My Sister and Nephew are coming out from California for a week. I think I’ll take them there. Thanks

Very nice Dave! Beautiful ducks

My very first camera at the age of 10, I was given a Leica M2 from my uncle that I shot 100’s of rolls through and now I’m 73 I still have it and it is still in great shape.

There is no cure! I have a very large collection of Cameras over 350 (lost count at that point). But before cameras I started on pocket watches and wristwatches and I’m still collecting and repairing both. At times I’m so broke I can’t even pay attention😂🤣. As the last I heard the Mayo Clinic is working on a cure but to this day they still haven’t come up with any. My sympathy caring and concern goes out to you and your family. (Oh Oh I just got a M9 Bulova Astronaut) 😂. Enjoy! Bruce

I Really love Connecticut. I was born and raised in Northern California and loved the mountains and the Beaches. I moved here in 1970 for Submarine school and fell in love with New England. I rode Motorcycles and found many gorgeous breathtaking back roads that you can ride all day and hit 7 different states and still be home for dinner. Connecticuts 4 seasons keeps it from being boring. It’s so green and beautiful in summer, has gorgeous Fall colors and just the right amount of snow in winter and when spring comes the cycle starts all over. Lots of history to see a day trip.

Photo #7 must be the “Presidential suite” 😂🤣

Way to much clutter in front of your subject and your subject is so out of focus. This would be a time you would want to use manual focus to bring your subject in focus to I’d your subject better. At first I thought the bridge was a bent over tree in a wooded lot. One good thing about this photo is a lesson learned.

Agree!

I went to Nikonusa and looked up z9 firmware and 4.01 was listed took a screen shot

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This I totally agree with you. Even the great film photographers finished their Art in the dark room not just a SOOC, they didn’t just print it and ship it. Any one that did a lot of darkroom work knows photoshop isn’t that much different except it is a lot faster with immediate feedback and a lot safer without all the chemicals.

Granted Ansel Adam’s didn’t use photoshop for his photos but he and others that worked for him worked many hours in his darkroom getting the basic same result as what photoshop does by removing items, cropping, dodging, burning and more. I’ve seen preliminary working print of his all marked up outlining where and how much to burn x stops dodge x stops, move, remove etc. El Capetian took him months or years to get it the way he wanted not just SOOC. He would have love Photoshop. Some of his books are ever so enlightening to what work made him a master in photography

Looks like an old manure spreader