Most interesting post!
I worked at NSA and a couple of their field sites starting in 1961 for the next 20 years. The magazine mentioned was required reading while I was immersed in an intensive course learning the Russian culture. I had to almost become a Russian to be able to do my job well as a cryptanalyst.
Fast forward 50 years when being transported to the airport in Moscow our tour guide caught me away from the group and asked how come I knew so much about her country. It blew me away so I stammered something about taking a Russian history course in college and hurried on down the corridor toward the plane.
Could almost hear my name being mentioned along with Gary Francis Powers.

Well now that everyone that needed to has displaced their aggression they should be able to move forward into a nice day!

YEP!

Outstanding photos especially with the included info about being handheld, where and settings - in that order, thank you.

Great photo of a great subject. Fur bearing animals should look the part just like a coin should look shiny.
(Raised horses for years and that portrait would be stellar on any horseman's wall.)

Just wondering if being so far away from their usual wintering area might be a result of global warming?

Very well composed photo looking into the sun of a very complicated structure. Thank you for posting.

Experimented several times after getting a photo developing kit for Christmas when I was young and my mother wouldn't let me out of her sight when using her old Kodak. She said the paper bellows was very fragile.
An erector set was under the tree at the same time that didn't make as big of a mess as did all the liquid filled trays in the darkened bathroom.
The erector set won out as my favorite - spent hours building and tearing apart structures. Kinda set me up for my life's work.
Designed and built large structures (bridges) from in the fifties thru the seventies. Many are now being torn down and replaced with larger designs able to accommodate the ever increasing number of vehicles.
Guess I'm the only guy who likes to get caught up in slowed traffic being routed around and thru highway construction zones - the longer the better. Sometimes wish I could be out there watching one of my designs being built.

Exactly my comment too. Also being another brand user these discussion point out important features that most always are available on my “brand” - just need to learn how to go about using them through a different path.

Yep, beautiful sunrise this morning, saw it for myself from my downtown highrise in Fort Worth - with buildings in place of trees.

I think the title should have the word "Patience" in it somewhere...

The first one looks like a Persian Carpet design showing the evil eye surrounded by unbroken rings of powerful imagery. The owner of that carpet will be well protected from harm.

You have that right. The museum where I volunteer selects the docent trainees from the pool of guides. The thought that being a guide for a while let’s the person know wether or not they fit into the program.
Then every two years a docent class, equal to a university masters class, weeds out others that don’t want to really dedicate the time. Docents go through mandatory refresher classes throughout the year and special classes on the couple new exibits that fill a gallery or two during the year.
We have a mandatory dozen or so times a year we must guide a tour as well times we wear a “Ask Me” badge and be available to answer questions from a single visitor or two. These times are the most enjoyable.
We are well compensated by a free membership, several dinners and a seasonal party or three - some but not all dinners/parties include spouses.
AND - That is s beautiful soft landscape!

From Wikipedia:
"Museum docent is a title given in the United States of America to persons who serve as guides and educators for the institutions they serve, usually on a voluntary basis. The English word itself is derived from the Latin word docēns, the present active participle of docēre (to teach, to lecture). Cognates of this word are found in several extant Romance Languages and are often associated with university professors or teachers in general. In many cases docents, in addition to their prescribed function as guides, also conduct research utilizing the institution's facilities."
No date given but seeing it was derived from an old culture language it could be a long time.
Your turn to look up "guide" now.

Well Duh... ... I'm glad you have that much interest in museum collections, thank you.