Is there a publish plug in for Zenfolio? I use SmugMug and their plugin is well integrated allowing you to setup nearly all the site design from the comfort of LR. The actual uploading (publish) takes place in the background so you can do other stuff.

BTW Today, April 2, is International Fact Checking day. No kidding!

Likewise. I suspect when my brain was configured RAM was used when some form of NVM was called for.

Once upon a time, I wanted Honeywell and Fairchild to merge so it would be called Fairwell Honeychild.

Cairns is pronounced something like cans but then you will be reminded you are not in Kansas anymore. You are in Oz!
I would suggest venturing North from Cairns. In particular we enjoyed the train ride to Kuranda especially if you are a train nut. I think the Quiksilver excursion out on the Great Barrier Reef went out of Port Douglas, it has been 20 years since I was there. We also took a four wheeler drive North of the Daintree which was really neat and unsettled. Unless "civilization" has crept up there. You can't miss! Don't get eaten by a crock.

The B Key is the key to managing collections. This is a short cut list I made for myself:
B Add to /Remove from Target Collection
Shift+B Add to /Remove from Target Collection & Next
Ctrl+B Show Target Collection
Ctrl+Shift+B Clear Quick Collection
Clear+Alt+B Save Quick Collection
Clear+Shift+Alt+B Set Quick Collection as Target

I have been down that trail before and thinking of starting again. I have adopted a purpose built single use computer and am using an iPad now and nondescript laptop for all non photography use (entertainment toy). I don't think you mentioned what software you are hosting so I assume it it is based on Lightroom and Photoshop core. You are appropriately heading toward a Gaming computer and will probably pay less and be more satisfied with a built for you computer than configuring an off the shelf brand. A few suggestions for you. RAM: get a motherboard that supports 64G. I have 32G now and it seems satisfactory but future growth to 64 is good cheap insurance. Also get at least one m.2 SSD slot to make things really fly! I would steer clear of state of the gaming art video cards they are way too expensive and power hungry and you get pretty much no performance increase for your trouble. Likewise, over clocking won't noticeably improve your performance. I suspect i7 is not noticeably better than i7 but that is speculation on my part. Finally you want many many SADA and USB3 ports. They make chassis with a number of hot swappable 2.5" and 3.5" front panel slots you might find useful. When it is up an running would you please give us an "Lessons Learned" debrief?

I have come to prefer the term "pre-war". That way I don't have to remember how old I am.

Do not feel like the Lone Ranger. I have a policy to reset my camera to standard quick ready settings every time I stow it. --- Someday I will actually follow that policy!!
Actually, that manual/auto focus switch is the only setting on my camera that can be set with the power off.

Our guides called that checking the tire pressure. Also for the ladies they would find a bush and do a sweep for cats to give a little privacy. Our guide on our last trip was one of the guide certification examiners. He told us that was part of their training. Most of the countries have strict driver and guide training requirements. It would be very bad for business if a client got eaten.

Howard - I enjoying your slideshow. It brought back memories from 15 years (yikes!) ago. I remembered one of our drivers calling the warthogs "lion peanuts".

I took 4700 shots on our Southern Africa trip 2010. I organized them into several collectors none of them intended for a slide show. So i tried the Lightroom Slideshow module with a small collection of prints for a specific spot on the wall. Here it is in Dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt9krdp9xa0q7c8/Fiveteen.mp4?dl=0 The first nine were from the Okavango Delta in Botswana. That area gets very little rainfall and is technically a desert. Dust is not a problem here. The elephants are semi habituated http://www.sanctuaryretreats.com/walking-with-elephants I did wonder what was semi about their habituation. The next two are from Chobe Botswana. The cats are in Kruger SA.

More--- We moves from camp to camp usually by small aircraft. A fish eye out of the window gets some great shots. Don't forget photos of your lodging. If the sky is clear I will be dark and the southern sky is all different. About that tripod you don't bring. If you trip takes you to Cape Town the food is fantastic. I'm not a foodie just pleasingly plump.

I made two trips of a lifetime to Africa one to East Africa and on to Victoria Falls and then Capetown in 2002 (the spring after 9/11). And then 2010 to Botswana, Vic Falls, Kruger in South Africa and on to Capetown. Both were with A&K but I assume the experience will be more similar than different. First was film and the second digital. Digital was much better in many ways. I concour with everything said above. (That is pretty rare on this site!!!) I will add a few observations. I have found the drivers and guides are very photography savvy. They will move to the best lighting and shooting angle and always turn off the motor while you are shooting. No, tripod - Yes, beanbag. Unrestrained lens caps have a habit of leaping out of the vehicle. In 2010 we had my D70s and my daughter's D300s. A f/2.8 70-200 with a 1.7x telextender were usually mounted on the D300s and a 18-200 on the older D70s. With the dust and only two hands available for lens swapping we never attempted a switch on the vehicle. I did not covet a longer lens. A Lightroom search of shots with the lens yielded the focal length was less than 340mm around 70% of the shots. ---Whatever! One additional thing. The leopard has a amazing colored coat and I had was never happy with my match even though i only shot raw. So I would take a Passport chart to do a camera calibration. I leave it as an exercise to the student as to how you get the chart next to the cat. Oh, I set the repeating shutter to 3/second and kept shooting while I composed.

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Of course it's possible. Look at the zoom range and quality of the TV lenses made for sports. Unfortunately, they cost more than a house and it is unlikely you can get a mortgage on one.