Hey Syyd and Mike. Mike - the photo didn't show after I uploaded but it does now.. Must have been my browser! Syyd - Yes they were taken for Christmas, during something called the Festival of Lights in a park in New Plymouth, New Zealand. I took them over a 5 minute exposure, the light trails you see on the water are from people rowing boats with torches on them. I wasn't expecting the result to be anywhere near this good, but I guess I was lucky. I've had a few lucky shots since I started out...most of the time I've had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but now I think I'm more in control. I love just playing around with the camera, experimenting to see what happens, that's how I learn. I've tried to read photography books and all kinds of things, but I have to see results to actually learn something...too bad developing is so expensive!! Wish I had a digital camera but the old Pentax Spotmatic 2 I'm using now will have to do. It's a very reliable camera...and I wish it was mine! :-)) Anyways, thanks for your compliments. I'll go check out the rest of the forum now! ~M~