Why does'nt this forum support Avatars? it would be so much easier locating previous comments/posts that having to read the current relatively small print of the posters name.

I am a member of several forums and this is the only one not to have this feature.

Gutted fish my @r$£, you should have used Sushi , now we'll never get the lens

welcome to the forum ,

However, you do realise that by joining and participating in threads you risk the men in white coats coming for you

I have a ball & socket head on my Benbo Monopod, you cant always get the right angle by just leaning the Pod over, and a B&S head is especially usefull if shooting upwards.

I like the idea, but I dont think the main image is in keeping with the rest, IMHO its a bit on the dark side or too saturated, makes the model look like she just poured on a bottle of cheap self-tan lotion
I dont mind the colour split with the eye though I do think its a bit of a picasso cliche'

Apart from that I think it hangs together quite well

Absolutely shocking
Dont try this at home folks

Dont worry about it Pete, one out of three aint bad

Pete:

I am sooooo glad you edited your reply, I was just about to pour a boatload of scorn down your way, "who's Joe Cornish" indeed

Very nice Pete, I love the pool shots, tell me it was really bright but overcast. or did you use fill in flash? the lighting seems so even its unbelievable.
Sunsets are nice too, been reading Joe Cornish have we?

Hi Dave welcome to the forum

I think the best advice I can offer (and everyone else omitted this) get out as often as possible and experiment, experiment, and experiment some more, the more you use the camera in different modes the better aquainted you will become, OK so you will shoot an awful lot of rubbish and delete 99.9% of it, but it will be fun.

My opinion on the sensor cleaning, it doesnt' work...... not to most peoples expectations at least . After three months my istD sensor was filthy, after six months my K10D sensor only has the odd stubborn speck, now consider that and you decide if it works or not.