Kris Lockyear's photos
August 8th: Gnome in a tank
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Today's silly picture for the Single in August challenge. Looks like my lens is front focussing by quite a bit. The focus point was on the gnome but the sharp area is midway up the gun.
SMC Pentax 500 f4.5
August 7: SMC Pentax 500 f4.5
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Today was a theme day in the "Single in August" challenge. The theme was "old" so I thought I'd dig out one of my old lenses. This is the K series 500 f/4.5 with a Pentax KX attached to the back of it.
August 6: church and geese
August 5: church and sky
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I noticed some lovely sunset clouds but by the time I had walked round to a nicer view rather than a boring housing estate, the drama had gone. This is one attempt to get something from very little.
August 4: motorcycle clock
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A late night safety for the Single in August challenge. I did take it on the 4th but didn't process it until today.
This is a small clock which my late mother gave me a long time ago. It's totally impractical but I keep it on the shelf.
August 3 dahlia
August 2 sunflower
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I rather underestimated how thin the depth of field was at f/2.8. The near petals are in focus but the centre of the flower isn't. Oh well, it'll have to do for today's entry.
August 1 2026: straw bales
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I decided to do another "Single in..." challenge after a long time away with my new Pentax DA* 16-50 f/2.8 lens.
Edited in Lightroom.
Day 32
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
I stood for 'Head Boy' at The Howard School in 1982 as I wanted to give the leavers speech at the end of the year. I lost. Turned out Peter, who won, really didn't want to give the speech, so I got to give it anyway in the summer of 1983
Day 31 (2)
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
Second of two pictures of me standing over the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, one taken in the 1970s, this one taken in 2015. Both were taken when on a Society coach outing. In the earlier one I just rocked-up and took the photo. In the latter, there was a queue for selfies!
Day 31 (1)
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
First of two pictures of me standing over the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, this one taken in the 1970s, the other one taken in 2015. Both were taken when on a Society coach outing. In the earlier one I just rocked-up and took the photo. In the latter, there was a queue for selfies!
Day 30
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
Merle Rook was the wife of Tony. They created the Welwyn Archaeological Society in the 1960s. Her I am giving her a hug at a party in their garden at Mill Lane, Welwyn. Merle died in 2012 and I miss her enormously, She was kind, clever and loving.
Day 29
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
Last summer I worked on the Institute's training excavation in Suffolk.
Day 28
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
Here I am (centre) posing with Clifford (left of picture) and Peter (right) holding Linda Earwicker. This is the 19th slide I took on my new Pentax ME Super so must have been taken in 1982.
Day 25
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
I'm the small baby in the hand-knit babygro on my sisters knee posing with my brothers and sisters in the living room of our house in Welwyn Garden City. I guess this is later 1964 or very early 1965.
Day 27
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
I went InterRailing for the third time in the spring of 1988. One stop was Avignon where I had to pose for a photograph "sur le pont". Selfies with a 35mm camera where a little more hit and miss than now!
Day 26
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Fifty photographs to celebrate 50 years of membership of the Welwyn Archaeological Society.
In 1989--1990 I worked for the Test Valley Archaeological Trust. Here I am posing next to the "site hut" at a site at Kings Somborne school where I excavated an Anglo-Saxon grubenhaus (or "sunken featured building").
