Chiaroscuro: swan

I bought a new camera from the states. Its a Pentax Optio mx4. Its a 10 optical 4MP still and 640x480 30fps movie camera. It doesn't use tapes just records directly onto a SD card.

Its got a good lens, the only problem I've not got over yet is setting the white balance for indoors when shooting a movie. Overall I'm delighted. It cost £140 and I already had a 512Mb SD card so that isn't a problem.

Anyway, we went to Shipley Country Park at the weekend - where I took this shot, just before the swan bit Anna. Hmmm.

Unfortunately you can't see all the subtlety of the feathers and the light through the water droplets on a compressed version,but you get the idea. I'll post a movie when I've sorted the WB as there isn't many decent demo movies on the web.