You'll be saving up for a Tamron macro then?

PS, thats a nice shot, should have hung onto the lens and grabbed it myself

Q) What are my feelings about the third Yorkshire Groups meet?

A)

Big thanks to Dave for organising and suggesting Harcastle Crags (although he could have arranged a bit more sun)

Bugger off Dan....we dont care if you are a Pentax user.......your a Southener!

PS; original reply was meant for Daniel, AKA Tyr, a TRUE northerner (even tho' he has a funny accent and wears a funny hat )

Sunday would be a no go for me too, sorry Hazza.

Daniel, check your PMs

I Definately cant do the 29th

The 15th would be best for me or could do the 22nd at a push.

I always find Temple Newsam a bit boring (photographically speaking) unless you concentrate on the flower gardens, I suppose I've seen the place too many times

Lotherton Hall is OK for a bit of everything but long lenses are a must if you want to photograph the Deer. Plus there's St Marys? chapel a few miles down the road.

Ilkley Moor, OK if the light is exceptional otherwise forget it.

Hard Castle Crags??? dont know, never been

What about the pub

Just tell me which woods you found her in .........

Seriously tho' some very nice imaginitive shots in there, loved the second shot though I would have liked to see the hand in focus as well. portraiture is not my thing but I can see where you were coming from.

I am always amazed at other folks problems with home printing, OK to be fair I have had my fair share of rejects but I think all this hype about colour profiles goes a little bit too far, my set up as folllows:

Epson Stylus R300, brand X continous ink system (printer and CIS. was just over £100 from a computer fair, I use both Epson Premium Photo Glossy and also brand X photo paper, I have also tried several varieties of Permajet and even ordinary art paper/card, results are probably about 95% to my satisfaction, I must also add that my monitor is NOT calibrated nor do I bother with profiles, yet my prints always seem to recieve good comments in competitions, I dont get as many winners as I would like but thats not down to printing
Will my prints last? probably not, but I can always run another off later

PS I have some Kodak glossy paper that is absolute Cr@p with my setup

Ditto to all the previous replies.

Nice shots for a macro newbie Kevin.

Some very nice shots in there Pete, you should be proud of yourself, are you considering taking this up professionally? you should.

Reminds me of an overweight girl wearing a thong