yes Norman < i thought my monitor gave me a natural picture but how wrong can one be. Next stage how to get the printer to be on song with the monitor. Bye for now.Andrew

I might be able to help after Friday, our local photo group are holding a meeting, where the subject is the galapagos islands, the speaker is a renowned expert on them.
Regards Washy

Hi Norman. I phoned Colormunki this morning, they told me to download some new software, which I did and after some pondering I managed to get the monki working, yippee. Have a good holiday. Chat to you when you return.
Andrew

You can buy that lens from a dealer brand new via ebay for less than £130 with Canon's 12 moth warranty why buy snd hand at that price

thank you Norman. Have a great weekend.
Andrew

Norman. Payment made at 4pm this afternoon. Best wishes Andrew

Hi Norman. As I live in Dorset , travelling for a demo or to meet I think is a little far.If you wanted to travel as far as Gloucester or similiar I could meet you there, or somewhere you know or are thinking of travelling to. However I can transfer £55 into a bank account of your chocsing, all I would need is sort code, full name of account and account number. once you see the transfer made, which if you bank on line you can see within two hours of the the transaction.Or I can pay you by pay pal. You could then post the item to me. i would suggest either special delivery or at least recorded by Royal Mail. The item can then be tracked. I am sure we can sort something out between us. Regards Andrew

hi. would you take £55 for it ? other wise suggest a reasonable price/
Washy

Hi Magnetoman. Can't you guess I live in Dorset UK. Yes lots to photograph around here. Stourhead is just on my doorstep, Durdle door and the Juarrassic coast about an hours drive. Whats that white lens your using in your profile pic?
That prehistoric monster is a huge rock just off Poole in Dorset named Durdle Door along what is called the Jurrassic coast

sorry I forgot on a tripod and turn off the is on your lens either lens will do it depends how close/far away from the fire you want to be

Try a couple of trial shots in auto program then on judging what they are like try shooting im manual f11 and try different exposures times using manual and the bulb setting. I use the bulb settings when taking sunsets some times in fading light.

taken in poor fading light using bulb and a gray filter

In the case of your two pics the colour ones work better than the B/w, in my opinion

If he is shooting in "raw" he has to use software to develope his photos and if he is shooting as Jpegs then he is losing lots of detail in his photos