I had to have cataract surgery in 2008 on both eyes. Having always been near sighted, I had no way of knowing whether I wanted close vision or distance vision with my new lenses. I had worn glasses and contacts for nearly 40 years and hated always having to change glasses for driving or watching TV. I finally decided to have Mono-Vision because as my ophthalmologist at Mayo Clinic explained, I would see close up with right eye (my dominant eye) and distance with my left eye, and NOT have to wear glasses for driving or watching TV or reading. As others have noted, colors improved immediately, and even with distance/close up vision in different eyes, I never noticed a problem overall. The eye needed for close up activities becomes dominant when reading and the eye for distance become more dominant when driving. I never had a problem adjusting to the different vision in each eye. I see things perfectly close up and at a distance. And the only glasses I wear now are high quality sunglasses.

The only problem this has created for me is that I set the diopter on my camera to MY close up vision (my right eye) and now no one else can see through the view finder clearly. Oh well, this keeps my camera in my hands and not someone else's.

You will enjoy the increased vision and new world you will see once the surgeries are done and recovery (and drops) completed. As noted earlier, do not lift anything heavier than your camera or stand on your head for at least a month or so to enable the eyes to completely heal.

I agree. Thanks for sharing. This little guy posed perfectly for this photo.

The image is full of impact with the mayhem. The one thing that bothers me about this photo is that the seat on which the man is sitting is not level so my eyes keep going downhill to the left. If this was intentional on your part because of the clutter, then maybe not necessary, but I would like this image better if it were straightened.

You are quite welcome. I think this is the last remaining real camera store in Florida. There may be one in or around Orlando, but, I hate going to Orlando and New Port Richey is much like Bradenton, quiet and beautiful.

There is another UHH member who lives there as well. He is tom kf4wol.

Seagull, there is a REAL camera store, a couple of hours or so away from you. It is in New Port Richey, FL, on Main Street. The owner and his wife are really nice and very helpful. When I go to New Port Richey from Jacksonville, I always go by and talk to them. Here is some contact information for them:

Pasco Camera Exchange
5405 Main Street
New Port Richey, Florida 34652
Owners are Jim and Annette
Email: Jim@pascocamer.com
Phone/Fax 727-844-0904

Thank you. I tried several different things (for me) while photographing the gardens. My photography skills still need work, but my memories were captured here.

My best friend and I went at this time of year just to be amazed by all the beautiful tulips. We were not disappointed. They also had many varieties of hyacinths, daffodils, orchids, and many others too numerous to mention.

in THIS case would be a tulip. Taken at Keukenhof Tulip Garden, Lisse, Netherlands on April 20, 2015.

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This was a new item as of September, 2014. I purchased one in October and I love it. Very simple to use. The internal battery is rechargeable and has long life for uploading photos from my CD cards. The CD cards fit into a slot on the side of the unit. I took it along with me on a 14 day trip to Europe in April and was able to backup all my CD cards to it. Mine is a 2T model and when I came home I had more than 3400 pictures. It is small enough to fit into my camera bags. It has lights which flash to indicate when the backup process is completed. It is also very easy to hook up to computer with USB cable and upload to the computer. I also can turn it on at home and my computer will wirelessly connect to it through my home network, which makes it easy for me to locate the pictures I want on any other device that is connected to my network. I highly recommend it.

I had to laugh at this statement. When I went to South Africa in 2012, we spent nearly a week within Kruger National Park, staying within the park at various designated camps along the way. On one morning we were loading our cars to go out for the day's drive and as fast as one of our members was loading his car, Baboons came running up and actually did begin to steal items from his car. (He left the door open for about 2 minutes.) Took about 30 minutes to collect his gear. Thanks for the reminder of this memory.

I agree that normally a less distracting background is preferable, BUT, there is a story told here....... In every old woodpile, there is beauty.

Your daughter is gorgeous and as you continue the learning process, I hope you use her as your subject often and share your photos with us.

Madman, I was editing my reply as you were answering. If you open the file in Powerpoint on your computer, there is music added to the file so turn on your speakers.

Madman, click on the download link and choose to save as. Choose where you want to save the file to your computer. It should then download to your computer as a saved file entitled Growing Old.pps. By the way, if you have Powerpoint on your computer, click on the file you saved and it will play by clicking through the pages with music as well. Once you have it saved on your computer, you can send the file to anyone you choose using your email program and attaching the file. Hope this helps.

The link attached is a powerpoint file I received today of some absolutely stunning photography. When you click to open the file, you can scroll down each page to view. Be sure to open this in full screen mode. Well worth the viewing.

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http://www.duskyswondersite.com/tag/amazing-trees/

I prefer the landscape.