John Beavin

Have you ever tried to  put a cellphone on a tripod Dave? I think your date is incorrect , should be 2005,

I somehow missed this thread, now iv'e found it I must say these pic's are eye openers, all the TZ range are good travel companions, you Lars , made your TZ talk.congrats.

Jolly interesting Stuart,    amazing the power steam has.

The sun was shining on the geko's habitat so out with the camera, I sat and waited until this one showed himself  about six feet away , full zoom, spot metering and focus ,short burst, and it's in ...

Nice shot, especially viewed orignal size.

The Telopia shrub is in full flower and the Wax eyes are loving it, not easy to capture a really good shot with the sun shining and the wind  moving the foliage, this is the best five ive managed ...

I found a nice piece of fluffy pink velvet and  decided to try my macro skills with a push pin and the raynox 250, hand held and lit with a small torch. Turned out quite good so I did one with a ...

I was  not going to reply to this post until I read your post, I too, couldnt understand why anyone would choose to photograph a cactus with the raynox?  With almost no DOF there seems no point, ...

An education, Those old Traction engines had a smell that was uniqe to them, a mix of oil, wood smoke, and other things, unexplainable and unforgettable, thanks for the lessen Mario.

Yes , we all have our likes and dis likes, I tend to be to hasty in getting used to a new camers, I bought, and soon sold an FZ70, I couldnt get a decent photo from it, so I am now trying to get ...

Perhaps I am wrong but I take it you don't know how to submit photos, on the icons above click on the last but  one then follow instructions.

The dark line across the bottom tells me the bird was in a cage, nice shot all the sme.

I thought picaso was discontinued?

I wish you would include the exif.

If you  need lnfo look no further than  extreme-macro.co.uk

Try Photoscape, its free and  very easy to use once you get the hang of it. you can always delete it if it is not to your liking, good luck.

What a cute set of cats,  very well captured.

Sorry Ken, it was for ANAYV.

When you say burst mode ,  roughly how many shots per picture?  I seldom use it,  maybe I should  after seeing what you are getting. You are certainly having fun, keep posting.

The sun was shining through thewooden deck making an abstract image. There is always something new to shoot.