Ryewolf

After much umming and ahhing and being really tempted by the Venus Macro lens, I finally took the plunge - I promise I will return it soon - and bought one for a local stockist not far from my. Alas it didn't stop there I also got a carbon fibre tripod/monopod with ball head - which was fun trying to work out how to do it as all the destructions were in Chinese/Japanese, I also got a Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens. I'll definitely have to burn the credit cards after today.......

I use PSP7, Photomatix and RawTherapee (which is free) for all my PPing, alas my ageing XP machine won't run Lightroom (at least not with XP on it) and it is just a matter of playing around and seeing what you can do - what things work and what doesn't.

Not being one for portraits, but even I liked those, they look like just personal snaps (I suppose the kinda ones you'd take), but (as someone said) without being twee or over sentimental

Well, if everyone has these days, I don't feel to bad, I only managed 31 images. It was one of those days when nothing seems right, the light, or anything else for that matter. The churchyard behind the Boronte Museum, which I'd taken before lacked ... well basically anything. Ahh, well. I did grab a nice image of a Piaggio PX Scooter...

As long as it's not just me I don't mind...

Today was one of those days, that despite the location (Haworth) nothing really caught my eye or worked... it's very rare that I come home from a place and haven't anything that really grabs me. I did have one that I liked but it could have been photographed anywhere..

Have to say I prefer the original version of Gone Daddy Gone by the Violent Femmes and the if 5,6,7,8's had done the Girls at our best - fun city teenagers, I'd a liked it better - I did listen to the whole song...

Nasty, I had that happened to me last year, worst thing was it was on my main work computer, lost about 3 months work and emails.

Thanks for the welcome NannyFerret and Karenp, I'm sure I will.

Thanks for the welcome Kate and Fuji, yes that's the fella, Jon Anderson.

I've was just thinking that myself, technically I'm from southport - whose boundaries moved about (was in Lancashire,then in Merseyside, I think now back in Lancashire)... Lots of inventors, creative people and great landscapes. Maybe birds of a feather flock together...and all the Lancs toggers have ened up on 1 forum?

Not so sure on my sports, but pretty sure one of the band members from Yes was born here... And it's not even my home town, I was born in Southport - and most of my family (on my fathers side) all the way back to 1570's came from and lived in that area working on various farms. Wasn't until the 1900's that they moved into the town and became domestic servantes. Mind you at the time Napoleon III lived there - I often wonder if my ancestors ever met him... Gosh revealed quite a bit there........

Alas, Accrington can't seem to shake that milk advert, made in 1989 - it wasn't Accrington Stanley (1891) that was a founder member but a forerunner (I was pointed out when I got it wrong) called Accrington Football Club (The Owd Reds). To make things confusing there's an Accrington Stanley that was formed in 1968. But as I hate sport I know nothing. Anway apart from the football, we;ve also got the biggest collection of Tiffany glass in Europe, plus bricks made here where used as the foundations of Blackpool Tower and the Empire State building, not forgetting the spinning jenny Many thanks for the wlecomes, Jon, PaulT, Martyn, Chris, Clicker

Thanks Richard, glad to be here.

Thanks Kobione and Judy. The avatar is a photo of my old dog Granville, sadly no longer with us.

Thanks for all the welcomes, colin, Ron, Phil, Paul, JHFoto and fuzzyedges.

Thanks for the welcome Korky

Thanks for the welcome Chris, I'm in Accrington to be exact.

Just thought I'd day hello from East Lancs, always had an interest in photography (have a Canon film camera, but hardly used it - price of film/dev and all) only recently get a DSLR in July last year - Canon EOS100D, EF24-105mm f4 L IS USM, EF100mm f2.8 USM Macro and a 75-300mm kit lens that came with the camera. Not got any specfic area of intrest, just like to photograph anything that catches my interest.. Look forward to seeing you around the forums. Cheers Geoff