Beautiful shots. Particularly like the last photo with the ice and the reflections in the patch of open water.

Thank you!

Thank you, AzPiclady

Thank you. Definitely put Quebec City on your list of places to visit. I moved here many years ago and have never regretted it. It is a beautiful city - almost unique in NA with that old European architecture and charm.

Agree! All are great shots, but the first one really speaks to me.

Thank you. Yes, maples are special. No other tree that I know of has such a variety of vibrant autumn colors.

Thank you, all. I live on a ridge overlooking the river near the Quebec Bridge. My property is quite large with and abundance of different types of trees, so am usually surrounded by spectacular colors in fall. This year we had an exceptionally dry autumn and the leaves on most of my trees just dried up and fell off; quite disappointing. I happened to be driving along the river road, just below my property, on a sunny Saturday morning and, I guess, with additional ground moisture, the trees there were resplendent.

Some local color taken late in October. Sunset shots were underexposed by a stop to a stop and a half. All taken with a rather old Olympus E 420

Hmmm, bp, I'm trying to determine which of those categories I belong to. A bit of the second, but mostly the third (LOL). You may be right, but McLuhan would not have agreed!

Despite a long hiatus from photography, I still have a couple of Nikon SLR bodies and AI lenses. I regret having sold my F2s and all of my darkroom equipment. However, I am seriously thinking of shooting some B&W film again, developing the films, and then scanning them. Many of the good B&W films are still available, but, as is to be expected, I see that the price has gone up considerably. Now, if Kodak would only bring back Kodachrome film.

I will add my voice to the others above. I would gladly display any of these photos on my wall. If I had to choose, I would say that photos # 1 and # 5 are my favorites. Being a great fan of B&W, I love the monochromatic look of the first photo and yet, one's eye is immediately drawn to the strip of brown grasses on the shore, something that really enhances the overall appeal. The composition in photo # 5 is great. As well, the contrast between the snow and the beautiful color of the placid water, in the foreground, is striking. Thanks for posting.

I'm envious. Have Jays around my place from time to time, but have never managed to get any really decent shots. Color and detail are outstanding.

My first computer was a Mac and I loved it. Only reason I switched to PC was for compatibility reasons with my workplace.

I have a Dell 15.6" with I7 processor, 1 TB hard drive and 16 GB RAM and touch screen, which I never use.. It has 3 USB ports. I have PSP X9 and transfer most of my photos directly onto a USB stick. The ones I want to work with I also save on my hard drive. My wife has a mini iPad, which has no USB ports and which I find very limiting. Useless, if you are into photography. I agree that a 17" laptop is really a replacement for a desktop. I purposely did not go that large because it becomes more difficult to carry around and, also, I have a desktop with a large monitor. I find the laptop handy, and so use it extensively. All of this does not come that cheap, but was, I believe, worth it. The only feature I really miss is the optical drive. As my mother always said, "the poor and the stingy always pay twice."

The Epson V550 is somewhat cheaper, but doesn't incorporate digital ICE for photos, only for film, and so the V600 is probably the preferable model for you, as was suggested. They both get very good reviews.