I have now settled on doing all the manipulations on an image before resizing and then finally resizing to A3 (approx) before storing the finished image as an unsharpened TIFF.

If I want to make a print it isusually A3 so I would then sharpen and print.

If I wanted a web image I would resize, sharpen accordingly (different settings than for a full size print) and Save For Web as a JPEG. The size of JPEG depends upon the file size needed.

Every specific use of an image is custom made from my unsharpended full size TIFF.

By doing this I avoid remanipulating whatever artifacts are created by resizing and sharpening, thus maintaining maximum quality.

A nice composition. It;s unfortunate that the transition in the sky leaves a rather weak band of low contrast between land and sky - the darkening of the upper part is a bit obvious.

Otherwise, worth pursuing and a further tweaking.

There should be room here for many different points of view and I think you've all put them across. Don't forget to agree to disagree!

Perhaps he's just offering good personal customer service?

Anyway, Kingston cards are fine.

Likewise. Cards are recognised as soon as inserted, every time.

We all have our opinions about the TV Licence, but the actual licence is a licence to use a receiver capable of receiving television signals. So with or without watching BBC channels you still need a licence.

The BBC is then financed out of the proceeds, but don't forget this was set up to make it a publicly owned broadcaster when the BBC was the only channel in existence. It was quite a while before anyone else was allowed to join in.

You could tie yourself in knots with all the options and the alternative solutions, but I use three lenses routinely - the 12-24mm, 16-45mm and 55-300mm. They are all fine and produce superb A3 prints.

CA is only a problem if shooting bare branches against bright sky and similar things and it's not really that much of an issue normally. 99% of the time it's not even noticeable.

What we don't know are the details of your computer - do you have enough RAM for the program to run properly? Are you using the right version of Windows? Is there enough space left on your hard drive for Windows to run properly?

I am assuming you have tried the mundane stuff such as restarting the computer?

Lots of questions there, but I'm trying not to make assumptions and these are the sort of things I would be looking at first.

Any of that helpful?

There is nothing to stop anyone going out and shooting a new image for the Weekly Competition. There is nothing to stop someone setting one for new images taken that week.

Don't feel too constrained - the rules, such as they are, are very light to enable us all to make challenges that stretch our abilities. Not every week, there need to be simpler themes as well, but as and when the mood strikes...free your imaginations!

Consider it done!