My wife and I are currently in Luray, having done the northern segment from Front Royal to Luray yesterday pm. The vistas are very hazy now. We plan to go to the caverns here. Last time visited was 40 years ago. Agree with the other comments about the caverns and Natural Bridge. Mabry Mill is a perennial hot spot for photography. Other spots on the BRP are Meadows of Dan and Peaks of Otter. If you do get on Skyline Drive and make it to Luray, the Milslyn Inn is a great hotel built in the 30s and had some pretty famous guests, including Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin and others. Watch your speed! The parkway rangers are unrelenting. Saw two yesterday and both had cars pulled over. Another thing, no firearms allowed on federal property. One of the rangers was searching the car he had stopped. Speed limit = 35 mph. Have your camera at the ready for wildlife and have a great trip. If I learn anything new as we make it down I'll add another post
Reminded me of the "Edmund Fitzgerald". Gitchegoomie.
I have a Miranda that I bought at a flea market a couple of years ago because I liked the design. I, too, began my SLR journey with the Pentax Spotmatic in 1967 and it still works well! The 50mm 1.4 lens works great as a macro on my Nikon D300 when I put it on extension tubes.
Very nice. Personally, I like the first one best.
Thanks, folks for your valuable comments. I'm confident that I'll be able to do it now as a result of your help.
Would appreciate helpful comments regarding using the Nikon SB-600 flash unit off camera and without the wire tether to my Nikon D300 camera. I know it can be done as a I saw it demonstrated once but I can't remember the settings in the camera and flash unit. Thanks in advance for your help.
I took a one day class on Lightroom at my local community college. It was very informative with take away materials. Best of all, it provided hands-on use of all the basic functions from importing, cataloging to image post processing. The class size was fairly small and the instructor fielded many questions and showed how to resolve them. If that is an option, it would be my recommendation.
I, too, like the real deal printed version of magazines and offended by the condescending know-it-alls who constantly put us traditionalists down. Plus, the folks in our doctors' offices appreciate the magazines for their waiting rooms. I can recommend Popular Photography and Outdoor Photographer. Popular Photographer isn't as good as it was in Herbert Keppler's days, however.