Oh I am sorry on jumping to conclusions here
Really sorry. This is when sometimes being face to face and able to see one's expression while saying something has a different meaning all together.

I would see the irony in it too and in a lighter mood. Just read it under the wrong tone that's all.

Good the overall tone of the thread has subsided, which is good

So now, father Ted, are we going to see some nice cricket match images soon?

Now that is just being pure silly and childish laughing about a typo. We all know that when typing occasionally we are all prone to errors.

There is a big difference between purposely spelling something in a certain way and typing certain thing and missing or making a mistake.
And if one cannot differentiate it then definitely there is something lacking in one's ability to be mentally mature.

We all know that what John intended to write was "things"

John,

What a beautiful way of exemplifying the problem described. Strange enough the example of the date in a receipt is absolutely spot on. You got it nailed there. Its not that I am not able to find the date in the receipt, but the few seconds that I waste locating it that gets to me at times if I am in a hurry.

Same with the txt languages used. I have no problem at all with it nor with any short form of words used, but I vehemently abhor its usage where there is no need for it. I use it when texting without any problems because I have a limited number of characters allowed, and sometimems the most common short terms I am quite ok with it being used here but when in one sentence alone I run into several such terms then it starts getting to me. And when the same term is applied to replace different words then depending on my mood on the day it can really start getting to me.

You got me so confused there now. First of all I don't know what "phonetical spelling" means. I know what phonetic spelling is though, and if that's what you mean I still think its a bit confusing for me at times.

But hey, may be I am not as clever as you are so that might be the reason I mentioned that sometimes it can be confusing understanding it, for me personally.

Bob, I did read about your DA*50-135, but thankfully you are insured and you should be ok with that.

Seems you have all the corners covered with this one, so you shouldn't have any difficulties improving it once you get to tweak a little. That's the beauty of it all, once you have the image then carry on perfecting it.

Looking forward to seeing some more of these ones.

Now, seriously Bob, that image is really fantastic. I think you should enhance it more and I am sure you can improve by tweaking your setup.

I am sure also that you dont necessarily need a macro lens if you dont have one to improve that image. Of course with the macro lens in my opinion it would give you that spot on beauty out of it but seems you have enough gear there to still improve it. Not that I see a lot wrong with this image anyway but I can associate that feeling you have of wanting to improve further.

I can't see any EXIF from the image and don't know if you used any flash so I couldn't help with any tips. But in my opinion that wasn't the ideal lens to try this shot. Have you had a go at it with your 50-135? How does it come out? Also make sure your glass bowl or whatever you used is as thin as possible to avoid a lot of refraction. Clean it thoroughly and I think you certainly can manage to get that fuzziness you mentioned in your comment out of it with a bit more work.

Yeah yeah, blame Amin for it all . Get addicted to it and then chuck it all out on me also. .

Go down that route and you will soon be locking yourselves in a shed, for those who have one, otherwise a corner in the house will do, or even lock yourselves in the bathroom with your kit and do not forget your Macro lens. Carry on that route and I will be mentioned on divorce papers.
Anyone knows a good lawyer please? I think I need to get my side secured just in case I am dragged to court by an angry wife blaming me for corrupting their husband leading to macro addiction ha

Thanks George and Stefan

Aahhh, my head aches now, . Is this the new type of vocabulary that one has to learn now?
I definitely have been out of touch with the current orthographic development.

Sorry to divert the topic a little but its just for clarification purposes. I just stumbled upon this thread and was trying to run through it when I came across Lil Andy's comment and the sentence above.

Just thought of making sure whether the short form you are using the term "URE" does it stand for "You Are" or "Your" or it can just be applied either way and left to interpretation.
Oh and is :-s some type of expressive emoticon that I have missed too?

You see, my english vacabulary and grammar is fairly limited so I just want to make sure I understand quite correctly what I am reading so that I do not assume something that is not and go on commenting and up in a ditch.
Sorry everyone for diverting the topic temporarily.

Same here, fully agree with Mike, love my 100mm Macro