I feel bad for picking fault, but it's a common fault that I tend to see more on American websites for some reason, so...

Your sentence should say '...better than that...'

I've noticed you say it before, but haven't felt the need to correct it, but this seems like the right thread to do so.

I wish I could speak/write a second language as well as you do.

Dan

Well Cedric, as I work for Essex Wildlife Trust I feel I can offer a big thank you for posting this, and obviously I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to Hanningfield (one of my favourite reserves, just a few miles from me). I'll let the team there know how much you appreciated your time there. If you're ever down Romford way, feel free to pop into the visitor centre at Bedfords Park and say hello.

I also like Lackford Lakes, getting some lovely views of some Kingfishers up there. What I like about the Wildlife Trusts is that they're very much dedicated to 'your' county, and look after the reserves and parks with people as much in mind as the wildlife there.

Did you see any posters for photography workshops at Hanningfield?

Dan

I think this would be the winner, so there's not really any point in anyone else trying.

Think you're probably thinking of this thread.

Dan

And then there are 400mm f/2.8 lenses, obviously they'd need a 143mm mount...

Dan

I was wandering by...

Dan

I can see Steve's slowly going to start regreting the sale...

Dan

And there's City of London cemetery in Manor Park, probably even nearer for you. Pics on Flickr here.

Might also get some ideas here.

Dan

No Problem! It's not something I've used before, only did it because of this thread. Obviously there's nothing to stop you adding other layers (such as Levels) to that 'Actions' file, and then copying all three layers over when you need to. There are a lot of possibilities for this sort of thing, if it's a type of processing you do regularly.

Dan

It would seem that way. I have Elements 4 and that definitely doesn't!

If you don't want to spend out on a new version of Elements just yet, how about this free work-around.

Download this PSD file, and save to your desktop. Now, every time you want to do this B&W conversion, just double-click the 'Actions.psd' file and it will open up in Elements. Then open the image you want to work on, view the two images at the same time using Window>Images>Tile from the menu bar.

Then just select the two adjustment layers from the 'Actions' image and drag them onto the image you want to play with, and then adjust them as necessary.

Does that make sense?

Dan