Another real important quote to do with photography - I'm starting to realize that there are way to many dipshits in this group.

Yes, I told the clown that made that post that he should see an eye doctor or neurologist immediately. You've got to love when someone goes off on some bullshit tangent about the fact that you used caps rather than either sticking to the subject at hand or just going on to something else and shutting the f&*k up!

See an eye doctor or neurologist immediately!! :)

I feel so strongly about MAC versus PC for various reasons that even though my son is a director at Microsoft and can get me super discounts on PC's I do all of my photographic work on a MAC. I ditched PC's years ago other than a gaming laptop I keep to run some really old programs that run only on PC's.

I think the number depends on the brand of equipment they use. Canon - untold numbers and Sony, just one!

If it would have been a couple weeks sooner - I let mine go for a prayer to Adorama.

I recently switched from being a Canon shooter and I agree with you totally Toment - that is exactly what I use. A Sony 100-400 GM lens with Sony 1.4x extender on my A9 II. Makes action photography effortless! I love it.

Goodbye folks, I have completely tired of thieves and negativism that I have found on UHH. I have met some wonderful people, but the likes Hi Ho Silver and Miss Gregory just makes it not worth it for me. I engage in this activity for relaxation and frankly if either of them was in range at the moment, I would slap the shit out of both of them with one hand. I will no longer be responding back to this or anything else on this forum so save your venom for someone else. See yah!

Gregory, go to hell. I didn't say I sold 70 copies. Just leave me the hell alone. I remember how you went on and on ad nauseum over the egret feeding even after I tried to explain to you that i am sensitive to birds being a member of a bird sanctuary. You are an empty suited idiot who apparently needs more of a life than shooting your ill lighted bird shots in the Everglades. Get the hell off my thread you %%^&%^ idiot!

I just realized that it was you Gregory, the clown that once gave me a lecture on feeding an egret that comes to my house regularly. I have tried to avoid contact with you and wish you would do the same with me. Unfortunately, I see no way to block clowns like you on this site! :(

No, this is a male osprey and his name is Fleck, his mate, Jewel has a very defined necklace and she was sitting in the nest awaiting the fish. Apparently you are not the expert you think you are! This guy is named Fleck because of the fleck at the 7 o'clock position of his right eye. He has nested here for 4 years. I see and photograph him often. I wish people would answer the question as asked, which was "Which shot would you submit...." I didn't your opinion on the PP - I didn't ask for it and based on your apparent lack of expertise I things you offer opinions on, I can do without further contact with you. Thanks. People like you are one of the reasons I have strayed from the site lately.

silver, what I did here was added clouds to the sky with Special Effects 8 due to the fact that the sky was totally dull and lifeless. In the digital age, there is certainly nothing wrong with manipulating the background to enhance the shot. The Sierra Club has already requested a copy less than 24 hours after it was taken, and it has already won about 20 peer awards on ViewBug with tons of likes and favs, so whatever the situation, I tell you that posting in one environmental location on facebook, brought over 70 likes in the first hour and I have already had 3 requests for purchase of the shot. So it is what it is, and it is what I, and others apparently want it to be. The question on the table is which is the best one to submit to a juried contest.

I made this amazing capture of an osprey that I have often photographed. He was bringing breakfast back to the nest where she is sitting on the eggs. I have some great shots in this sequence including him landing on the nest, but this one is my absolute favorite. I am entering into a juried competition and I am trying to decide which to enter. Number one is the original which I took yesterday. Today, as I thought about it, I decided to take it into PP and lighten the front feathers. After doing that, I thought maybe even a bit lighter which produced version 3. My significant other argues that in that the wings are probably blocking the light, the picture should remain as it was in the original with the darkened chest. I'd like to get the opinion of my fellow photographers as to which to enter. Unfortunately, after a recent theft of my work, I am not storing the originals. Hopefully the thumbnail is enough to render an opinion. Thanks. I won't bother to respond individually to save clutter on the thread, but will at the end.

Thanks Raymond!

Thanks Shakey, particularly exciting for this newbie!! :)