I don't do history very well...at least not beyond the last hour! But I did get a little nostalgic when I looked at some of the old cameras we have had. Here's some samples of the early digital days in my hands.

Nikon E2500 2MP, Olympus X350 3.2 MP, Olympus C552 5 MP, first DSLR Nikon D50 6.1MP. Today, many of us are at 20+ MPs. It is really quite astounding how good these old images are...

My first double digit MP camera was a Nikon D80 at 10.2 MP.

When I checked dates of these images, they span from Feb, 2004 to May, 2006. That's a lot of cameras and a lot of progress on the MP size in a little over 2 years!!!

As for memories, Sunsets still look pretty much the same now. Lunches are still delicious, Agassi is retired, the Mexican Flame vine didn't survive 2 years (our yard is too shady for that sun-loving plant) and I want to go back to Muir Woods!

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Begonia, Nikon E2500


Sunset Nikon E2500


Lunch, Nikon E2500


One of Agassi's last tournaments. Oly X350


A Mexican Flame vine blossum, Oly C552

No, but I looked it up...1/2000, f8, ISO 400, Nikon DX 18-200 @18mm, Nikon D7500. This is probably not news to anyone here, but I read a long while back that using vertical format gives higher resolution to a pano because you get more vertical dimension and therefor have to take more images to fill the total width you want to capture. In other words...the total "stiched" file is huge...full-o'-pixels, and retains more resolution than a same-sized image in horizontal format.

BTW..not sure why I didn't use ISO200 and Shutter of 1/1000 instead. Probably would have been even better.

Nice image...lit up by a motorcycle headlight from the right I think

here's the grand canyon...12 shots, hand held, in verticle format, stiched with PSE.

I overlap alot! maybe 1/3 image width. I don't know if that's a good or bad idea, but my thinking is give the software lots to work with and never risk a gap that way.

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For those who have guessed or wondered...These aren't trees at all. They are low-growing native plant to the high mountains. These are no more than a foot tall.

I thought I could make them look like trees by putting the camera on the ground and getting close...

For scale, the long tan-colored things on the ground are pine needles. I warned you my intent was to deceive...sorry.

Nope...

Thanks Jill...well the cabin would be over 170 years old I think...Wiki says California Black Oaks live between 100 and 200 years, but it also says some have been known to make it to 500!...so..."who knows" is my conclusion.

Thank You, Fred Ann! That's a beautiful image and thought.

Great stuff Just! First is fav...I this fungal growth on the fallen tree, in 3, i think?

Wow Kat! Isn't that really a photo about a spider web blocking the sun? They make um big there, I guess!

My goodness...not a "small" orchard at all...is that your driveway? Orchard of ?

BTW the last image is wonderful.

Thank you, I think...although I must say, I haven't yet caught the full meaning of your language...I love it...it's just a bit challenging so far...I like challenges.

pg 19 You've gone for the jugular here...great fall stuff, maybe other parts of the year/planet too. Nice!

These are great...2nd is fav, others pretty close...what kind of tree is this?
Thanks.

pg 19 stunning pic. The "wild fire effect" isn't a photshop effect, right? Natural, sad...will these trees come back from it, if you know?