Happy to know you are now recovered Fiona, and welcome back. Now give that hubby of yours a run for his money.

No . . . I said "a run for his money", not "run off with it".

The Lastolite Ezybox looks simpler to setup as the softbox is mostly preassembled. The flash bracket looks simpler too.

P-TTL will still work, but manual puts you in full control. I wouldn't trust P-TTL to get it right every time on an important shoot.

Mike, I was at a fiesta yesterday. I took the DA*16-50mm and the DA* 60-250mm. I wish I'd taken the DA* 50-135mm as well, certainly for night shots.

I found the short end of the 60-250mm just a tad too long at times.

I'm going back for day 2 of the fiesta this afternoon. I'll be taking the DA* 50-135mm as well this time on a K10D body.

It looks to me like:-

1: No tripod used
2: No additional Light used

Which means you've probably used

3: High ISO
4: Large aperture

These images are a good first attempt but somewhat less than spectacular as none appears to be sharp to me.

Which lens did you use?

Superb lens, one of the best (note the spelling of lens - not lense).

I don't like this 'Big Brother' approach. I want the ability to edit my posts, no matter how old they are.

In the past I've re-read some of my very old posts and felt the need to correct either the spelling or the content to retain factual accuracy.

Isn't PhotoDo run by the same people as this site?

I've got a FA100-300mm power zoom lens with a small amount of fungus. I managed to clear the fungus from the rear elements but I don't have the right tools (or the bottle) to take the front apart.

Or Pentax User (hint hint - remember I had the idea first :lol

Why not wear a Hi-viz vest in these situations. No stalker in their right mind is going to wear a bright yellow or orange vest with scotchbrite stripes all over it and if you make yourself look that obvious, nosey parkers are less likely to call in the law.

Amin, stop beating yourself up about it, move on.

Amin, you could turn this whole incident around to rationalise it better. You have children, I've seen your photo's of them. If your kids were playing in that same park and somebody was taking images of them for whatever reason, you might thank that same person for calling the police.

Those uniforms were doing their job. They had received some 'intelligence' (complaint) and they were compelled to investigate. You would want hem to do exactly the same thing if your kids were involved.

No harm done at the end of the day.