I love the 2nd shot but the wing being clipped at the bottom is slightly annoying. Quite a vibrant yellow which can be hard on digital. I always find detail is hard to get on yellow subjects because they are so bright!

The kingfisher is good but, how about a closer crop?

That is quite good, can't see much motion blur nor reflections. Seems there was quite a lot of light!

Normally indoors without a flash I'm shooting at ISO1600 F2.8 and 1/30!!! Which is rather poor I must add.

One thing that does bug me... the cookie that is supposed to keep me logged in doesn't work. I can't seem to get the site to remember me.

I like it as it is at time of post.

Eneloops are supposed to be the best cells to use. Even if they are 'only' 2000mAh. The reason is they have a much better constant voltage and die close to bottom charge. Conventional cells have a steep discharge/voltage curve and only operate well neat higher charge and some can stop working in voltage sensitive devices as high as 50% charge!

I've only charged my Eneloops a few times to use in my flash and easily gotten more than double the flashes compared to some 2400mAh cells I have.

Well, I like it very much the way it is now. Don't like the adverts when I am on my PDA as it slows it down and eats up my limited bandwidth but something has to pay for the site in part.

Yep, it is nice to sit at my PC and have an add free environment. The Admiral ones really spoil the site as they look damned awful.



A much needed update and very quickly resculpted to the requirements of people on here. Nice work.


PS. Now... Where has my Avatar wondered off to... Forgot I'd need to update a few things

The price of a new one is very reasonable and well worth it. I don't know anyone who has one who would want to part with it. We're happy with ours.

Yep, and the results can be fantastic. Sadly I've not finished my first roll yet so I have not experience that...

(first roll in a long time, the camera hadn't been used for years)

Very true. I think once I had the 50-135 though I'd want something longer such as the DA*300. A Macro lens would also be nice but luckily we have one.

You can't win against LBA.