Glad you won there

me going a very distinct shade of green

OK Matt - agreed there .

How about a link for this critter so we all know to avoid him ?

Good for you Mike - it's well worth an ironing board and perhaps a new iron as well

AND you have both lenses - that's very nice

Good shot Rob - I like it against the sky line .

I've an interesting on of the one used by Glasgow - but I can't put it on as it's taken with a Kodak P&S . I just rounded a corner in the hospital road system and there was this yellow whirly bird

The only person wearing black at my husband's funeral was a young RC Priest friend who apologised to me as he had come straight from a funeral for one of his own Parish , everyone else satisfied Raymond's express wish and wore brightly coloured clothes - even me .

The undertakers men did look rather out of place in the sea of bright colours

I wouldn't have minded a few photos , but I didn't want a lot and I've no idea if any were taken .

Looking at the monkey in the rain shot - the space above his/her head is needed so that the very interesting gnarly branch thing is there in its entirety .

It's utterly fascinating and yet as the monkey is sitting on one of its branches it does not , in my unlearned eyes , detract from that very lovely monkey who is holding onto the branch, and looking out at the world in which it lives .

Oh well - glad my gloom thread has been useful to folk .

Now if the decorator man would hurry up and come , so I can have my lunch I might just be able to get out and attack those holly berries, while the green leaves are still nice and shiny , and jaggy and a lovely contrast for the berries that are hiding there . I need to prove to myself that I can take some semi decent pics.

Funny you said that Gwyn

Do you have mind reading skills by any chance ?

Ken
Some were from there but near their car park - but others were nearer the other bridge so we were looking down. All were on hard standing not decking . My bag was hooked on at the bottom , but as I was only using one lens it was also pretty light .

I did wonder about trying it with the remote - and probably will do so if I get a chance to try night stuff again [ or anything else on a tripod ]

I'll try and cheer myself up today with some holly berries, which I spotted the other day nearby.

aliengrove

I had understood that shake reduction came off automatically if you used a tripod - so no I didn't take it off. As for timer and mirror lock up - that's waaaaay over my head at this stage - sorry