Two American pilots flying 737 Max' have experienced nose down events when turning on the autopilot. The planes continued to climb once autopilot was turned off. Sounds like a programming glitch IMO.

If you look at the color photos, the light colored blaze on the horses face appears to be a tree trunk in the background which is lightened by the sun. The rest of the tree trunk can be seen extending upward at the same angle. The dark shadows of the rider are shadowed areas from trees. The dark horse on the right, I believe is a shadow from the tree trunk just to the left, the tree trunk being in front of the fence.

My new screen saver. Great shot, Thanks!

Mysterious images in the darkened window, left of the bright lamp shade. Nice shot by the way!

It depends on if it's before or after your birthday of the current year. 2017 if before, 2018 if after. What is the thousand year thing all about?

I like it as it is. A drone shot showing the overhead view would also be interesting. I wonder how it got rolled over?

Thank you all for your great suggestions. Being a newby, I now have somewhere to start. Looking at the Gene51 moon shot, its interesting what you "see" on the surface of the moon. At 12:00 o'clock, 1/5 towards the center there appears to be a group of buildings as you zoom in. At 1:00 there seems to be a huge crater 1/4 the moon's diameter I had not noticed before. At 4:00 near the outer surface is a huge dome looking thing (what's that!). At 5:00 near the outer surface, could that be a sports stadium? Then at 8:00, I've always been amazed at the debris field that radiates outward from the crater for several hundred miles. Great shot!

A gorgeous bird is the pelican,
Whose bill can hold more than his bellican,
He can put in his beak enough food for a week,
But I’m blessed if I can see how in hellican

When I click on a photo "Download" the photo is super large on my screen, like I zoomed way in on it. Does anyone know how to change it to just fill my screen and not be so large?

Looking at your "Part 1" picture of the camera and tripod, it appears the left leg of the tripod was over extended. The center of gravity of the camera is only an inch or two inside of the front two legs making the setup very unstable. It would only take a small gust or anything to push it over. Very sorry for your loss, and I'm sure the event was heavy on your mind for the rest of your trip.

Thank you all for your comments. I hope to go back and see what is written on the other side of the tombstone.

These pics were taken in a Galveston, TX cemetery in May of 2015. I tried to find him but he was gone by the time I got over there, so I don't know who he was. I used a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300 set on auto, hand held. I thought he was a very interesting subject.

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I was about 100 yards away from the man and zoomed in on him. He could definately identify himself in the photos. I will post the pics in a few days when I can find them, figure out how, etc. Thank you all for your comments.

Hello, I have enjoyed the forum for several months and just getting back into photography after retirement.

Hello, this is my first post on the forum. I was visiting an historic graveyard in Galveston, TX and took a couple distant photos of a man who was visiting a gravesite. He appeared to be homeless and possibly was just hanging out there. When I realized I had captured something special, the man was gone and I have no idea who he is. I would like to share the photos on the forum but I'm not sure it's legal or the proper thing to do. Comments please, and thank you.