THANK YOU.

1. I love Falls Creek Falls, Tn.
2. Great use of post processing to create a great shot.
3. So! I know ya got some water falls, creek and flower shots?
I kinda, sorta, wanna see em.

I love your conversion. Maybe it is that I also love the look of the same Agfa paper. I sometime miss the darkroom.

Great advise.

I was just about to tell him the same thing. Solid state also has a limit as to how many read and writes before they fail. Yes it is why off into the future but they will fail.

You might look at some that are set up for gaming. The crowd that plays games on the computer demand all the features that make the lap top excellent for all you noted. Just about all the Brands have a group listed as gaming lap tops, any should meet your need.

Last year I purchased a "Omen" by HP at about $1,200. It has been excellent for all photo work. Note that "Omen" is available with various set up as to chip, graphic driver, etc.

Nice. excellent post process work

I believe that as you return to photography you will find the cost of digital much less then film. I also was a child of film. I can attest that the learning curve from one to the other is great.
Too often I find myself wishing that I had my old film camera. I find that digital cameras take to long to manual set exposures, they want to take a picture based on a set of computer generated settings. Yes! I want to allow my camera to shake, to make the motion blur, I want my focus on that spot, my depth of focus, not the one my "Sony" has chosen. On film cameras it only takes the three basic manual adjustment, Shutter speed, f. stop and focus for me to achieve my desired result. With digital you will spend hours learning what electronics do what. But instead of having chemicals, darkroom, various grades of paper and hours to make one great Black & White Print you can have a computer with a program that will take the place of the dark room. The computer will take as much of your life as a good darkroom. My wife was angry at me making one great print in the darkroom and now she is angry at my time spent on the computer. Have fun and enjoy the learning, as in the end you will be very pleased.

Only is DirtFarmer correct but add to the nature of color from the source of light.
I am a child of the film age. Alas the expense of film and darkroom is greater then any simple digital configuration.

On my Sony I need to turn off the anti shake or it will not let it blur enough.
# 1 just needed a longer exposure to give it more blur and a crop to have bicycle fill more of the frame. Sometimes one can not slow the exposure enough without having overexposure, thus blur filter in Photoshop or other program.

Photo gave me an emotional reaction it made me want to sit down and have a coffee or tea. That makes the photo a great one. THANKS.

Really nice. Here is an old time hint. Same as you would bracket an exposure bracket the point of focus and see which suits you best. Try focus one inch into the flower, one inch past the flower. etc. Sometimes it does nothing but other times in opens up a great focal point not noticed.

I have the same problem with my Sony. Trouble is I can not find how to shut the selection to let it shot even if it is out of focus. Yep. Sometimes I want to shoot out of focus.

I also am an old film person. I found digital has many variables between products to be learned with any ease. From one camera model or software to create an image requires a road map to arrive at your goal. I found it best to keep it simple and just try to master one programs software, one camera model. Yep! it is harder then just knowing what film speed, f stop, focus, to use. The darkroom is now the computer and it too has many variables. The reward is instant gratification when you see your version of the final image. Good luck.

Nice work. Loved the history.