The third one is really powerful. It has a film noir feeling

Users manuals are available on line. I keep mine (D5600) bookmarked on my phone. Much handier than remembering where I put a dead tree version

I used PS until I upgraded a computer and it didn't run ( would have needed to buy a disk back then), so I tried GIMP. It's been nearly 10 years now since I used PS. I find GIMP easy to use. Just take the time to click on the choices to see what they do. Once you get used to it, I think you will like it. One thing that puzzles me is that the latest version is different on my laptop than it is on my desktop. I've tried updating the laptop, but it still does include a couple of the new features.

All the ikea frame i’ve Bought have been pre-assembled. They have acrylic, not glass and you need to peel a protective film off each side. The frames may be pressed board. (Sorta cardboard) covered with plastic(?). The backing is cardboard and sometimes the hanging devise is just a cut out in the cardboard. But they look ok.

I once attended an event where a NG editor spoke. She said that for the average article the photographer takes 50,000 pictures (that was 10 or 15 years ago and it was still film) She also described some of the “expenses” including armed guards and robotic cameras destroyed by animals. Maybe the thrill is more important than the $500.

Some people, including myself, have no choice. Even after cataract surgery I need correction due to Graves' disease (double vision), astigmatism and for reading/close vision, and the doctor says I must use sunglasses. I have done photography for 65 years without removing my glasses. I've never had a problem.

I shop at thrift stores for framed art. Frequently it has mats. I take the art out, touch up the frame and rarely pay more than $10. The hard part can be finding the perfect frame for a particular photo. But I have found that sometimes it is a surprise how photos and frames will go together. I keep a supply in my garage, especially simple/plain frames.

I do a lot of day trips from my cabin and almost every where I go I see small country churches, farms and deserted buildings. Most roads follow the parallel valleys going sw to ne, so the new corridor h is helpful because it goes crosswise to most of the other roads. Smoke hole would be a good central location to see many things. check the web for info on the Monongahela forest service sights. Seneca rocks has a nice visitors center and one of the few restaurants (food is ok, not great) is across the road.
The lost river craft co-op has nice arts and crafts items and a small museum and the lost river grill is a place to eat not too far from lost river state park. All the state parks have cabins or lodges. The rooms tend to be nice; some have wonderful views. the food is not very good (new river lodge has some of the worst food I've ever eaten, or not been able to eat in some cases. Never knew fried chicken or meatloaf could be so hard to eat--dried out and tough). Black water lodge's food is some what better. Pipe steam had decent food at the restaurant down by the river. We stayed in a cabin and cooked, so only had hamburgers once at the fast food place in the upper lodge. Pipe steam was really great for multi generations. Lots of variety of interesting-but-not-too-strenuous activities. May have less going on after school starts in the fall. Check https://wvstateparks.com/parks/ for more info on state parks. I hope you enjoy your trip

Worth the wait

My granddaughter has a go-pro. She does videos (but you can get still photos from video) which are very good

My second home is in Hampshire County and I love WV because it is so very uncommercial. Think about some of these: Pipe Stem State Park (has one of the best Bird guides I’ve ever met and a gondola down to the river) Seneca rocks, smoke hole canyon (take the road down to the river), Spruce knob (highest point in state - short trail to look out), corridor H highway (rt 48 goes across tops of the ridges and has a view point east of Moorefield), Dolly Sod (unique vegetation area), take the Potomac Eagle train from Romney (only way to go through the Trough along the South Branch and see eagles)
Also nice is the lost river/lost City area.
Lots of barns, churches and falling down buildings. Be prepared that the remote areas don’t have much in the way of food and gas. Fill up when you can and take some food with you. Also be careful about hunters. Wear blaze orange. “Wild life management area” means “hunting grounds”, but hunters are EVERYWHERE.

Check out this explanation
http://blog.hhcolorlab.com/did-you-know/the-history-of-say-cheese

I never even thought about taking them off. I’ve worn glasses since I was a child and tend to forget that I’m wearing them. Pre cataract surgery it would not have been an option and even Post surgery I still have correction for astigmatism and double vision as well as reading, so I need them

I use my D5600 for occasional short videos. (In addition to other videos I do) The only disadvantage is that videos take more space on the card and on your computer, and eat up battery Power. I have 2 computers and do videos on one with nothing else on it plus a large backup hard drive.

Easy to edit the window out