Folks

Thanks for the quick responses, I guess that was exactly the feedback I was trying to get. It would be all too easy for someone new to the forum to read a few posts and be swamped with the sheer volume of information. If a newcomer tried, for example macro photography, and found the results disappointing, they may conclude that they were not cut out for photography when it may just be the case that they have the talent for another genre.

As so many of you pointed out we can all learn something.

My thanks for taking the time to respond.