These cats look sweet and innocent, but they're really the earthly incarnations of Devils in feline form! This I have learnt to my cost, since Maggie "The MagRat" cat invited herself into my home on Christmas Eve. She has now taken over. Even as I watch Rob Trek, she'll be laying behind my shoulder,...

Hi Denis,
I think you posted this in the wrong section .
Yes, good image, but this is the Introduce Yourself section .
Delete your post and resubmit in Capture One or the images section, else no one will see your comments.

We've all mis-posted, so no worries.

Rick

Rgonet,
I'm not understanding this.

Have you contacted PayPal?

What did PayPal say to you?

In my fairly extensive experience of buying and selling using PayPal, I've always found myself 100% protected.

Rick Bear

Thank's Paul 2020/04/19 Here's anotherone, from today. My cat smelling flowers and plants - dominant brown tones. EM-5II, 12-40/f2.8 at 32mm, f5.8, -0.3ev, SOOC. Those muted colours are very well observed. Not too dissimilar to my own signature style. This would be a great image to have Rob experim...

Good start, BebenhamHotspur, But how about taking this to the next level? At the moment, you have a technically well captured image, but I've seen this image many, many times before. You have mastered the technique of exposure and focus and depth of field, but it's nothing to make me sit up and say ...

Hi Deboco, I did submit a longer reply, but this Forum doesn't like my using a secure VPN IP address, so the submission was lost. Anyhow, you're instincts are correct: that bee looks too big and scary in a series of flower pictures. The other thing you've probably already realized is that the three ...

Hi Deb, The thing is to try different things. Using an extension tube on a long telephoto or even a super-telephoto, for example, isn't what the purists would call Macro. But it's very useful if you want to get a close-up of a bee taking nectar from a flower without getting stung or disturbing the b...

... you really don't need any other lens right now. Get some field time with your camera to get a feel for all the different focal lengths within the zoom range. With some experience, you'll know what lens is best for you next. Glenda, May I second Rob's "Welcome" to the Forum. Rob has some excelle...

Some of you may already be aware of Maggie (The MagRat) Garlic's story. She was a very wild, and very scruffy, flea-ridden, half-starved, feral cat who -- with fast winter approaching -- was trying to figure out her survival strategy on the housing development where I live. We first met when I was w...

In last night's livestream, Rob was kind enough to say that I'm so knowledgeable in all things photographic that I already know the answers to my questions (that they're rhetorical). Not true. Yes, I used to do Macro back in the days of film. But things have moved on. And, as I've often said, even a...