Well, I broke down and ordered a Nikon D810 with roughly 15,000 shutter actuations, leaving me with about 185,000 to use, meaning it should be like a new camera, it is rated as Excellent by MPB. It is supposed to arrive by next Thursday 4/4/2024.

Since most of my lenses are FX or 35mm film camera lenses, I won't have to buy lenses, FOR NOW. My version of the Trinity is my Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 and Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8.

I will begin using it as soon as I have reviewed the Nikon D810 books and owners manual that comes with it, and done some settings changes or not.

David Busch recommends settings that I might use at least until I know better. That will be a long time coming, because there is so much the D810 is capable of that I need to learn. I might smarten up and enroll in a photography class here at Fresno Community College.

I watched a video about Dollar General, which owns Dollar Tree. With 19,000 stores across the country, specializing in low-income areas, they have paid $20 million in fines in various states. The problem is that they raise the price in their database, but they do not raise the price on the shelf. You pick up an item marked $7.95, and you might pay $8.25. This type of practice is consistent across the country. One reason for the lack of shelf changing is the minimum staff in the stores. If one person is on the register and another is stocking shelves, who's going to change the price on the shelf?

Of course, if the shelf price must be changed, headquarters should inform the store. If they don't tell a particular store to raise certain prices, the prices stay low, but not in the register. A woman showed a receipt on which four out of seven items were overcharged.

I have had an account with Zenfolio for several years. I create galleries for casual viewing, not for sales. I have about 2k images online. My main problem is that I am currently unable to view any of my photos. The thumbnails will not load into viewable size at all. Another problem is Zenfolio's current practice of the archiving of galleries. If want to view an archived gallery, you can theoretically restore it, but it may take 12 hours to do so. One more problem is the continuing upward spiral in price. It was $50 per year, then $60, now it is $77 for the "basic" plan. So, my fellow UHH readers, what say you about Flickr, or SmugMug? Or, any other place where I can create a nice site for family viewing (not just storage)?

Great serie...really nice B/W work! I love color photography...but I find the "portrait" of the young lady looks a tad "flat" because the ambiant light is not enough directional...a bit too much wraping the talent.
As said, the B/W pictures are really great!

2016 "Falconer Dodici", 600 c.i. (9.8L) V-12, 640 HP, 6-spd Auto, aluminum roadster by Randy Grubb. The design takes inspiration from the streamlined 1937 Delahaye Type 145 but amplifies the huge curves even further.

Sorry to say that this will be my last car post for a while, I'm all out of cars until I go to some more shows this summer.

Besides, it'll be Spring here in another two months & I've got things to do around the farm.

I have appreciated all your kind comments & I'm glad you've enjoyed viewing all this "Car Art".

Heavy rain, clearing, sunshine. A typical March day!

Feedback and suggestions welcomed.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53608940080_c147e7c3ef_o.jpgOrchard structures by Linda Shorey, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53608803834_36eefc126d_o.jpgTree farm in the rain by Linda Shorey, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53608673703_728fb78360_o.jpgReady to ride by Linda Shorey, on Flickr

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