No, quite unnecessary and I don't see the puspose of greeting anyone in such a fashion.

You are most welcome as are any images you want to post. If you are in any doubt as to the method, please check the instructions at the top of Your Photos section. Any problems, just ask!

By trying we now know the answerr, as opposed to speculating on it, so well done for having a go.

I've moved this to the General Chat forum, lest it puts off anyone, especially anyone new, posting in the Your Photos section.

We want to encourage people to post, not discourage them, especially not by shooting them down in flames should they care to make a comment.

The colour I think is a strength and reinforces the feel of the image. The figure is classically placed on a "third", moving into the image and having space to move into. This makes it peaceful and balanced and the subject appears in harmony with his situation.

No major change needs to be done, and experimenting with the cropping I settled for just a whisker off the top to change the balance very, very slightly.

It's a nice shot just as it is though.

Picking up an electronic book is OK as far as it goes, but there is no permanency in it. Once it is no longer supported, or commercially viable to keep available, where will it go?

On the other hand, society has been protected by banned books being saved and kept in dusty attics, only to be welcomed later into a changed world, and maybe lost and discovered again several times. A dusty bookshop might reveal a lost treasure from childhood, or a previously unknown work by some favourite author.

Don't forget as far as the environment goes, a book once made uses no energy. An electronic record consumes energy for as long as it's available.

Once upon a time, all photographers bought a new lens and then a set of filters with it. If a system used one size predominantly, that was wonderful and saved a fortune.

I felt I needed: Skylight for high altitude. 81A for warming. Polariser for relections control and darkening blue skies. Orange and Red for dramatic BW landscapes. Yellow and Green for outdoor BW portraits.

And then digital photography came along and most of the above found its way to eBay. Still quite a few more in stock to go.

So now I feel I need: Polariser for reflections control and darkening blue skies. But in reality I never use it. R72 for IR effects. Hardly ever use it.

What did you and do you now feel that you need? And what do you actually use?

The results are up and we now need to wait for Bill_And to complete the mechanical part of passing the competition to the winner. He will return later to do this.

Nathan start thinking, but please wait until the system advises you to start your own competition.

OK, you've all seen the guidelines, so it's time now to get back to discussing the pictures. The points about styles of critique have been made and all sides have had a fair hearing.

Let's see the various points of view put into practice. A proper evaluation please in the way you think it should be done....

I have read the article and can confirm that it contains a lot of good common sense advice.

I think you guys are talking about the EU's decision to force Microsoft to offer an assortment of browsers. They have to give us a box to choose a browser if we want it and in the process the tray icon for IE8 disappears.

You can restore it by going to the start menu, right clicking on the IE8 programme in All Programs and selecting the option Pin to Task Bar.

Not complicated, and certainly not 8 pages!