Been here about a week now and have had a chance to spend a little time checking out the main photo forum and some of the other resources here at UHH. Just want to say how impressed I am at the sense of community and the number of really encouraging posts I've seen. Many forums have professional haters abounding, but it seems that this place has found a way to rise above that. I've been taking pictures for years, many times while doing mission work in Mexico and more recently in Kenya, just doing what felt right and doing an adequate job. I have a computer repair business in Austin, Texas and know that I can master the technical details of cameras and of the software that I continue to learn, like Lightroom 5, Photomatix Pro and Photoshop Elements. And I do believe that even someone without an artist's eye (that's me) can get better and better with more practice and studying the efforts of those more gifted than myself. I've progressed from point and shoots, to super zoom cameras over the past 10 years or so. They were mostly Nikons and I swore that I would never be that guy carrying a DSLR, tripod and horror of horrors, a lens for each and every purpose! I got a Nikon D5200 last summer and now I'm THAT guy. I've become a voracious reader of all things photographic and spend a fair amount of time looking at how-to videos and am even reading camera and lens manuals. It's scary, I'm starting to understand a fair amount of what I read now. I consider myself a serious amateur who got a late start, I'm going on 62. Anyway, I'm looking forward to posting some of my better efforts, being comfortable in knowing that the criticism and kudos heading my way will, for the most part, be genuine and will be given in a spirit conducive to learning and taking it to the next level. For my part, I will jump in, be constructive and help where I can make a difference. I'm glad I found UHH. Thanks for having me.