G'day and welcome, as long as things turned out OK with your dog, that's the main thing.

Katie,

I use Photobucket, so this works on it: when you hover the mouse cursor over an image that is already uploaded to that site, a drop down menu appears. Point to the menu option called IMG Code, and click in the box containing that code. You'll briefly see the word 'copied' appear in that box.

In 'Your Photos', start a new thread, type whatever text you want, and when you're ready to insert the image, just 'paste' (Ctrl+V if using a PC) it straight into your thread. The Photobucket site already puts the code around your image link, so there is no need to use the 'Link' or 'Image' buttons to get the pic into your thread.

Other sites may not wrap the code around the image link, so you may have to do the Paste described above into the Image dialogue box, then click OK.

Any of this make sense?

And +1 from me on that - if that was your first sports effort, then you're off to a good start.

3K posts - well done HG!!!

There are a few more, and they're 'free'.

First, a mind to enquire about perspectives (particularly ones that are a bit 'left field'), and then an 'eye' for composing and capturing them.

The next is a style that you own - something that becomes your distinctive competency. Whether others choose to like it or agree with it isn't the issue here - the point is that is recognisably your own.

The other (not generally free or under 25 quid, so apologies if this one is OT) is post-processing software that *you* get on with, and which gives you the results that fit in with your style or whatever it is you're seeking to create.

If you have these: they are priceless...

Go for it.

You'd give it a 'fit' alright with a hammer I'd reckon S-J!

The last one is pretty impressive under the bonnet. Shame about the 16-50 though Hope it's fixable.

There are a couple of (p)reviews you may wish to consider...

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You need have no fear that these bodies will / not do what you're after - they'll do it in spades.

And, as others have said, the lens choices open to you with any Pentax body is very attractive.

The cropping that can be done with sensors in the 12 / 16 mp range will serve you well, in conjunction with the focal length of Pentax or 3rd party lenses you're using.

No comparison to bridge cameras - go for it!

Good treatment and subjects - for me the bike rider could be a bit more prominent too, but that's a minor quibble. The bike wheel poking out from behind the pillar is a nice touch.

No 2 - The blur of the bus in the bg with the diagonal of the tree in front make it. Good spotting and timing.

The starkness and the lines work for me in No 3. It's good.