Recent content by Sloper

I use a PC connected to my 50" Panasonic plasma, mostly for watching HD movies, with great results. The video card has a DVI output, which connects to an HDMI input on the TV, via a DVI > HDMI adaptor, and a normal HDMI lead (I'm not sure if this connection carries audio - I use a seperate AV...

You're welcome. Wast Water is so beautiful, I was amazed that the place was so quiet. It's like a secret place! Here's a couple of photos I took there.. http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=332466

Having recently been to The Lake District, I'd recommend Wast Water. There's a very quiet little road runs alongside the lake, very close to the water. The views are stunning.

If I didn't want to carry the bulk of extra lenses, I'd take a look at the Nikon P7000 or Canon G12. These are 'compact' cameras that will do virtually anything an SLR will do. A friend of mine just got a factory refurbished and warrantied G12 for £315.. a bargain.

I've got that very one, with the two free batteries and remote. It works fine and hasn't been off my camera in months. It has the additional shutter button for using in portrait orientation too, which has been handy. The battery door was a teeny bit sloppy when closed so I stuck two little...

For nice full side-on shots I'd use a longer focal length for a flatter perspective. It would also help reduce depth of field to isolate the bike from the background. Try getting lower too, down to the level of the bike instead of shooting down onto it. Also, why not try a couple of lenses and...

I don't know. Perhaps the parents were irresponsible? Dog owners don't have the monopoly on that. On the whole? :thumbs: I've had three 'incidents' involving dogs in my life. As a kid I was bitten on the little finger by a West Highland Terrier and had to go to hospital. Another time, I was...

You misunderstand me; I'm an animal lover and donate monthly to the RSPCA. I grew up with a lovely Alsation (oops, I mean GSD) called Ricky. It's dog-owners I detest. (Well, some of them, not all of them of course). Perhaps if you did my job, you would feel the same.

If your dogs weren't running free with children in the vicinity, how did your youngest dog run towards the child? Why did you have to call Bertie back if he was on a lead? You proposed the hypothetical situation of the outcome being different if your dogs had been large or aggressive. I was...

Gremlin, I'm not arguing and I'm sorry if it appears that way; I'm just expressing my opinion :) I have strong feelings about these people as their dogs' deposits are an occupational hazard for me.

:bonk: It's true that I know more about selfish dog-owners than I do about dogs.

So you're claming that if a free-running dog attacks a kid and rips his face off, it would have been his own fault? You might believe so, but I doubt most right-thinking people would. Or the court. If the dog was on its lead, there wouldn't be a problem, would there? No need to be sorry...

Yes, let's! I'm sick to death of coming home with syringe needles, puke and spit stuck to my boots! Doh.

Presumably, if your dog had been a large aggressive one, you wouldn't have it running free near children :cuckoo: The arrogance, ignorance, irresponsibility and selfishness of some dog-owners defies belief.