Looks like Both of you are equally adept at your respective hobbies! !!!

HA!!! I am also a neighbor. I live on the lake in the Buford area.

What else does your friend need? I have a good bit of Canon equipment and may be willing to part with some if he needs any of my "extra" items... A lot of my equipment is still film related ( 4 bodies, etc) although it is all current EF mounts and such - but I may have some filters and other things. Let me know if I can help you with your project. Thanks ....

What a shame that some people just cannot take a joke............

We all need to lighten up a bit !!!!!!

The only thing that I might recommend is to open up the lens to make the depth of field more shallow. That way the background would blur and not be quite so distracting. The monuments are great and need to be emphasized over the background. Good exposure otherwise.

Yep -- these little guys can be quite cute.

Until they move into your attic !!!!!! LOL

Yep -- Thank goodness that there are some decent and patriotic folks left in this Great Nation !!!!!

I would say -- Job well done.... Very nice work on those flowers....

AAA can be your friend. I am older and can say that even if you have GPS - the maps can be so much more informative than some GPS units. Maps can be studied for nearby areas and attractions that GPS units may not have available.
SO much to see in the Western NC area and also Eastern TN - Please do not forget the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Try to visit that area during the week as it can get very crowded on the weekends.

Have fun and bring lots of film!!! LOL Seriously make sure you bring batteries and chargers for all of your goodies that eat electricity...

I would like to know who the moron was who gave permission to complete this travesty... Aren't things such as this project usually reviewed and at least a drawing to show "approximately" what the end result might look like. ??? Some one needs to lose their job or position within this organization. Pure idiocy if you ask me... what a horrible example of a basic statue and Christian concept.......

A great example of why I like film. The film example here looks to be a bit sharper and has more clarity and contrast. Just better exposure to enjoy.
I am not a computer geek and do not really enjoy spending hours staring at a computer screen doing "stuff" to make a picture better. I like taking good to great pictures and have the lab print them. Just me and what I like. NOT trying to start a fight with all of you geeks out there.

The pigeons are hillarious.

Cast Iron in the dishwasher?????

I am from the South and we NEVER put cast iron in the dishwasher. Actually, we almost never use soap and water. They stay seasoned and are virtually perfect (if used properly) by just wiping them out and maybe just a little scrub with water - no soap. A little heat to dry them out and some small amount of oil and they stay in great shape with no need for seasoning. The original "non-stick" pan when used properly. I have maybe as many as a dozen and almost all of them are older than me - 60. Most have been passed down from family. Several generations.

Unfortunately, you are so absolutely right. Yes, the answer is simple, but "they" have made it almost impossible to change anything.

The old saying: "Divide and conquer" has never been more true; as this administration is doing an outstanding job of creating so many divisions in our once great nation.

They know exactly what they are doing, they just don't care about us or what we think. They only want to tell enough lies to get re-elected for another term. Power, power, power is all they crave.

Re-elect NOBODY. Kick out all of the bums and put new folks in there. That will be the only way to get rid of the corruption and "favoritism" that is the major problem in DC right now. Too many of those "criminals" owe too many of the others, too many "favors." ALL of them need to go.......

Having read some of the comments on here over the past year or so, I agree. There have been many occasions when the good folks here have been very adamant that the only good landscapes can be done with wide angle lenses.
I wholeheartedly disagree. I have seen some beautiful photos done with 90mm or longer lenses. Some have been "stitched" together using several pictures taken in vertical (portrait) orientation at 90+mm focal length.
Keep up the good fight. "Landscape" photography can have different meanings based on the viewed "landscape." Details, can be lost and then the entire picture is less effective than it might have been if taken with a specific lens which would have conveyed the "feeling" that the photographer was trying to convey.
In other words, use the lens which best translates to the viewer, the feelings of the photographer. And the statement that is to be communicated via the picture.