Yes, I'm using IE7 and there is no problem.

That's great, thanks for the info. When the dust has settled I'll redo the "rules and guidance" for the benefit of any new members.

Try refreshing the page. I can see the images, properly displayed.

Which browser are you using?

This is IMO down to exposure. In the first image there is a nice even tone balance that will not upset metering systems and a good result is obtained.

In the second image the background is considerably brighter than the foreground and is over-exposed. This causes poor colour and with this lighting imbalance the only cure would be to light the butterfly with fill-in flash.

If shooting JPEG, setting Daylight or Cloudy as the white balance will give better results than AWB, or at least more interesting results!

Hope that helps!

Well I think you know your moderators by now Chirpy! If you need help, just ask. Moderators are now labelled as such on the ID panel along with their Avatar by the title "Pentax User Team"

I can see one advantage straight away to the new competition gallery section - you can upload your image directly without having to use Photobucket and linking. It also removes the problem of image sizes.

If anyone wanted to remove an image, then just let us know and that can be arranged. It does also ensure of course that immages are not replaced in the light of sibsequent entries and that only one image is posted. It was never much of a problem, but it does clinch it.

I'm intrigued by the prospect that anyone would want to remove an image for copyright reasons though. What sort of thing did you have in mind where this would be an issue? I would expect that anyone posting an entry posted their own work and hence owned the copyright. :

By a remarkable coincidence I've just been doing what you describe and there was no problem with the scrolling from image to image.

Perhaps try refreshing the page, perhaps it wasn't completely loaded?

Indeed so. Although we will never know how many people have taken something of value from these different arguments. Perhaps the "don't knows" have been able to decide as a consequence of the discussion?

Sometimes it can be surprising how helpful these things can be.

Do you mean a Pentax price for direct delivery from Pentax? If so, all manufactirers that I have ever come across charge full retail price for anything they sell direct, making it much cheaper to buy their products through normal channels. Perhpas this avoids them being seen to compete with their suppliers.

I was quoting prices for the genuine Pentax batteries and I've never paid anywhere near £50.00

You know the point I am making. Raising issues is one thing but just insulting people is something else.

If there are issues that you feel have not been addressed then nobody has stopped anyone from having their say. Some forums might well have stifled some of the comments that have been made. In fact some are incredibly touchy about criticism.

If this is all about editing posts then the question would be is 20 minutes enough time to make any corrections. Do people routinely make corrections after that time has elapsed? I'm trying in vain to think of a situation where I made a correction other than immediately, usually after spotting a spelling error.

I think from what I have read that Pete is trying to protect the forum from any potential future attack. Photodo has a 10 minute limit. I'm not sure about other forums because it's never been something I've noticed.

I would just suggest that if it's a real issue to a lot of people then by all means let them say so and then Admin can weigh it up and decide what they want to do.

Absolutetely right.

Can we acknowledge that fiant strides have been made in response to various requests?