Well done Aiki - yours was the one I would have chosen too.
And congratulations to everyone else too. A good set of photos.

I was hoping to get a shot of my husband asleep whilst watching the golf on the telly this weekend but for once he stayed awake all the way through it .

The point of good grammar and punctuation is that it makes it easier to read, and therefore to understand a posting.
I'm female, over forty by quite a bit, and though I happily use txtspk when texting I wouldn't dream of using it here.
There is no limit to the number of characters you can type, nor a price attached to each message, so why not take a few seconds more to read through what you have typed, and correct it.
Firefox has a spelling checker, and I'm sure other browsers also have one, for those who have problems spelling or for those of us who's heads work faster than our fingers. Why not make use of such facilities to make a post as clear and readable as possible?

Martin I like that crop - it adds a bit of interest, excitement to the photo.

The first one is a bit too busy for my taste.
I really love the simplicity and the combination of the colours in the second one. Wonderful.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I shall watch out for next years one in plenty of time.

I am well aware of others views of George in his other posts - but you said they mailed you with regard to this post. Well let them put their views here, where we can all read them, not behind our backs.

George has very eloquently put his point of view here, and many of us have seconded that view. There is nothing stopping those who disagree with him from putting their point of view here too, although I doubt some could put it as thoughtfully as he did.

Maybe the other members who emailed you should have the courage to express their opinions here.

I think you are being way too over sensitive about George's comments, and now are just trying to stir up more trouble as you did on his previous post.

Well I guess you and the 8 others will be very happy on your new forum. I wish you every success with your forum. Don't forget to logout when you leave.

I am not going to set up a poll or anything else.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, including George. You are entitled to disagree with him.

What you are not entitled to do is start a hate campaign against him.

Then it would be a DSLR. If you don't want to use the viewer buy a bridge camera, a compact camera of a micro 4/3rds camera.
Have you ever tried focussing accurately using a screen or EVF? it is hard!

I'm sorry Cloudhunter but you are out of order. George has been a member of this forum for a very long time, and is one of the more helpful, and yes, gentlemanly members here.
He can be a bit grumpy, he admits that but to have a bunch of new comers come in and stir things up and try and get George banned because he dares to state his opinion is going to far. He is not the one killing this forum believe me.