Kit and caboodle

I record most of my visits to historic sites with a Canon EOS 350D digital camera. At one time I lugged around a kit bag with three 35mm camera bodies loaded with 100ASA, 400ASA and either slide or B&W film. Add in wide-angle, standard 50mm, macro zoom, telephoto and 500mm mirror lenses plus flash, filters etc and it's no surprise that I had back-ache. Now I can get along with the Canon digital plus three lenses in a bag a quarter the size and a fraction of the weight. The quality of image, as in this photo of an iris, is still very acceptable. I love these black and near-black flowers such as this example of Helen Proctor or others like Black Watch.