About a year and a half ago I went to Texas on a birding holiday. Although at the time I was a lot more interested in migrant warblers than butterflies, I stumbled across a couple and took there picture. The quality is not great as they were taken with a small point and shoot (I was carrying a teles...

Roger, congratulations they are cracking pics
Dave

I would dearly love to get a full frontal of a clouded yellow, brimstone, small heath, greyling etc. but its not easy and you guys have done excellently and I'm very jealous
Dave

I often walk around Rickmansworth lakes and on a sunny day this time of year there are still a number of common darters around although they look a bit faded (similar to the one Denise photographed). The only other dragons still about are migrant hawkers. The weekend before last I was convinced I sa...

A belated welcome to the site and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do
Cheers
Dave

This item was on the BBC web site this morning. One of the facts it relates is that there are 33 breeding butterflies in Scotland (seems like a lot to me, but what do I know) anyway read it for yourselves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/hig ... 034039.stm
Cheers
Dave

I can't see the picture
Dave

I've just ordered one at what I think is a cheap price (this is a comparative term) Its for birding this winter and possibly for next summers butterflies and dragons. However due to the postal strike it could be a while getting here

dave

Camouflage: The fly has mistaken the brimstone for a leaf
[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenz ... mstone.jpg[/img]

For sale my Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro USM. Reason for sale, to help fund the purchase of a new 400 zoom Details: Original price £399 9 months old and hardly used Asking price £250 It comes with the box, manual, etc. You can read some reviews here http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?pr...

Thanks Padfield, I'm constantly surprised and grateful for your expertise
Dave

Thanks Pete

Is this a harlequin or a UK ladybird
[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenz ... lequin.jpg[/img]
It was taken in my garden in the summer
Dave

Would it be appropriate to have a section of the forum for the members to sell cameras, lenses etc? If not a completely new section then perhaps the general or the photographic section could be used. I'm asking as I have a Canon macro lens that is surplus to my requirements.
Cheers
Dave

They were in the Auiges Tortes National Park at about 2000 m. Hope this helps
Dave

His wife also likes to take bug pics [img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenzie/forums\blue_butterfly2.jpg[/img] [img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenzie/forums\brown_orange_butterfly.jpg[/img] [img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenzie/forums\butterfly3.jpg[/img] [img]http://homepage....

Im trying to load an image without using the thumbnails
[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenz ... r_6501.jpg[/img]
[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfmackenz ... t_6703.jpg[/img]
That seems ok

I don't shoot raw so this is not from experience, but my understanding is that it enables you to recover back to the original (as eccles said) but also when you process the image you can exaggerate different tonal ranges i.e. you can boost the detail in the highlight areas. For example, when you use...

Thanks Padfield, Here is another view

I will trying to take pictures of birds in the winter months. I have just returned from a holiday in North Devon and although I only saw six different butterflies and three dragons there were plenty of birds. As usuual they were difficult to get close to, especially the waders (Im saving my pennies ...