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In decending order of shutter speed - isn't VR great ? :smile: Kookaburra - 1/320s f7.1 300mm Red Pandas - 1/100s f7.1 300mm 1/60s f9 300mm

#2 stands out to me - I really like it :) To me, it shows a sense of effortless gliding, and the background colours really complement it somehow ....

Lovely shot !

Have you ever looked at the Panasonic Lumix FZ series ( think the FZ8 is the latest incarnation ) ? A while ago, a relative of mine needed a slightly larger than normal P&S with longish reach, and we ended up with an FZ7. Due to its small sensor size, it is obviously going to be noisy...

nice capture ! :smile:

excellent capture - leading at 42% :wink:

Not too dark at all. Great capture ...

No creep here :)

beautiful capture ...

Jimmy - thanks :smile: Andrea - you have got me thinking about areas that I haven't gone near yet regarding PP ( I haven't progressed beyond crop/levels and sharpen yet !) and I *really* appreciate your comments. I will try the things you have suggested and see how I get on ... I had...

Thanks, Yvette. Its the first time I have taken a close look at one, and they are very colourfull inside ...

really great captures of some beautiful orchids. I really like #3 - nice bokeh :smile:

Tried to maximise the DOF here as it has such a deep head ... D50, 70-300VR with 5T Diopter at 98mm, f16, 1/60 sec with SB600

I have read a few posts on the D40, so there are some here .. Looks like the search tool thinks 3 letter words are too short to search for - it finds no posts for the D50 either ! My wife has a D40, with the 18-55 and 55-200mm. For their price point, I am impressed with the image...

I quite liked mine ... Its pretty respectable up to 200mm, and for its price could be a whole lot worse at 300mm One of its redeeming features, in terms of carrying it on hikes , is its weight. It is *very* light ... At 1/3 of the cost of a VR, I still think it was a bargain ...

Yvette :eek: I *Really* didn't mean to put you off the Close Up Lens idea, as they really do have a place, and they are a very cost effective route to pseudo-macro . Its just that if I am in a muddy forest, and see a pretty fungi or flower, I have to start juggling filters without any...

The 5T is a +1.5 Dipoter, and the 6T is a +2.9 Diopter. Basically, without going into optical theory ( which I am not qualified to do !), this means that the 5T has less effective magnification than the 6T. This makes the 5T a lot easier to use as the magnification is less, if that makes...

Yvette to give an idea of of close focusing ability when using a close up lens with a 70-300 VR For reference, the African Violet flower is about 1" across, and these are un-cropped captures. Left hand side - closest focus distance for a 70-300mm is approx 45" @ 300mm Right...

I had that problem, and probably appeared rude because of it :redface: "new posts" seems to filter out threads you have started yourself, so its very easy to miss a helpful response ... However, there is a solution :smile: If via User Control Panel->Options->Default Thread...

Chris You should be fine with Elements 4... Try USM ( Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp Mask) with a 1st try at 75% amount, Radius 1, Threshold 0. This comes out pretty near what Simon achieved with different SW. Tweak until you are happy :)

An important point, Manny. Taking Flickr ( what I use ) as an example, only the original file size link shows linked EXIF. And to get access to this link officially, you have to be a paying member ( rather than a freeloader like me). Sometimes, its preferable to link to a smaller image size...

I tried the demo of V5 (I normally use V4), and totally concur with Melissa ...

below is something lethargic

Having the focus point at the horizon, and having the near view soft has worked *really* well on this. Its a lovely picture..... Very nicely done.

wonderful captures of some stunning owls !!

thanks, Thomas. Glad it brought back fond memories :wink:

Thanks, Troy :)

Thanks, Paul. Shetland's can be very cute - you just have to make sure you still have all your digit's when you are done :)

Almost has a smile on his face.... As my other half borrowed my 70-300, this was taken with a 55-200mm.

well captured - lovely shots. And Good Eyes for spotting him / her ! Pity the poor Fly though ...

Absolutely stunning ....

Its a lovely picture, but it almost made me post the *dumbest* question I have every come up with , namely "why does the moon look so much bigger in the US " ? Now, luckily, I read the focal length post before embarassing myself :eek: :wink:

The Robin's are usually the only things I can get near enough to to take - I need more Focal Length !! D50 , 70-300VR , Cropped

Superbly written, and stunning pictures. As a newish member, I would never have gone back far enough in time to spot this Thread ... My thanks to "Jeweller", for waking up the Thread , and giving it a new audience ...

Chris / Jim - many thanks for the kind comments :)

John / Sandi - thanks ... I forsee this could be an addictive passtime ! The bad news is I am starting to get a desire for longer and faster glass :eek:

Mike - thanks for the posts. FYi - I am not in the habit of shaking the lens for fun :eek: Its just whilst I was carrying it around mounted ( and powered off) , I could very occassionly feel "movement", and wondered what it was. Further investigation showed the lens as the culprit. At...

Dianne - thanks ... Thought i would crop it a bit to see how it comes out :) ( Dianne - our comments crossed in the post so to speak ...)

Firstly, thanks all, for the kind comments. Hunter/Roosevelt - appreciate the hints on the cropping - its not my strongest area ... And, Hunter, you certainly know your trees :) More cropped version ...

1st attempt at trying to creep up on a deer. As such, I had limited options on composition, as attempted stealth was the order of the day ...

Thanks, Simon. I am not used to VR lenses; as such this is all new to me :smile:

OK - this might be dumb, but ... When a VR lens is off camera ( and hence no power applied), is it normal to feel / hear movement of something internal to the lens if you *gently" move the lens from side to side ? I am *not* talking about a rattle as such - more like someting sliding...

Nice shot, Phil, especially handheld. That Sigma and TC is impressively sharp ...

There are rather alot :smile: To name but a *few* 800 features that the 400 does not have: horizontal rotation of the head, higher guide number, on-flash AF Illumination, manual mode ( Sb400 only has manual mode with the D40), wireless , SU-4 mode, high power battery pack, zoom flash head...

Looks like a terminology problem with my question - sorry. CLS ( to me ) meant wireless - looks like CLS means more than that ....

Russ - CLS ?? - are you sure ? i-TTL - yes, but I thought no CLS ...

I know this is really helpfull :smile: , but I have to say that is a beautiful horse ...

Hopefully nice ... Below is an animal that lives in the sea

yep - my EN-EL3 is stamped as 1400mAh. Didn't know there were different versions - thanks for the info.

riversideray / baywing - thanks for the help :smile: As you say, when I get another battery, the "e" is a no-brainer decision.