New here - and lost already

[Geoff F]

Hello, just signed on and trying to find my way around. Suppose I'll eventually make sense of where things are. Never been an Internet 'natural' and tend to easily get confused with this sort of thing. Fine with advanced digital photograph editing and printing, just get lost on these internet sites.

Anyhow, a bit of background. I'm a profesional fisherman working a small boat near Plymouth, mostly potting. Always have a decent camera with me because quite a lot of marine wildlife comes to vist my 'floating birdtable'. Potting is a bit boring (you need to be strong in the arm and weak in the head) so watching passing wildlife helps to keep me sane. Have a few friends who are keen 'birdies' and help me with identification and they pass some of my better photos on to the experts.

So what's around now? A couple of porpoises in the Prawle Point area. They are here every winter, but never yet managed to photograph them. Last year we were adopted by a Black Backed Gull who still sits on the foredeck every day, just a couple of feet from where I am working. He gets the odd bit of fish but just seems to enjoy being there. This week a Sandpiper has appeared on the Fish Quay and is perfectly happy walking around on the concrete slipway and on stored fishing gear. Got some decent photos, maybe show them sometime. A few Northern Divers are here.

The thing that got me to this site is another project. Photographing the wildlife in my garden - particularly those minature monsters. Now I'm trying to identify some creatures from last summer and create something in the way of a personal wildlife diary. The chief problem is with a fly which I think may be a Sunfly or a Dungfly but I can't find any information about them.

If I can work out how to do it I may post a photo.

Hope I haven't rambled on too much. Geoff.

[paulchandler6]

Welcome to WAB Geoff. Look forward to seeing some of your pics. Have been to Prawle a few times, nice part of the country.
You'll soon find your way around.
Cheers

Paul

[DavyG]

Hi Geoff,

Welcome to the Forum.

Like you, I've just joined here and am a keen photographer.

It sounds like you'll have some good pics to post, I'll watch out for them.

Cheers,

Dave

[Dogghound]

Welcome to the site Geoff. post the picture in the insect forum and we will be more than happy to help.

[Deer Stalker]

Hi Geoff.

[Dutchess]

Hi Geoff,

And a warm welcome to you. Don't worry about rambling, there's a few of us around here that ramble in more ways than one

Enjoy.

D.

[big bill]

Hello Goeff and welcome to the site look forward to your pics and posts

[coasty]

Hi mate welcome to the site

[Ollie]

Helo Geoff and a very warm welcome from me, look forward to seeing any of your photos
Roger

[rlchew]

Hello Geoff

Welcome to WAB.

I think we were all a little lost when we signed up but you will soon find your way around .... if you continue to be lost, there are plenty of people here to help you.

Richard

[Seajay]

Hey up Geoff and welcome! Don,t worry about finding your way around you'll still be like it in a year's time Good job for photography - keep that camera ready!
Look forward to your photos.

[goosey]

Hi Geoff, what a great intro! Any problems finding your way around just shout and you'll have us all running to help If you get lost in your boat thats a different matter .
Keeping a wildlife diary is a great idea you'll be surprised what you find in your garden when you start to look, things that you never even knew existed!
I look forward to seeing some of your images when you suss it all out, welcome and enjoy the site .

[tigger]

Hi Geoff. Glad to hear there is someone else doing a diary of his garden. I've had my diary for the last 3 months, and I'm really enjoying it. It really gets you thinking about the wildlife around you.

Can't wait to see some of your pics. My husband used to be a commercial fisherman in Poole many years ago.... now he just fishes as a hobby... but I've spent many a day on a boat (fishing and spotting wildlife).

Welcome again!

Jane

[wildlifesnapper]

Hi Geoff,

welcome to WAB.Sounds like you get some nice wildlife

neil

[ron1863]

Hi Geoff and a warm welcome to WAB, good luck with the uploads

[buzfuz8149]

Hi Geoff,

a warm welcome to WAB, I look forward to your photos, you will soon find your way around, you will always find a friendly answer to any query.

Carol.

[cathyh]

Hi Geoff and welcome!

I am Very 'new' as well, living a mundane but hectic family life, here in Bristol.
Lovely to hear a little of your everyday life - I am a keen gardener and your end bit, about unidentified fly in your garden made we cringe, as I have had several dodgy encounters 'summer' 2007...

...I feel a post, or two, on the Insect forum coming on! This computer stuff IS hard to get used to - at least you can use a camera, I even have trouble with that!

Hope you enjoy WAB! Cathy

P.S. just found out how to do smilies so feeling rather clever now!!

[Geoff F]

Thanks for the friendly welcome. I have tried to include a photo of the unknown fly, which initially brought me here, on the Insect Forum but appear to have hit my first snag. Eventually got the image onto the Forum Gallery and wrote my question but don't seem to be able to copy the picture to the question.

I'm using Opera but when I right click on the image I don't get an option to select the image, so I tried using Select All from the Edit menu, also right clicking and copying and pasting without selecting, but without any success.

Can I use Opera here? Will have another go using Internet Explorer but have never got on with any of the Microsoft programmes.

[tigger]

I use Firefox (which is really good) and it works fine. Its a free download.

Jane

[Geoff F]

OK, think I may have sorted the problem. I wasn't clicking on the correct code at the bottom of the image. It has taken a lot of struggling but finally I have included my first photo into a question on the Insect Forum.

This has left me exhausted so I'm going for a beer now!