I've just upgraded my flickr account so will add some more shots from KNP & the reserve I was on over the coming few days .
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Dawn....thanks for filling in the blanks on the names....never knew what the flower was & always forget the bird name . Had a great time in SA last year , only a 5 day trip based at Elandela Lodge which was fantastic,highly recommend it.
& thanks also for your encouragement ,think I overdosed on togging at Mallory for 2 1/2 days then got bogged down sorting the piccies from it along with the police puppy shots & various others. Cleared the decks now so hopefully will get back into the swing with the coming weeks theme
If it's a VW camper van I work for VW so if you need any help getting stuff just shout
Can't wait for Kenya ,takes me a year to save up so really hope I can get some good shots using what I've learnt from here & you & all the others on this forum & thread
Thanks for the praise & I daresay I will be bending your ear at some point , been looking at your flickr stuff & really impressed with the close ups of the fly & the fungi.....maybe next season I'll ask to join you when you go shooting them again (the fungi that is , not the fly
Cheers
Lynne x
I look forward to seeing your KNP shots. I have two big holidays planned for this year ....i.e., 2 weeks touring the west coast islands of Scotland ... and then a 2 week tour of the Cornwall area (seeing as I have already been to John O'Groats, I now have to see Land's End 
). With everything you have learned and the progress you have made with this project you are going to get some great shots.).
as every one has said no one is going to beat them love the composition on the bird
Hiya Lynne,
You are welcome .... that flower name was bugging me and then Eureka! it came to me .... what a relief
I know what you mean about overdosing on togging ... all the sorting through photos after can be very draining. I still have many photos to go through, but all in good time. Glad you are back on track now
Thanks .... but the camper van is a Ford Transit conversion .... and fortunately it is now fixed and ready to go on our next trip
I bet you can't wait for Kenya and well done to you for saving up for the jollies. Just don't forget the camera ... as I am already looking forward to seeing the photos
You are welcome to contact me any time and thanks for the comments on the photos on Flickr.
Indeed we will have to meet up some time for a fungi hunt (but indeed no shooting the flies
Take care
Cheers
Dawn x
Good to hear your camper is sorted ready for you to enjoy your breaks ...Cornwall is great , can't wait to see the shots you come back with 
I fouy get a chance try a visit to Tropical Butterfly House at Anston...great for butterflys & a kiddies type animal area..great fun
Shot in jPeg & has been opened more times than I care to remember so large loss of quality (wasn't much to begin with!)
Cheers TinaI can only echo David's critique
No2 of your Power images is brill. Worthy of being in MCN in my humble opinion. I took at look at the exif data just out of pure curiosity cos you seem to have got everything spot on and I am keen to learn.
I understand why you posted the first shot too, if for you ,this togging of Power started there. Thanks for sharing that memory with us
Ta for the heads up about the Butterfly Centre at Anston ,have looked at the website and it looks far better than Tropical World. An outing is on the cards
Hiya Lynne,
Well done on getting your Power shots posted so quick. Both very fitting for the theme.
Really like the second image, well done
Cheers
Dawn
Think I'm almost over my overload , bikes run in now so this weekend I should be able to get my behind into gear & come up with a new shot for whatever wonderful theme Sarah decides to throw/torture us with 
I think the first power shot (although a good shot) doesn't portray power as well as the second because the bike is small in the frame.
Combining bike racing with photography is my idea of heaven , every now n then I'm in the right place at the right with the camera focused & grab a great shot ! 
Hiya Lynne,
Wow! Spot on there babes ..... you have hit the theme well and I am well impressed.
I am glad to see you have already pointed out the bits & bobs about the challenges you faces regards the levels etc. Shows you are learning and have a keen eye when it comes to composing your photos (which is always a challenge when the horizonals and verticals don't play ball).
Just something I have discovered with horizontals/verticals not aligning is .... if they are off .... don't frame them (think it has something to do with optical illusion). If you put a straight border/frame around an off alignment photo it emphasizes it even more as the eye has something to level it to (if that makes sense)
Also, another thing to bear in mind is look at what is the dominant, is it the horizontal or the vertical? And can something be 'chopped' to bring it into alignment, as in the headstone shot. The headstone is more dominant than the base, so you could have perhaps got away with straightening the headstone at the detriment of the base being a bit skew.
I think I would like to see the church a bit more sharp to bring out some of the lovely stone detail.
But otherwise I think you have done a great job here
Cheers
Dawn
Can see what you mean about the frame though...def didn;'t look that wonky without one !Hi Lynne, good thinking there on the religion part. That is a lovely church and I like your photograph of it as well. Exposure looks fine as does the composition, I don't think the sky affects the image. Your gravestone image certainly fits well.
Cheers, Patrick
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Hi Lynne, that's a really appealing image. You've wonderfully caught the atmosphere of a pretty little country church. That sort of overcast light can be difficult to get a good shot, so you did well there. The exposure, composition, framing all spot on. I wouldn't worry too much about the sky - sometimes there's dramatic sky and sometimes there isn't - that's real life.
Great shot
Yes i agree with martin and yourself about the sky "that's how it was" well shot
Hi Lynne
I totally agree with your subject choice for divided (another to strike off my list
The sky in the church shot isn't as bad as that in your tombstone. I agree about the straightening and so will leave that. Your shots seem sharp and well exposed to me
Don't forget, photo rules can be broken. With tomb stones, having them well off the vertical works well too. But if you do that, make sure it looks like you meant to do that
great take on a theme. Very brave to highlight religion as a great divider.
Rgds
Adie
I'd like to know what you mean if you can explain it (slowly) to me as I'm intending to go back & do some more at some point , hopefully when the sky is looking more summery ! Paradox certainly stumped me but think I'm back on track now .
Thanks Andy , still trying to get to grips with correct exposure...I will get there one day ! Not sure what you mean about the "chair in the foeground " ? It's cemented into position so short of a large shovel & big hammer no chance of moving it
