They have young un in tow (grey one on the left) Butcherbirds get friendly like this too......

Those photos bring back memories EnglishBob.... My folks had one of those Kodak Instamatics, not sure which model, but I do remember the flash cubes....That was what I took my first pictures with... ...

I am not overly familiar with EOS film cameras (last one was a T70), but from what I have read and learnt the EOS 3 specs/capabilities would match a 20D more than a 350D. If you can afford the 20D, th...

Cheers again folks.... Thanks for the help and advice....

Layer (hue/saturation) Layer type to color burn Play with opacity and fill to suit http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/13_crete1ugly.jpg

http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/dog1.jpg

Nice!!! What else can you say? :D

Here is an attempt on my part...... Not as dreamy but more soft focus/glow Duplicate layer Gaussian Blur (20 - 30) Adjust Brightness - Contrast to taste Change layer to Overlay Change opacity to tas...

The blob in the first one is a close up of this flower... http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/post4.jpg

I took this photo focussing on this orange flower that stood out....It looked bland so I cropped it pretty severely to a wide screen panoramic look...... What do you think? http://www.shuttertalk.co...

I tried photography years ago (film SLR) but was dissatisfied quickly. Along came digital (and more money) and love blossomed again. Have fun with photography but find people the least interesting to ...

When I had my G3 I got a step up ring (52-58) so I could attach a 50 f1.4 FD lens I had lying around from film SLR days..... It did work but DoF was shocking, working distance was only 1-2 cm and man...

Shuttertalk got one of the big issues with DoF in digital..... The smaller sensors, particularly in the compacts (non -SLR) make getting shallow DoF nearly impossible........even at long focal length...

shuttertalk Wrote: -- Now why don't manufacturers build in step up rings on their lenses so a standard (or a couple of standard) sizes can be used? :D -- They can cause vignetting on some lenses, pa...

Gradient fill is a way to darken skies to deeper blues (acts like a cic\rcular polariser) so they look more dramatic and not washed out. In Photoshop under the Layers menu is option called New Fill L...

If you don't mind Rufus I have done a touchup of one of your photos.........Just learnt about gradient fill layers in photoshop and thought your shot was an ideal candidate to try it out on.........I ...

Here is the second entry... Cheers Nathan http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/Flower entry 2.jpg

Here is one of two entries...I could not decide http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/Flower entry.jpg Cheers Nathan

Thanks folks for the input.............It has been a wonderful introduction to this forum......Very friendly and helpful folk......Certaintly will be hanging around here...... Will give the advice a ...

Thanks for the input guys...........Sorry I have not responded sooner but have been away for work overnight..... I like the soft focus and the coloured b&w look great too....... The title is somethi...