...seeing that this thread is continuing, here's a recent shot at the Huntington Beach pier. I was gonna leave the blue board color, but this treatment just seemed right...believe me, I have a ton of these!

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...the "new" edition, yes, and we have one here. But to afficianados, it ain't the same!

Thanks to all who commented on The Shooter (Karin,Trainsbuff,Photogirl,Joe,Julie,Sakitson,Pat and Mr. Cookie, heh) here are a couple more from my archives: Once upon a time, there was a *real* Goodyear blimp...the first taken at the airfield off the 405 in Carson, CA., and the second taken at another time when I was on the freeway and spotted it getting ready to land, I was in a panic, turned onto another freeway...and there it was looking for all accounts like it was, haha, crashing, when, actually, it was landing. Please don't think badly of me, I was going maybe 80 mph, drove with my knees (perfectly safe!) and got that shot! It's the scout helo pilot in me, folks... ;0)

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...what a great story. p15

...man, that's nice. Bravo. p13

Yes indeed! Love the final quote...

...prolly the luckiest shot ever, for me. An Iphone try at Knott's Berry Farm (it started as color, but I just think B&W is better for this scene)...

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That's very nice, Brent...so, how did that boat get up there? Haha, is it the train company providing ambiance to the inside window passengers?

...it's another thing to remember to check, but it enhances your product, no doubt. I used to forget that setting alot, in time, though, it's *almost* a part of my itinerary, lol...

In general, yes. It just stands to reason; if you're at "full" the focusing system has to work harder, or, at least, *travel* more alot of the time. <shrug> I got that from a sports shooting podcast long ago, but there are times when I want the "full" setting, and, in fact, forgot I've changed it, but after awhile notice the difference! Pretty subtle if you're not shooting consistently, as I pretty much have to do in the pageantry realm where I try to get all the performers in 7.5 minutes, lol...if it's a large group it's impossible but fun to try...

Jules, shooting on the 5m setting for the limiter speeds up the focus...of course you have to not require getting in tight, but when they're across the field it's an advantage. But, yes, it can cause problems if you forget where your set at...lol...

I'm going to address your question as written: "When you edit a photograph, where is the photo stored?"

When you get done editing you have to deal with the export dialogue (Ctrl_Shift_E is the keyboard shortcut). The very top box in the export dialogue is "Export Location," that is where you tell LR where to put the finished image. Click the "Choose" box and find where you want to store the image. That's it. There are other choices to check or uncheck in that box and you should familiarize yourself with them. I for one don't use them much, but there is a checkbox for "existing files" where you direct LR on what to do with overwrites, here I stipulate "ask what to do" as a safety. Go through the entire export dialogue, it's quite extensive, at the bottom there's an After Export choice, I keep it simple by stipulating "do nothing." Like someone said, you need to *learn* LR rather than expect it to be intuitive in all respects. Hope this helps.

...it's called group feeding and the white pelicans do it alot. They don't dive from the air like the browns, they "herd" groups of fishies and, er, *then* dive in, lol. I'm no expert, but found a group like this at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands out here, did some googling and caught a fact or three!

I'm in the process of getting mine up and running using Wix. So far, so good, and the price is not exhorbitant. I had a friend set it up for me ('cuz I feel much better creating content then doing THAT...) with the promise of a share in the venture. If you PM me I'll share it with you so you can see how it works, when it's done it'll be on my sig line along with the Smugmug site. ;0)

Pastis is on it...love that strip!