One Welsh guy pointed up to the sky and said to another, "Is that the sun or the moon?"

The other replied, "I don't know, I'm from Port Talbot."

Excellent colour rendition.....sorry, color rendition!

Here's my 2 centimes worth........

Zooms are rarely at their best at the very short or very long ends of their range. I know this to be the case with 2 of the zooms that I own/owned, including the 17-70.

I found that I was wanting to take many shots at 17, or as wide as the 17-70 can go, and so I decided to sell the 17-70 and buy a Sigma 10-20, to use mainly in the range 14-17, I reckon. I say, I reckon, because I can't tell you yet how I got on as i don't get my hands on the lens until next week.

And yet i still would like to try, every now and again, shots like smoochy's with a big foreground and real fade. Why not?

But I also have a 28mm lens to complement it.

As far as the filter is concerned, David, as far as I'm concerned it does what it says on the tin.

I find I can calculate the exposure required easily...in other words, it's an accurate 10 stopper.....and once the blue is removed it seems to provide natural enough colour.

I haven't used it that much (mainly due to weather conditions), but I've been very satisfied with the results so far. I'll be using it again soon so when I do I'll post some piccies.

Now the Moon!

Mine is the later one too, with a lovely blue tint.

I shoot in RAW, so it's a simple process to change the white balance in pp. Really, it's a few seconds job once you have done it the first time.

Good point!

It's not really a colour cast, it's a fooling of the camera regarding white balance. I correct this simply by changing the WB settings until the image looks natural. A very quick and easy process once you know how to do it.

Couldn't agree more.

Thanks, Steve. Likewise. Couldn't have gone better.

Have fun with the lens! (That box has been well looked after, you know!)