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cheers Kika!

Simple and strong!

thanks magnumlady!

wow thats brilliant

yeah....as long as you speak quietly and walk slowly they don't see you as a threat...but you have to keep a few feet between you and the gators!

That's a wee bit scary...

Thanks for the tips Shane, yeah it is a pity about the lens, there's not much of a range for the S5is. I did buy a cheap telephoto lens off ebay but its really terrible...you pay for what you get! It gives everything a blue-ish tinge and there's so much distortion so I never use it. I don't know what the Canon telephoto lens for the s5 is like, I probably should've got it instead. I'll have a go at the cropping and contrast, i rarely use software...due to the fact I'm clueless about most of the functions!

not camera shy!

looks like a character.

It's a pity you didn't have a longer lens to take these shots. A shot of one of these beauties taking up all the screen is awesome. I see you had a focal length of 59mm. That practically a wide lens shot. Could you crop some of the image in a photo software package like photoshop to make the baloon fill more of the image? If you could also brighten & boost the contrast & colours, this would work well. I'm not sure the size of the original image, so I don't know if a severe crop will give enough clarity in the baloon. 

I love the way you caught the burner going up into the baloon.

But your patience paid off nicely :o)

Thanks, they're so light they just blow in the wind. Took me about 5 mins to get the shot!

Wow that's an amazing shot! Great capture! Your description would fit one of my pics too...

Thanks, he's actually my boyfriend's mother's dog. We were dog-sitting him for a few days and he was fascinated with the mirror!

That's a very lovely dog you've got. :o)

Thanks! she was to the right of the log, we had to be very quiet or she'd eat us....have a photo of her, must dig it out and upload it

I like this.

LOL :)

Wow great capture! Where's mommy?

:-) Cute!