Great stuff guys.

Roo is spot on Baz, and seeing he is a Canon man I would follow his advice as he will know what suits your camera.

He is dead right about having one lens that rarely comes of the body for all sorts of reasons (dust on the sensor being the most important) mine is a Tokina 18 - 70mm F 2.8 EX DG Pro. It does 70% at least of the stuff I need to do. I do have other bits but they are specialist bits really.

Like nick I also have a Sigma 50 1.4 Prime, which is a great all rounder too.

My pukka glass comes in the form of a Nikon-AF-S-Nikkor-70-200mm-f-2-8G-ED-VR-II which is a great sport lens. I have also got a 1.4 converter too which effectively makes it a 100 - 300.

If you want to buy a "fun lens" at some point, get a lensbaby. £150.00 ish. They are great fun.

The things to make sure you get Baz are circular lens filters. These can be as cheap or expensive as you want really. Start by getting a UV filter, these are pretty cheap and they not only act as a UV filter but will act as a protection to your lens. You are much better scratching a £25.00 UV filter than the end of a £300.00 lens. It is also worth looking into getting a Polariser Lens at some point, one of us can go through the how to use process with you. They will give really saturated colours when used correctly (I used a polariser in my El Capitan picture) which really makes the blue sky and the reds really punchy. Polarisers are a bit more expensive than UV Filters, they start at about £45 - £50. A good one will cost you about £160.00 as I found out but again, you are paying for better quality glass.

If you need any help mate, you have people in here that are more than willing to point the way and help when they can.

This thread has made my mind up about starting a proper photographic section on the site, as there are many members who enjoy this.

Finally, Clive! Great shot of the wasp mate, and from a video camera too, great work that man