@maggiemae i am still learning it maggie, i think you can just de-enable the option, there is a great user manual online and some great tutorials and help forums. Stick with it. Rawtherapee is pretty cool to. You never need to purchase software eith open source :-)
@judithg thanks judith, i'm going rather geeky with my post processing , GIMP / Rawtherapee / Darktable / G'MIC are all part of the wonderful world of Open Source software :)
@bluerose15 thanks blue :)
@quietpurplehaze thanks hazel, i often want my monochromes to be punchy with deep blacks, but I gone a bit subtle and grey here !
@dulciknit thank you alison, the timing is hard with a P&S camera, due to the lag between shutter press and click
@sangwann thanks dione, it is good to know you admire my B&W's :)
@annied many thanks annie :) , I too sometimes click too soon when posting :)
@alinz cheers ali :)
@swilde thank you sue, you know i love black and white :)
@sidecar thank you carlita :)
@kerristephens cheers kerri :)
@eyesmile thanks gena, i did use a longish zoom on my panny tz7 to create the close composition :)