Hi, Delighted to be a member of this fantastic community. I live in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire and all of this is new to me. In the last few weeks I have bought a new set of bins and have just got an Opticron IS60ED scope, with 16-48x eyepiece - so I am raring to go. I have always enjoyed taking photos of birds but I am amazed at the quality of your gallery entries. What I have found very interesting and useful is the information about camera make and lens, appended to each photo. This has already given me some good ideas about where I should be heading. Look forward to joining in future discussions.