As always, outstanding photos and fantastic narrative.

To bad you couldn't get a better shot of the A-H 3000 Mk III. Is that green one an orig A-H 100-4? I was always a big A-H fan, though I never had one; but I did have a Triumph TR-4A IRS w/ overdrive.

Great photos.

Really, really outstanding.

Like several others I would look at PS Elements. There are a ton of tutorials available on UTube that are excellent and its functions represent the vast majority of those available in PS should you decide to transition; however, many users have found that Elements was sufficient to their needs.

I find that a photography forum has descended into a highly charged political discussion about the relative merits/sins of a country (Cuba) and a system of governance (C*******m being misidentified as Socialism) with a total disregard for civility; everyone is talking but no one is listening. I am seeing damning comments (such as above "standard Liberal Democrat fare") that are going to do nothing to reduce the heat being generated.
As a country the US is in serious danger of fracturing along ideological lines into group that cannot bury their prejudices sufficiently to cooperate in the accomplishment of any joint project. I mean we should be able to discuss photography without all this name calling; it is simply a possible trip to another country it is not an acknowledgement of the correctness or wrongness of a political system. It is possible to look at the current governance or historic record of all the countries on earth to find actions that are totally objectionable; to paraphrase an old saying, no one craps ice cream.

Greatly enjoying your posting of the photos you are taking in Patagonia, certainly a most beautiful region. While all of these are truly outstanding I find the fourth one to be near breathtaking.

I feel reasonably certain that many have had this occur...........

For my most recent backpack bag I went to Amazon Basics. I have been extremely pleased with it and found it to be of exceptional quality.

That is a fantastic photograph.

I too have fond memories of my Dad's range finder Petri 1.9, my first 35 mm slide experience back in the 50's. It was a great little camera and served me well up until I got my first SLR (Nikon F) in the mid 70's. There was a lot to be said about the experience of working with pre DSLR cameras and they were a great training ground. After all, composition is composition whatever the recording medium.

A couple months ago there was a discussion on the site about telephone photography (such a rare subject, ha) wherein someone discussed a phone app called FV5. I downloaded the app (even got the pro version that had to be paid for, few bucks) which claimed to provide the controls of a DSLR to your phone and provide a DNG (raw) file. As of this point I am still experimenting with the app; however, it does provide additional controls and does yield a DNG file. At a minimum I am finding that the DNG file provides much better data for post processing.
Using a cell phone should not be a negative in that it has gotten more people involved in capturing images and it is certainly not necessary that every image must be printed or enlarged to cover a wall. I am finding that I use a combination of my DSLR (Nikon D610) or my Samsung Galaxy 7, depending on the circumstances. On a recent trip to the BVI's I chose to use the Galaxy due to the limitations of luggage for travel and storage space on the sailboat we were chartering. Could I have gotten better photos with my DLR, possibly; however, for the most part I was satisfied with the quality of photos and I was able to do some good post processing of the images.
So, as upset as I get with the constant rudeness of the masses continually shoving their cell phones in front of my lens, I do not view their activity as being less than my attempts to work with my DSLR. Hey folks, we are all simply attempting to capture a memory.

Outstanding image, composition, and technique. I think your isolation to the individual dancer is a great approach as I find in my shots I love to concentrate on a single subject, far greater detail and impact.

Beautiful photos, you certainly capture the spirit of the dog.
My last German Shepard was 53 years ago; however, to this day when I think of "my dog", I think of Chris.

Beautiful and unbelievably sharp photos. You have certainly moved this lens to the top of my Want List.

It is my understanding that the red completely across the top of the head indicates a male.