Did you change the photo? I remember a different photo the first time I looked.

I understand your predicament. My heart goes out to you. My mother is 89 and has a Lasso Apso, and she and that dog are inseparable. She had a stroke last week in the artery that supplies blood to her retina and lost the vision in her right eye. She is having surgery on Monday to clean out her carotid artery and the dog became a problem. I was going to bring the dog to my house for the two days that she will be in the hospital, but she wouldn’t hear of it. She wants my sister to stay at her house so that Daisy won’t get anymore upset than necessary.

The thing is, I get it. I was worried about her dog upsetting mine. The things we go through and will do for out dogs. Ours is like our child. My daughter, who is 50, says that she has a furry sister.

I used to be a computer hobbyist back in the day, but I didn’t keep up with the technology. I could no longer do the programming necessary to make that work. My hat is off to you sir. I guess I’m limited to the WeMacro device.

No, I get it, I just wondered since this shot was so good whether you had focus stacked some others.

Im thinking of getting into stacking, but I don’t know if I could justify a powered rail like the WeMacro. I hear people getting frustrated with the manual rails.

Ah, three on the tree, I had forgotten about those.

Lucky dog, you live close enough to go see it just about any time it’s available. Just how impressive is the Big Boy?

I thought he was a hairy legged guy, didn’t you?

On second look, I’m not sure that isn’t a guy!!

I do like the color version better. The vibrant colors make the shot pop.

Do you ever focus stack them?

Very pretty colors.

I’ve had a dog all my life, since I was too small to remember. I remember all of them fondly and think that they made me a better man for having known them and been responsible for them. My 10 yo fur baby is snoozing pressed tightly to my leg as I write this. I don’t know what I’ll do when she passes. I’m 69 and approaching the age that I might not be able to afford or properly care for another one.

We have always taken the runt of the litter, or those dogs that have something wrong with them that would make them hard to give away or sell. My wife and I feel like it’s our calling to save those pups from certain euthanasia. They have all, save one, lived happy long lives. That one, Sheba, turned out to have distemper. We had to put her down when the treatments didn’t work and she was starting to suffer.

I just don’t understand how someone can raise and sell dogs and not feel enough empathy toward them to get them their shots and warming’s when it’s time.

I’ve never heard that one before. But, I can tell you that I’ve travelled to/from Alaska by air and cruise ship and from Tulsa to Chicago to Santa Monica and back to Tulsa twice via motorcycle and several trips to Texas and Colorado also via motorcycle. My 80 D has traveled the entire way with one of my various lenses mounted. The only time I don’t have a lens mounted is when I’m changing from one lens to another.

I’ve never noticed any play in the mount, but after your email I checked and sure thing, just enough play that I can feel, but hardly enough to see.

There has to be some play or you would have trouble getting the latch to engage/disengage. Besides, we couldn’t afford them if they were manufactured to that tight a tolerance.

I still survive without one…in fact I don’t think I’ve ever used one. Like a previous poster noted, epoxy or super glue depending on the application. I really like the epoxy that comes in a putty like consistency. You just cut off a piec and knead the two parts together. No muss with a little bit of fuss.

Looks like it did a good job. Now what’s this DYI contraption look like.

If money is no object (you didn’t say) and you don’t need to have compatibility with Windows for other software, then get a Mac. If however, you have to have that one piece of Windowssoftware that’s not available for Mac, then get a Windows machine loaded withRAM and one of the higher end processors.

It will come within 50 miles of where I live. I hope it stops overnight somewhere in Oklahoma. I would like to see it. I missed 844 when it came through a couple of years ago.

Wow, this thing is a monster! 1.25 million pounds!

I know exactly what you mean. My 16 yo grand daughter just got her learners permit.