These stacked stone fences or stone walls are very common in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. I have never seen fences like these anywhere else. I have lived or traveled all over the US and in Asia and Europe. Have any of you UHHers seen similar fences outside this region? I am just curious, because I have only seen these in this area. The stones are stacked, with no mortar holding them together. That is fairly obvious in the shot of the damaged area of the fence. If you have seen this style of fences outside this region, please reply with where you have seen them.

A grateful whale

On the front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday, Dec 15, 2005, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines.

The fifty-foot whale was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her her tail, her torso and a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallone Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her - a very dangerous proposition. One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around - she thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.

...
Cheers and Beers
Graham
098

I want to thank everyone that critiqued my photos. I knew that I had the right gear, but it was getting the right gear, on the correct settings and sitting in a good location that produce these photos at my grandson wrestling match. Although the opposing team didn't have a team member his weight class, I started clicking away at those that did. During the match, I was approached by 2 people from my grandsons school to share my photos in there yearbook and in the teams wrestling pictorial. I'm using a Canon 7D mii with a Sigma 70-200, f2.8 sitting on a monopod.
I have been reading various post regarding photo programs for Post Production. I have used Photo Shop2 and Photo Elements years ago and have been using a low end PP up to now but feel I need to upgrade my PP program. With most of my photos being sports action and wildlife, is/are there PP programs that lean towards this type of photography or will most of them take care of what I need? Also with my family spread from the US to Scotland and Australia, do the photo programs have a photo website that I can setup for my family to view? These photos are much better then the last set I posted and their still room for improvement ie... not so tight on the shot and adjust my point of focus (this was single center fp. Maybe should of dropped down 1 mark). Again, thanks to everyone for you suggestions.