It's as much to do with the travelling and how much kit you'll be comfortable carrying all the time.

I travel with 10-17mm, 43mm, 18-135mm and 55-300mm in a Billingham Hadley Pro. I'm happy to carry that all day and all night. No tripod by the way.

Sue likes a lighter kit. 18-250mm and 50mm. Monopod.

In reserve,18-135mm for Sue on rainy days and 80-400mm for WWT visits. Tripods are in the car in the UK, but obviously abroad there isn't the luxury of a reserve kit.

I would take all three of your lenses, in as light and compact a case as is reasonable.

I hadn't noticed the Sticky was in place. It's gone now.

It's worth the money, the only downside is it's much bigger and heavier than the 55-300mm.

Wonderful portrait. I'm sure I've seen it before. If it was on EPZ I would think I'd given it a User Award as well. It certainly deserves one!

It's an interesting idea. Perhaps a beginners book on movie making would start you off, movies start with a story-board I guess.

At our daughter's primary school they had a toy bear, Barnaby, and it went home with a pupil at holiday times. I did a story board when it was our turn about Barnaby Bear coming with us on holiday. I still have a copy on two 20" x 16" boards. Lots of images of Barnaby seat-belted in the car, looking at maps, visiting shops, with brief captions such as "Barnaby checked out the area on his map" - is that the sort of thing you had in mind?

More than just for a family album I think, actually a wonderful child portrait.

There's a good argument for sticking with the Pentax 55-300mm. It's a really good lens that will match your 18-135mm in colour balance as well as operational feel.

Delicate, but not so keen on this one. I think the arrangements of the various flowers could be a bit tidier and could perhaps flow better in a different configuration.

The principle is good though and it's an idea worth progressing further.

Good spot to get the old mojo back!

They are now on eBay, bid is currently £32, so I can't withdraw them from there. I'd suggest putting in a bid and you might well get a bargain.