That's a great series and the people really do add to the scenes.

We're always taught that a photo should tell a story so besides the image shown, several of these also lead the mind to explore what the next few shots would reveal. For instance, in the first with the apprehensive looking guy, I expect the huge wave to be breaking on shore and he is nowhere in sight. In the group standing on the pier I expect the child standing on his toes on the edge to be doing a back flip into the water as the adults watch. In the picture of the woman with the red umbrella I've got to see the rest of her trip to see if she slips on the ice. It's called suspense, imagination, or anticipation.

Bob

Love the shot!

I haven't thought about Lake Meredith in over 60 years. A couple of junior high school buddies and I spent the weekend there at the cabin of one's parents. We smoked grapevine all night and I felt like I'd been hit in the mouth with a baseball bat the next morning.

Your picture is a much more pleasant memory.

Bob

Nice work.
Been years since I have been there but I'm guessing that isn't too far from the Billy Goat Tavern.
Always enjoyed Mike Royko's writings.

Bob

Fascinating! Time marches on. It's difficult to tell whether the tree grew up into the fence and embraced it or if the young tree might have been used as a fence post and the rails were attached to it. The spacing between the other posts might give some insight there.

Great picture that really tells a story!

Bob

Unless things have recently changed, the Carbonite Personal Plan does not back up external drives.

Bob

Good advice.! Arlington Camera is an excellent shop and if you have a good one locally, I encourage you to support them.

Bob

Summa' ya'll take this pitcher takin' stuff kinda serious, don'tcha!

If you haven't done it yet, I would try power down and remove the battery and reinsert it. Might just be a simple case that all of the software didn't load correctly.

Bob

Remarkable! THAT is a wall hanger!

Bob

Awww, you didn't really let Granny go to that great beyond still believing that "Man on the Moon" stuff did you?

Trip D,

A number of different lenses have been mentioned in this thread and since you didn't link your post to a specific response, it is unclear which lens you are wanting to sell.

Bob

Yes, when you add quality, price, and weight into the equation the f4 version of the 70-200 certainly deserves a consideration.

Bob

The snow looks to be significantly heavier on the left side of the photo so you must be facing East!

Bob

The visual pollution of that system is only exceeded by your political diatribe.

Bob

Box retention is most prevalent in collectors of all genera and it becomes more important as the item becomes older or more scarce. With toy collectors the inclusion of the original box will often double the value of the toy. With antique guns I know of several models where a box can cost well in excess of $1000 and adding a proper box will increase the value of the gun far more than that. When the box is original to the gun the additional value is very significant. I know of one instance where a collector paid $5,000 for the original box with the serial number of his gun!

There are several reasons for this. First, the manufacturer simply supplied the box to protect their product to the seller and ultimately to the end user (with no thought, whatsoever, of what a future collector might desire!). In most instances, that box was discarded as soon as it was opened. Second, even when retained, the box is usually of paper so that its resistance to time, sunlight, water, wear and tear, etc. gives it a much shorter lifespan than the product it contained.

With modern products (i.e. cameras, toys, guns, etc) the value of the box retention is much more utilitarian and is to facilitate shipping, documentation, etc. We can only guess whether any of our new accumulations will ever gain the attraction of future collectors to warrant their retention.

Bob