My question is: when posting my images on social media should I disclose that the image was modified?
Recently in a late afternoon I went to Davis pond near Reno, NV to take pictures of the pond when the sunlight is at low angle. My intention was to add some sunset clouds. I edited one of the pictures in PS, just added some sunset clouds and adjusted tint of the trees to match the sunset feel.
I posted the final picture on FB in some local groups without mentioning that the photo was edited. People love this picture and couple of them responded that they come to that place all the time but never saw it from this angle and with clouds like that.
What is the right approach? Disclosure that I edited the image, or just don't say anything?

Equipment; Fuji x-t30 with Laowa 65mm macro lens and Meike 320 speedlite.

Settings; Aperture F/8, Shutter 180th, ISO 160 and White balance 5600K. Camera and flash in manual mode with flash set to 1/16 power.

So I'm the Florida sun with the lens set to 2:1 magnification. I move to within a couple of inches of a very patient ladybug and see only blackness in the viewfinder. So, I open the lens to F/2.8, now I can the bug but now I have unacceptable DoF.
What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have wanted to start printing my photos for the house. I have an iMac and an Epson Artsian 837 all up to date. I downloaded the printer profiles for the printer to match the computer/printer combination. I also bought the Epson paper to match the profiles. I go through all the tabs in Lightroom to print to the correct size and colors, ICC profiles and make sure the printer controls the colors. I have calibrated my screen with a color profile application and tool. I try to print and every time the color come out wrong and I have now almost exhausted the new inks I have purchased. If anyone has any words of wisdom please let me know, I don’t want to have to keep sending my photos out to print. Thank you in advance.

I was exploring the R7 a bit this evening and was looking for where the remote switch cable attached.
Guess what? The 10D/7D remote switch cable is not compatible. The R7 uses a minijack connection.
This surprised me and I didn't want to buy a new cable just now. So I remembered that the 1971 Canon remote switch is also a minijack for the motordrive of the original
F-1.
I found that cable, plugged it in and it worked except in bulb it fires the camera but it doesn't seem to close the shutter. Perhaps the new one does but for now I can't think of needing to shoot over 30 seconds.
If anyone has the new cable I would like to know how it works on bulb if different.

As I have been having some weird actions on the part of my Nikon D5600 I contacted Nikon about the situation and they suggested that I first update the firmware on the unit, which is 1.03 and they say it needs to be updated to the current 1.10.
I have no idea of what is involved in doing this so am asking for opinions as to whether I, a newby, should try to update or send the camera in to Nikon and let them update it. I called up the instructions and it appears that it is something requiring more experience than I have. Positive assistance would be appreciated, trolls take a holiday.

How many of you can see your photo club heading toward a spit?

More and more people who know nothing about photography, and don’t want to know about it because they have an AI Phone that does everything for them, are joining clubs.

I see a not too distant future where clubs are going to specify that people can do as much editing as they want, but they have to show that they actually took the photo, and used the tools to take the photo(a camera not an AI Phone), and the editing tool brushes and app, not Mid-Journey, or completely with their iPhone.

People will get together to show the photos that their AI’s made for them.

I saw a recent show by a person who may know nothing about photography or editing. She/he/it took everything with his/her/their iPhone 13 and then printed the photos and called them their own. Realistically they were not their photos, they were images that the AI phone made when they pointed it in a certain direction.

This is troubling to a geezer like me. But it's endemic of a lot of areas where creativity is being given up because it's too much work. And it's too much work because AI’s have taken over and are doing things for them.

I have a Canon 80D and a Godox 860 external. I find when I shoot in normal landscape mode the shots are fine. If I turn the camera 90 degrees and shoot in portrait position I get really bad shadows on a background object. A wall or whatever. I haven’t tried bouncing the flash or any other techniques. The shadows are always to the subjects right so maybe it’s the slight difference in the angle when turning the camera. Any suggestions are appreciated. I have attached 2 examples. They were taken seconds apart with no change of subject or my position.

Well, narrow vision is a thing we suffer all our lives by not having enough experience or good sense to change the perspective when confronted with something...

What the heck this has to do with photography and smartphone?

Simple: I am tired of seeing folks using their phone vertically regardless of subject. I know the camera lenses are on top but come on, open the field, use horizontal for god's sake, you will see your (err...) subjects better.

Ease of use, availability, does not justify sloppiness. A small twist of a wrist and that's it! There! A brand new worldwide is in front of your... camera.

Anyway, another rant...