Doesn't seem to be any different than people posting non photography nonsense on a photography forum to get attention.

Great detail. The stars to the immediate left of the moon in the second photo would be hidden by the dark portion of the moon not lit by the sun.

Take a look at this interesting technique for improving total eclipse images. http://russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

Table for one? Right this way.

Sorry but this person is borred and just posting to see what can be dredged up. His icon shows an understanding of composition. He/she has created 300 topics and over 3600 messages since joining 8 years ago.

Too bad it didn't cover 16 to 64GB cards. I'd never use a high capacity card while shooting.

I've used Singh-Ray ND filters for several years. Expensive, but top of the line. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ01m2wkj_M for usage techniques with and without a holder.

That's what I've been doing wrong. I've been taking my toaster!

Thiefs broke into the police station and stole all the toilets. Police have nothing to go on.

To me "for on the road editing" implies you have a work horse pc at home. Save some money and go with the MacBook M1. When traveling I tend to shot primarily sunrise and sunset, then explore and become a tourist with wife and friends during the day. Laptop editing inevitably results in a nap or shutting down and going to bed. Detailed editing is an at-home effort for me.
My backup file system is three fold. I use a handful of low capacity SD cards(1) which when full are placed in a water proof hard case (never erased in the field). Each days work is saved to an external SSD drive(2) and to the laptop(3). The images on the SSD drive and SD cards are never touched. The images on the laptop are evaluated and maybe edited when I have time.
Minor edits, crops, some culling etc can be done on the laptop images only. I create folders on the laptop and SSD drive based on the date, location and image number range. ie: 2021-04-17_BryceCanyon_2337-2418.
If I do an edit on an image the image name is updated by adding a simple title and a one or two letter edit "hint". ie: IMG_2337xMorningHooDoo.jpg, or IMG_2237cThorsHammer.jpg
hint examples:
x - first time edit
y - second edit
z - third edit (I use x, y and z because using 1, 2, 3 messes up the image number
c - cropped
h - rotated to horizontal
v - rotated to vertical
bw - black and white edit
I know this may look complicated, but is simple to implement and catch on too.

BenQ PD2720U $475 at Amazon. I have one on order for my Mac Studio. Google "Best displays for the Mac Studio". There are a couple of good listings out there.

RAW and JPEG. Photography is how I journal our travels. Most shots are for remembering our experiences. When we hike I love to document the trail. When culling after a trip I save the RAW files of the best shots. Maybe 1 out of ten. The RAW files are too large to keep them all.

Hi Pat,

Like you, my 27" iMac is nearing ten years old. My iMac has been having speed issues for a couple of years. I traced the issue to what they call the "kernel task". It's role is to check the temperature of the computer's processor. If it goes a bit "haywire" it runs continually, taking much of the processors time. Here is how to check for it:
Open Finder --> open Applications --> open Utilities--> open Activity Monitor

The "CPU" and "Memory" buttons display lists of the most active and highest use activities. If kernel_task is moving around at the top of the lists it's your villain! Fixing is a bit technical and I haven't attempted it fix it yet. Search the internet will get you several ways to fix. YouTube is probably a good bet.

I am waiting for the new iMac 27" with the new M1 or M2 chip. Rumors are it will be named the iMac Pro and be more expensive than expected. If so I will strongly consider the MacMini with a 27" LG monitor. I've been very impressed with the mini's specs, reviews and especially the cost.

Let me know if the kernel_task is your problem and if you decided to fix it. Good Luck -Jim

Here is a link to a Seattle based photographers workshop to central and southern Oregon coast. It will give you an idea of some of the wonderful locations on Oregon's coast. I live in Washington, but find the Oregon coast unsurpassed for landscape work.

https://www.randalljhodges.com/Randall%20PDF%20Files/2021/AA%20Central%20and%20Southern%20Oregon%20Coast%20Big%20Adventure.pdf

I don't wear transitions. I use the flip-up polarizers that can be found at any gas station. When shooting flip them up. I remove them from my glasses and clip then to my hat. Easy-peezie. I keep an extra pair in the glove box. Not only functional but very scheek (sp?) ...