MattGrey

It was the first time I got these as well. Often get page unavailable for a minute or two now and then, but never seen these before.

Great choice, Great shot, well done!

Great shot...budget lenses get a lot of stick, but use them right and you get some great results.

Nicely caught! What's the little white critter in the second photo? If it is a critter?

Same little snail.

In the last two minutes....

Sitting on the cliffs at Lands End, watching the sunset...with a friend.

Great choice! Well done.

Got back down there with more favourable light.

I do like the new masking options, although I tend to stick to LR far more the PS, but being able to select a sky or subject with one click and then intersect the mask is very handy and it does a great job. As for the shots, that first one is SUPERB! The colour is just spot on. Love it.

Back to down Holywell Bay for a wander...not the best time of day as sun was very high, but gave me a chance to try out a few ideas for a better day.

Spent the day at the Food Festival in Porthleven this weekend. This little scene caught my eye as I wandering around....something about the light made it feel very serene.

@Clicker If it helps i will note time and dates it occurs and message you along with the error. From memory its always a DNS failure but I never paid that much attention. Where is the site hosted?

If the forum is to actively seek new members, the pages up time does need looking at. It isn't uncommon for the page to go down for an hr here, an hr there. Doesn't bother me so never complained, but I can see this putting off many new people....unless it's only me that has this issue?

I'll be honest....so did I when I took it!

Eggsalent shot....a real cracker.....(and other bad yokes...) Seriously, though, love this! Great work.

I think for the most part, the members on here engage with content and the comments are constructive, fair and always posted with good intent. The biggest issue I see is lack of members, or at least active members. I am as much to blame as anyone as I tend to post a fair bit for a week, then get side tracked with something and disappear, then come back a week or a year...or 5 years later....but I'm still here.... The question is...do we want more members? This would of course make the forum more lively, with more content. But also dilute the small community we have and make the forum less personal. The personal side is something that has kept me here. You get to know the members and every comment or post is from a familiar name. I can't say wether or not more members is the right thing...but if you do want more members, perhaps setup an Instagram Profile for the forum, and share images to it from here. You'd have to ensure members are happy with this and write it into the T+Cs, but a IG profile, with perhaps the POTW posted, properly tagged, linked back to here and the members own website or IG profile etc....you could do the same thing in FB with a FB page, restricting peoples ability to post the page, but used as a portal into the forum from FB. Social media has pretty much killed the online forum. Use social media to bring it back. Another option, form a 'proper' photography club, perhaps with a closed section of the forum so it isn't open to every member of the public...have a monthly challenge, send the best images to Amateur Photographer Magazine each month and try to get recognition in print....other magazines are available.

Congrats!

Managed to catch this little family in the surf at Holywell Bay. Not sure how easy to pick out on screen they are, but there are two people there. A dad and his child. First time i've visited Holywell....what a beach and some of the biggest Dunes i've seen in Cornwall!

Loved this when I first saw it. Great choice!

Went out with the intention of capturing a colorful sunset with all the joys of spring in the air....

Welcome, from another Matthew.

I like this! Great shot.

I posted the old station last week that sits below the cliffs at Lizard Point. This is the new station that replaced it, about 1 mile or so around the peninsula. Not so easy to access by foot, and I wouldn't recommend standing where I was if it's too windy or you may get a closer look at the lifeboat than you intended. I really wanted to get a longer exposure from here, around 4 mins or longer but there just wasn't anywhere stable enough to put my tripod.