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<p>Lex<br> All ratings are "SOMEONE'S OPINION" for that photo,that was your statement a few years ago,how come you are concerned with the ratings and the NO of photos all of a sudden.<br> Instead of writing essays about the rating system and the lack of good photos in the forum why don't you take a camera from your big collection of equipment and use your vast knowledge of photography to shoot some masterpieces to boost the no of photos in the forum.You are the GURU of photography after all.</p> <p>Line<br> Are you stalking that member?<br> From your rating history i remember you attacking the whole of the front page with 3s and 4s several times,in one month 3 years ago you dished out 3500 4s indiscriminately (you probably rated every photo in the forum with a 4 that month without even looking at it).<br> You rated 1700 photos and you made 1000 comments most of them on your own images.<br> So how fair is your participation on this site?<br> Were you trying to get rid of the opposition with your behaviour?<br> Why do you think you are a victim of bullying and ratings attack?<br> Your rating record by the way you can't deny, it's all in PN's records.<br> This is a SHARING site,you get what you give,no one wins any prizes by being in the front page,you get views ok but no prizes.<br> And lastly,the administration has left the site in the hands of 10-15 idiots that chased the good photographers away with their ratings.I can't understand why the didn't make a change to the rating system,some good photographers might come back before the site dies.</p>

<p>Panoramas should be shot with the camera in portrait orientation ( tall image).That way you have less rows of photos and less distortion.The pano head is not needed unless there are close subjects on the frame, the pano head is mainly useful because it has clicks for auto overlapping that makes life very easy.i agree with the above comments that professional dedicated software works much better than PS,I personally use Arcsoft Panorama Maker,Is very quick,needs less RAM than most other software and it stitches cylindrical,mosaic and normal.And it does all that on auto,you click on the first photo (RAW or JPEG) and lines up the rest automatically.</p>

<p>Those numbers appear in the EXIF data when the camera has NO GPS,those nos appear on my photos i shot on the equator in Kenya as well as the south coast of the UK,Just ignore them.</p>

<p>Hi Michael<br> Once you go into individual categories the forum changes from last 24 hrs to recent (which means images from the last 4-5 days),the critique forum is the same as well.<br> regards<br> Harry</p>

<p>What browser are you using?<br> I had that on Firefox a couple of weeks ago,it's a virus downloaded when i tried to update Adobe Flash player and i pressed the wrong button.<br> If is Firefox delete it and all it's preferences and install google Chrome,Chrome does't seem to be affected by the virus.<br> Look also in the control panel what programmes were updated in the last few days ,delete them and reinstall them,run a scan as well with a very good antivirus.<br> Good lack</p>

<p>I have been taking photos of Westminster Palace and Big Ben for many years.The corner tower is NEVER lit.Your photo will look unatural if you try to light it up.concentrate in processing the rest of the photo.</p>

<p>In photoshop instead of just save image go to " save for web" that will automatically strip all data from the image,good lack</p>

<p>Once you go passed 30 sec exposure the BULB mode comes automatically,in bulb the camera stops metering,to keep the shutter open press and slide the button on the remote cable.good lack.</p>