If you are staying on the west side of Seneca Lake, go down to the lake front in Watkins Glen for the sunrise. If you are staying on the east side, go to the lake front for the sunset. In each case, shoot across the lake with a nice foreground and the sun rising/setting in the background. There is a nice lake front (on the west side of Seneca Lake) in Geneva with a pier. I have seen (and shot) cranes at the end of the pier at sunrise. Because the lakes are the low spots, there are many nice vistas that can be shot, looking down at the lakes, from the hills that rise up from the lakes. Along Rt 14 between Watkins Glen and Geneva, there are many vineyards that offer wonderful shots across the lake looking towards the lake with the vineyards in the foreground. Same for the West Lake Road along Seneca Lake. Also, this time of the year, there may be a sailing regatta on one of the lakes. Have fun.

I had always thought that it was necessary to attach an adapter to use any non-EOS manual lens on a Canon EOS body. Is that true? I have not tried this on a Canon EOS body. I understand that some adapters come with the focus chip that chirps when focus has been achieved. Also, in order to focus to infinity, it is necessary that the adapter have an intermediate lens built into it. Without such an intermediate lense, I understand one can focus but only to a limited distance. Is all this true?

If you use 2 adapters, you will move the lens further away from the sensor. It will likely not focus at all or will not focus to infinity, depending on the lens focal length. It would be best to use only one adapter: OM to EF. I am not sure if that would focus properly, but if things have worked well with other lenses, then it may be okay with the OM to EF adapter. Do your adapters have built-in glass?

Any suggestions of photo ops in and around Tucson - landscape, architectural, waterfalls, anything? Will be there Late February. Thanks in advance.

I have the Canon 500D, 77mm. It is a fine close-up add-on. I also bought a step-up ring so that I can use the 500D on a variety of lenses, including 300mm prime lens. Gets close, but not 1:1. Highly recommended by Bryan Peterson in his Close-Up book. Worth the money.

You can use the Eye-Fi SD card. Set up your 5D so that you send small jpg files to the SD card. Small jpg files will make the transfer of the files to your tablet or computer run faster. Use the CF card for the big (main) files you will use for your work. There is a special Menu setting on the 5D Mark III for the Eye-Fi card, so set up the 5D per your manual. Not sure if earlier versions of the 5D have the special Eye-Fi card menu setting. If you have an earlier 5D, then just follow the Eye-Fi card instructions.

The Eye-Fi card sends out its own wifi signal. Download the Eye-Fi app to your tablet or install the Eye-Fi app that comes with the card to your computer. Set your tablet and computer to connect to the Eye-Fi wifi network. Run the Eye-Fi app and shoot away. Distance between camera and tablet should be as short as possible to get a good transfer. The Eye-Fi web site will tell you how far the card will transmit the signal. I have found it to work fine within the confines of an apartment size studio and with an iPad. Good luck.

If you can afford it, the CamRanger is excellent, but expensive. Take a look at:

camranger.com

Thanks to all. The overwhelming response is to let LR put the catalog in the default location and use just one catalog. Thanks again!!

I am new to LR 5 and have a question about how folks manage the LR catalog location on the hard drive.

Do you just let LR place the catalog where it wants to put it or do you place it in another location, for example in your photo folder? Any benefits to placing it in the photos folder? I understand the difficulties/problems of moving the catalog once it as been created and used in one location for a while. But if just starting out in LR, where would you recommend putting the catalog?

Do you create a new catalog for each year's batch of photos or use LR, with key word, for example, to find your photos over the years?

I am just curious how others manage the catalog. I know it is possible to launch LR by double clicking on a catalog.

I also live in the NC mountains, Ashe County, the northern-most County in NC. The leaves generally are at their peak the third week in October in Ashe County. When traveling north on the Blue Ridge Parkway from Asheville, you will pass through the Craggy Garden area and Mount Mitchell, 2 of the highest areas along the Parkway. The colors may arrive earlier in these locales.

Enjoy the waterfalls in the Brevard area, the fall colors around Fontana Lake, and Linville Falls, Grandfather Mtn area. Have fun!!

It is my understanding that Adobe RGB has a much richer color space. I use Adobe RGB with Photoshop and Lightroom, but, per your indication, I am only seeing sRGB on my monitor. So, I would like to see what Adobe RGB looks like on my monitor (Dell U2713H) and how that compares to what I print. I use Color Munki to calibrate the monitor. Will try HDMI. I think my video card has HDMI. Is DisplayPort for Mac, only?

Thanks. Am using DVI. Will I get Adobe RGB with DVI?

Yes, you use the WD software, but that is no big deal. There is even an app for the iPad that I use to download files from the WD MyCloud to the iPad. Works great. I have several photo editing apps on the iPad that I can use to edit the photos (even raw photos) after downloading them from the MyCloud. Sharing the photos is then easy, as well.

Yes, when there is a power blip, the software resets the internet access to a new IP address. You lose internet access when this happens and you have to reboot the device. That's a major drag since you find out you cannot access the photos when you are not with the device to reboot it. However, the device can be manually and permanently set to one IP address that the device uses every time such that a power blip is no longer an issue.

Yes, uploading speeds for many Internet Providers are generally much slower than download speeds. It can take a very, very long time (hours) to upload large amounts of data (photos) to the WD MyCloud. I generally put my files onto the device from the computer that is connected to the same router as the MyCloud. That is fast because it does not have to go through the internet. Then I can access those photos from anywhere in the world where (secure) wifi is available.

Yes, you can connect another portable HD to the MyCloud through its USB ports. I have a WD MyBook attached. You can program the WD software to backup the MyCloud to the attached HD or vice versa.

The WD MyCloud, I believe, is a much more secure (provided you change passwords often) and more readily accessible cloud storage device than iCloud and other cloud devices.

Curious. Why not drive monitor from HDMI output?

Not sure it has anything but basic rgb color space. Don't think it has Adobe rgb.