Just looked at the spec for this bridge camera, have to say you get alot of features for this model and the price range is fantastic, i used a fuji bridge for a number of yrs until i got the dslr bug, this is a very good buy for the money.

Lovely photo, i like the sky detail

A nice set of autumn shots lovely

Very nice shot

Beautiful autumn shots

Canon Eos 1000D

canon 60mm macro f2.8

canon 75-300mm zoom f4.0

canon 18-55mm zoom 1:3.5-5.6 II

Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3,5-6,3 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Lens

Email p.gosnay@talktalk.net

The Lot for £500

uk delivery only 19.95 pp

Why waste money on books when you have it all on utube, you can even get a utube downloader, to take all tutorials off which help you most, as there forever changing on utube.

Try using a program called (define 2) it's a photoshop plug in that gets rid of noise in one click. you can have a free trial before you buy, well recommended.

For better results shoot in raw, as there is a drop down box in p/shop that helps with fringing.

When shooting in such daylight put a screw type polarizer filter on the lens, this way you wont get burnt out skies like in your photo's, you can pick cheaper versions up on ebay.

I have the sigma 120mm - 400mm this is a pretty good lens and quite cheap compared to the 150-500mm here is a web page to look for yourself.
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1184

Welcome paul
The macro one is very good

Looking at the photo's i think you have a creative side as you are, i like the macro shots, you just need to pump up the color a touch to make them stand out more.

I use the sigma 120mm to 400mm i'm quite impressed by it so far, has a good price mark as well.

If the pump was on its own then it would look good in sepia, my fav is the color one.