I gave in on Mars, it just looked like a blown pixel on a computer monitor, so I turned my attention too the moon, then stupidly formatted my sd card the next day. So this is my attempt from last night.

One thing I could not portray in these pictures is the smell, my walking boots are currently banished to the shed due to the blubber I inadvertently stepped on. The jaw bone had to be removed because the ivory is worth quite a lot on the black market, that was the excuse given when I asked the official guarding the queens possession. Apparently they had too ask the queen if she wanted the whale before disposing of it, maybe she likes the idea of blubber burgers.

Re the swans, I think that is just mute swans on the river Thames, currently watched over by Christopher Miles Perrins with the grand title of Warden of the swans. Unless someone would like to correct me on that.

Brian is spot on regarding the linking function in photobucket these images were linked in from Flickr, you can do the same by selecting "share this" from the top right hand side of the image, then selecting the url from the "Grab the link" section.

Graham

Hello Gary, welcome to the forum.

It looks quite sharp to me, especially compared to my JVC camcorder, nice one.

Great shot of Northumbria University David, I really like this image. I'm not quite sure about the bridge shot though, it's not the prospective more the lighting of the support cables that detract from the image.

Graham

Last week a sperm whale took a wrong turn into the North Sea instead of the Atlantic, unfortunately it died on our coast. It was washed up at a place called Beadnell, Northumberland. For some of the forum members this may not be so unusual, however it caused quite a lot of interest in our area. When I arrived it had been dead for about three days and you could smell the whale before you could see it. I have included the images not because they are particularly good pictures, or to be sensationalist, more because it was a newsworthy event and I had to share it with someone. You will notice that the jaw has been removed, this was to prevent people stealing the teeth.
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Already got the scope setup in the back garden and for one no clouds in the sky

I need to get my kit insured, so what companies are good, reliable and actually payout when something happens?

That's a nice little tutorial, it has been bookmarked for future use.

Regards

Graham

I clearly got my wires crossed on this one, the filters are P series with 84mm filters, my lack of product knowledge showing me up.

Graham