She was pretty. I just lost my mom. She was 93 and I had for 76 years. Here she was at ages 16 and 79.

I had my PC replaced with a new one having more speed, memory and storage. In the process, my IT guy replaced my LR CC with LrC and the differences are significant. Two examples of the multitude of changes that befuddle me are:
1. The layout of the editing tools in Develop mode, including the absence of all the colors except Red, Green and Blue. What happened to the others? Also, there are color wheels in LrC the function of which is unknown to me. I've tried playing around with them but haven't figured them out.
2. I shoot RAW and use Picasa in conjunction with LR. Previously with LR CC, when I exported it was seen by Picasa as a full size 20-25MB file. If I wanted a smaller file, I used the Image function in Ps (at the top of the screen) for that purpose. Now, when I export, Picasa sees immediately sees a dramatically smaller file, about 3MB, even though I do not change the file size before exporting. What's up with that?

Can my IT guy deep six the LrC and pull the LR CC out of my old PC (which is now stored as a hot spare in my basement) and install it in my new tower?

Thanks, Hogs.

Outstanding!

End of the Road is G R E A T!

My wife and I recently returned from a two week trip to Scotland. We stayed with life long friends we made 50 years ago when I was stationed at a Naval Security Group Activity near the small town of Edzell. During our last trip, we traveled to the west of Scotland but this time we remained in the eastern part of the country where our friends live in the town of Letham, very near Forfar. I shot this image with a D7200 and 18-300mm lens as we drove through the hills near the town of Peebles in the Borders region south of Edinburgh. PP was limited to eliminating some of the shadowing of the heather in the hills. As you can see the weather was beautiful.

Hills around Peebles, Scotland, August 2013.

Thanks very much for the tip.

Thanks, doc.

Very good advice. Trouble is that a rental isn't an option where I live - out in the boonies.

1. How do you compensate for the lack of VR in your 24-70 AF-S f2.8 G?
2. Do you know how your 24-120 f/4 G ED VR would compare to a 18-300 VR? What advantages does on have over the other?
3. What body have you used these lenses on?
4. I might be interested in one of your lenses.

LOL. Good advice. I especially agree with holding it in my own hands first and trying it out. Can't do it in these parts though because of my rural environment. Might investigate it more though.

If that admonition to another full grown (and then some) adult male (me) makes you feel good, God Bless you. As for its value to me, not so much. Smile.

Up front I will admit to having a bit of GAS as part of my motivation. I've been a moderately serious amateur since retiring 15 years ago. I started with a Nikon D60 then moved up to a D300S and settled on twin D7200s several years ago. I also have a D500 but haven't used it in the 3 years since I purchased it because the controls and settings are simpler (at least in my mind) on my trusty D7200s. My walk around kit has the D7200 with a 18-300mm lens. When I need or anticipate needing more lens horse power, mostly for wild life (I live on the Maine coast), I grab my other D7200 which has the 200-500mm always attached and at the ready. When I'm on a shoot, I virtually always have both cameras with me. I'm am not a technician by any stretch but I have a knack for decent composition so sometimes I hit the jackpot and score a great capture. I've been published a few hundred times in our weekly county newspaper and have been in magazines and tourist pamphlets published by the state. I've also received recognition a few times from the New England Newspaper Association, but mostly I'm just a retiree who loves shooting in RAW and doing post-processing in Lightroom & sometimes Picasa, and I get my kicks from the Likes on receive on my FB page when I post a good image. I'd like to purchase a new rig, mostly because I can, and have pretty much convinced myself that a Sony Mirrorless A7III with 24-105 lens could keep me busy for a while, and will likely be as good as, but not as heavy as, a Nikon D850 in combo with one of my other Nikon DX lenses (I have several). The D850 has been in my headlights for a while but I'm inclined to try a lighter weight rig. What say you folks who've considered or done a similar transition already?

I shot this through my dining room window last week. Turkeys run rampant around here (Maine coast), and lately the Toms are engaging in one-upmanship every day trying to attract girl friends. Shot with Nikon D7200, Nikon 18-300mm lens at 230mm, 1/125 f/8 and ISO 320.

You nailed it Jimmy. Did you serve in the Navy?

That's exactly what happened to me - tried LR but it didn't work. All good now though because I found that my White Balance had somehow moved out of Auto.