This lens is not the easiest to use, but you've made a great start with strong foregrounds and the confidence to get in there close. Well done with that shadow in the last one!

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Hope that helps!

PPS http://www.pagbnews.co.uk/e-news/archive%202010-11/29_June10_Copyright2.pdf

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PS This licence is also needed to show your slideshow at your club.

The correct procedure is to obtain a licence, which you can do if your camera club is a federation member and therefore a member of the PAGB. The licence will enable you to show your work complete with the music you wish. It's no doubt detailed on the PAGB website, or look at the Wilmslow Guild website as they specialise in this sort of thing.

Oddly, part of the licence is that whatever music is used must not be credited to the artist. I don't understand why, but there it is.

I used the X90 for a while and it was excellent. It did the job, but the EVF wasn't up to much and it was a bit slow focusing at the longer end to be much use for action shots. But image quality was good and it was very versatile for most subjects.

Amazing and what a fantastic gesture!

Nikon is off topic for this forum, as pointed out by Ken.

With films, it's a matter of what you find you like, but all the major brands such as Ilford and Fuji produce excellent results. I had my favourite film/developer combinations, but unfortunately the world has moved on and those are no longer available.

The problem is that the meter has read the foreground and exposed for that, thus blowing out the distant highlight areas. You can avoid this by dialing in some exposure compensation, maybe starting at -0.3EV and moving down from there to see where you reach the desired exposure. Then you can take this into account for next time. If you go too far the foreground won't be right, but it's a matter of experience.

With different subjects than these you might find less of a problem. Try some close ups of flowers and other closer subjects where the light is more even.