A wonderful set of images; really eerie effect on the people in 5 & 8!

I agree with Percy on IPS and aspect ratio of 16:10; it just adds something to the workspace. I have a DELL 2412 - probably been superceded now. Don't know whether PCworld/ Curry's do them to make use of your vouchers. Mine was just over £200 at the time (3+ years ago).

IPS is important for the wide viewing angle - ie you can see the same brightness and colours even if you aren't looking square on. I have a feeling Samsung might do a variation on IPS calling it something else, but I am not sure what.

Highly impressed!

No 2 works for me also - nice out of focus background helps the flower really stand out, followed by no 1. No 5 would work better in my opinion with a bit of gardening! Ie removing the blades of grass and stopping the light on the green foliage along the bottom edge

Yeah - well.. I saw some prints in a gallery somewhere going for over £1000 of images I would have considered as duds and probably sent to the 'recycle bin' had they been mine. Seems you just need the right break somewhere!

I have the Pro version...

Ha ha - no I don't always rush to the latest 'OS' for the camera - but I hear what you are saying re the learning curve; maybe I didn't give it enough time. However a major decision was that I didn't feel like splashing out money on a new printer just yet! (Which wasn't a reconfigurable thing - there just is no driver for it under Windows10!)

Also in respect of the age of Windows 7 - I realise that but also figure that in about 4 years time when I believe the support for 7 will cease, my PC will probably be due for renewal anyway!

I upgraded just before the July deadline from W7 Pro, and then went back to it before the 30 day limit. I feel that there were some nice touches to W10, but outweighed by several niggly things, like the need for an extra mouse-click to get to where you wanted to (eg load a usb stick and a prompt comes up 'tap here to choose what you want to do' that then opens the box for you to select an option; Windows 7 just goes straight to that box)/ the start menu apps I removed and replaced with shortcuts to the programmes I wanted, but you lose the ability to open the last file straight from the start/ and couldn't use my main printer as no drivers for it!

Thanks for the info

Thanks all for taking time to comment; it is a great location and I would happily re-visit at some time! I might even put some more ferns up - from other locations!