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I used to many moons ago when I lived in Dartmoor,used to get in the river Dart in the morning,as I was only a few yards from it,lovely. Wouldnt want to round here in essex,probable end up with a genetic defect or suffer a sex mutation like the fish!!!

Same as Taupo,its the combustable gasses building up,then catching with a bit of a whumph,often on a fresh lit or damped down fire that catches, Sycamore is good at doing it. May have something to do with the relatively high sugar content.

:thumbup1:Nice pics,more please!

That guy wont last long.

Great shots David,love the volcano one!

Yep,you will want to go anticlockwise(richen) up the high screw,and maybe the low too,you dont want to sieze it up.

Good shout Lorry!

Thats a fair old fell there Huck,skills...

Nice pics and id's Janey & Matt,heres a speckled bush cricket Leptophyes punctatissima).(( sph3 by geoff321, on Flickr sorted hopper by geoff321, on Flickr

Its all to do with altitude...............if your up the top of the tree adjust your H screw,once you get lower down its the L screw, I thought everyone knew that:001_tongue: actualy they affect the mixture at different throttle positions.L at small throttle/tickover,and H at wider /open ,which is obviously related to engine revs,as they are a response of what ya finger does.

I use the little topper,its a very nice saw,no probs in a couple of years regular use,for sub 4inch stuff & conny topping you wont get better,I run 2 of them,they get abused,they keep going,and they dont mind aspen once you have tweeked the high jet,(which is restricted by a hook it out with a screwdriver plastic grommet). I rate it as a 'pro' saw.

What kit are you using, compact or dslr? I used aperture priority for this set,with the highest aperture setting (f8) to give the best depth of field,with a flash to keep the shutter speed up. I often go for manual settings,max aperture value,fast shutter speed to eliminate any camera shake(I work hand held on this sort of thing)and adjust the flash with a test shot or two,you will lose any backdrop this way,as it will be underexposed,I like to stick at low iso settings in case you need to crop the image later. The trick here is to use an achromatic close up filter with maximum camera zoom(not digital zoom),then you are not right up close to the subject with the camera,these were taken from about a foot away. The achromatic close ups are made of two bits of glass,giving much better resolution,& eliminating aberation,they come in different dioptre strengths,and you can stack them,strongest on first. If you are using a compact camera with no chance of banging a macro lens on then google 'Raynox',the DCR250 is very strong,the Dcr150 less so,they will clip on to a lot of compacts,and are very reasonably priced with superb quality. Rant over! pm me what camera you are using & I will see if I can be more specific.

Its not complex really,when it happens you get little chance to set plans in motion,it was no big problem other than the fact that you have been noticed as a potential target,which is the big pain in the arse, time will tell... It's the anticlimax of not getting contact that I found most poignant initialy,all the same,i'm here & they arn't. Best off being a 'cameleon'!

Canon G12 with a couple of leica elpro achromatic filters on.

Oh & my mistake,I meant Damselfly (embarrased),but Im not going through all that again to change it today! How daft is that!:blushing:

If I saw someone set light to their mc donnalds bag & lob it out the window,I would not think well of them,these things arn't much different imo,and the livestock threat seals the deal for me.

I put my 'Daktari' uniform on this morning,dashed out to my pond,and got snapping,then the hard work started,about 150 images to process,then the selection process to try & maintain continuety,without people growing old watching it! Thanks for watching,it was all taken on site,and no living organisms were harmed,even if it nearly did me in sorting it all!

Ta for the link,Thats my tv sorted!

Well I dont think I can cut the mustard,but I have been a bussy boy,so if you have a moment (and my set up functions),heres a batch of pics that can be watched as a slide show of sorts,its a mayfly emerging from its (new word, thanks Janey) exuvia,with a few close ups thrown in. To run it;click on the pic,flikr will open,at the bottom right of the image is 'Mayfly hatch including proud...tag', Right click on this and select open,the page will open,above the images is 'slideshow' , left click this & get the popcorn out! Hope it works! IMG_0334 by geoff321, on Flickr

You have to admire a man who goes into battle with his kit off,you know they mean business when thats coming at you!

Rose from my slumber a little after 3 this morning to my dog growling & ny gates could be heard not doing their own thing. Some herbert was making an attempt (the dog gets another biscuit). I didnt bother with me rambo armband,just headed for the door with a 'sturdy walking aid',suffice to say persuit was futile,on getting outside the mutt was going balistic & after getting the gates unlocked & getting out front all I could now hear was the blood knocking round my head. Daft thing about it is I'm putting a caravan in my yard to sleep in,so Im right on top of my gear next week,as I'm stripping out a couple of rooms for renovation work,and expect to stay in the van until the winter drives me back in again,I would have had a better chance of upsetting my visiter from that vantage. So heads up lads,dont give them the chance.

I aspire to reach 'semi geek' level Janey,& getting involved in this thread a bit may give me a more targeted approach,the works of the guilty few on here are a truly inspirational. Hamma gets my top vote,he had a bit of conflict in the early days,and it appears to have spurned him on to new heights. So please excuse me my ignorance! I dont give comlpiments lightly,so I wont pass them out,but keep upthe good work......please!

Well,you might be a bit better than me then Janey.. I primarily enjoy the image capture,but this leads me into an interest in what they are about,and how they fit in, so I'm an early novice with a few shortcuts on my pc to ident websites!

Evolution seems to have left him alone,what an agravating,mindless creature,sorry...just dissapointed he didnt end up underneath it!

Thanks Janey,I seem to get better definition with flikr as against photo B,and they are clicky get big pics too! David,nice shot,but the bee looks like its had a night on the tiles! Heres a hover fly,I like these things at the moment; sh2 by geoff321, on Flickr