Don't really know where to post this link, I'm not trying to organise a meet as such but some of you local chaps may be interested.

I may be there on one of the days as I will be helping out with a display, don't know which yet.

You bring Alan down to Whitby Barrie and show him how to shoot REAL birds

Is that comment going to get me into bother again?

PS: nice shots, still p!$$£d off I couldn't get there.

It doesn't matter what rules are implemented, cheaters will still cheat.

As for the guidelines in the link provided by DOIK people have been ignoring these and still winning competitions for years, I have snapped birds in the wild and presented many of them as Natural History images only for a judge to suggest the image would be improved by cloning out distracting branches etc, so even the judges don't take notice of the rules.

Personally I have no problem with good images of captive wildlife, but I do think such images should be clearly defined as should those that have been largely digitally manipulated but I already think that of any such images of any subject.

Done what? the dishes, the bottle, taking your dad's K5 apart?

Oh the exams, good news, forget the job hunting, all the best ones are gone, I hear McDonalds are looking for Customer Service Representatives, the only qualification required is the ability to smile and remember the phrase "do you want fries with that"

That's a bummer Dave, still it beats being on benefits and wanting for nothing

Looks like you guy had a good time and got some good shots, all I got today was a sore thumb after hitting it with a hammer, I would sooner have been with you chaps

Have you got a Polarazing Filter?

Why not let us see the original middle exposure shot as a comparison.

Sorry Guys, I'm not going to be able to make this one either, I've been volunteered for other duties

Quite common Barrie, had them myself in the summer, but it's not called a wine shandy, has to be something posh for the wine bar patrons....try Spritzer

Wont that make the lens Soft?