.

So, I finally have it! After selling my k100d, I purchased k20d. Great machine, so customizable, great ergonomics, shweet:) Looking forward to working with it.

Lab shot in action.

I have found another photo used thus adding up to my In Action label. This one:



used here.

Major changes

I am quite busy right now as some serious decisions had to be taken regarding my equipment. So, after analyzing, comparing, counting etc, the final decision is: I am upgrading from k100d to k20d. The new camera should get into my hands in 2 days, can't wait.

Also, two new lenses will broaden my collection , those will be the new Pentax 18-55 II (new kit) and fixed focal Tamron 90 f2.8.

As for new photos:
1. New spa items collection, this time with color themes:





2. Long hallway:



3. Florist and tulips:





...so, I am not being lazy, am I? :)

Chinese pesticides policy- no problem!

Did I mention I am a specialist in the area mentioned in the post's title? No? Probably because I am NOT :) But! I found another image of mine used, here it is:


..used here.

New photos in action.

Doing my regular search for my photos 'in action', I found two instances today. The first one is this:



It was used in a ebook called "Camping fun". On the net there is only an exerpt from the book, so I can't link to the particular place. Nice.

The second one is a flyer about environmental issues, it is in pdf format. The photo used there is this: