Autumn in England can often be gray, damp and generally rather miserable. We had a wonderful summer this year and the good weather is continuing into mid-October. The sun was shining brightly in a almost cloudless, blue sky. So while my wife was out golfing yesterday, I took another trip to my local park, Kelsey Park, armed with the 10D, 135/2 and 1.4x teleconverter. I also took along my monopod, which I've been doing more and more recently. I'm finding that it really does help reduce camera shake, and is far less aggravation to carry than a tripod.

I'm really pleased with the way these pictures have turned out - apart from some grotty JPG compression artefacts. The colours are saturated and brilliant. And the 135/2 is just a wonderful lens