Have to agree with others that the slideshow feature is not to my taste, great pics though

I'm using firfox on a PC and its OK for me John

Most of these should do well

My personal preferance would be for the last shot, the girls eyes are totally black and give the image a certain "evilness" especially when combined with her expression, but that may put off certain judges, especially if theyre not photographers who are just looking for a "nice" picture.

I would clone a dead puppy where that out of focus bag? is and have the judges calling for you head (that was a joke and not a serious suggestion)

PS; do you want to buy a dead puppy

Thanks Gwyn, I didn't bother with the first updat either but this onhe is downloading as I type

Welcome to the forum Luca and also to everyone else I missed saying hello to

Its not grafiti, its wanton vandalism, catch then, horsewhip them, then lock them up, permanantly

I like the way the smiley face made by the damage to the door almost mirrors the grafiti.

I'm sorry but I am disgusted and appalled that Don should turn this forum into a source of sexual innuendo, perhaps it would have not been so bad if he'd have place a black strip across the tree with the words CENSORED in white lettering.
As for the second shot I believe Don is grossly mistaken in identifying the subject, I for one dont think its an anthill but on the other hand I wasn't aware that there were any giant Elephants in Australia.

PS; Keep em' coming Don

Well Aiki I personally like them all

Thank for the ideas folks, though none of you have suggested cropping the one area I was agonising over, the trees on the left in order to place the cottages more on the third, I'd already considered Johns suggested crop from the outset to about the same as Kens but still couldn't decide on the left or even the adjustments to levels etc.

I think I'm going to have a play around with Kens ideas though

Thanks again.

A tasty one as far as the Grebe's concerned

I snapped this in Durham during a quick visit on our way back from Northumbria, I got it with the K10D and the DA 50-135 but think I could have done with a bit more reach, I cant decide if theres a decent image in there or not, cant decide where to crop and not being one for elaborate digital work I'm stuck as to the best treatment in PS, anyone got any ideas?

This is straight from camera with simple resize.


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I took Nathans advice and got the 16-50 despite having the same reservation as yourself, all I can say is Its a great lens, and you will be astonished by the image quality.

All these were taken with it;

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