Recent content by Mike Jones

Makes me feel guilty and I'm one of the pick it up brigade ... ALWAYS, tis a way of life and has been for for as long as I have shared my life with dogs; decades and decades of picking it up and popping it in the PROPER dog bin, if I cannot find one then it comes home and goes out the next-time...

Mine arrived this morning funnily enough. First thought when I opened the lens bag and took it out was ... "what a monster!" It is for my Canon 500D, that I was half thinking of changing for a 7D. On clicking away in the garden today on a really dull day, I'm thrilled with the clarity, and...

As a recently joined member, I just thought I would say what a cracking site this is, and clearly moderating must be a demanding one looking at the amount of posts on a daily basis. I modded on two very large sites for a total of some seven years before I decided I had done my bit. With that...

No DD, it is a 165 year old Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla, or otherwise known as a Japanese White Pine. Predominantly that is because it is a JWP top half grafted onto Pinus thunbergii (Japanese black pine). The BP root stock is very hardy and with teh grafting the clusters of needles which...

HTH, Caleb, I cannot believe what a 21st century numperty I am. Off holding head in shame and embarrassment.:bonk: :thankyou:

A-maze-ing, how I loathe being such a photographic numpty. Hoppy, yes it does and worth a try. Ken, I have never tried that procedure, so will give it a go. HTH, leave em be, it may well inspire me further. Goodness gracious your good! Mike

I photograph my Bonsai tree collection (badly most of the time). I would very much like to ask if you would guide me over a bit of a puzzle. You'll no doubt chuckle at how basic a question it is but never-the-less it is an important one to me. Some of my trees are very large and weigh in...

Some seriously expensive kit being suggested here. I think I need to save some money and try to make a choice just once … hopefully. Mike

Great stuff, thank you. Yes Phil a smashing link, thanks you, I expect quite a few will take a peep. Seemples.

I use this for web usage. http://imgur.com/ limited to 225 images unless you pay though.

As I am very new to this aspect I have been watching Histograms for colour, contrast, brightness etc within PSE9, Canon editing software and Aperture 3. I have to be totally honest I cannot grasp how a good histogram should look. There are oft featured to clipping ends and the bulk is in the...

Got to be worth a try. Everyone will think we have giant wood-worm:cuckoo: Thanks. Mike