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Beautiful shot to start the New Year! Well done Needa, that's gorgeous. Happy New Year to ya!

After years of struggling to get her small business off the ground, my wife finally turned a bit of a profit last year. It had absolutely tortured her that in previous years she was never actually able to give me much more than warm socks for Christmas (which granted, I really REALLY wanted up...

Really nice shot, Peter. Love the perspective, and the winter color palate (y)

Haha! My wife wears it like a badge of honor. In my (long neglected) blog she was only ever referred to as "NewWifey(tm)" (I trademarked her, lol). She's the only wife I ever had, but it's a long story explaining that moniker so I'll have mercy on you and not relate it. Anyway, she loves it to...

It's funny, I never even look at the Monthly Assignment folder. I'm usually so busy trying to figure out pics for the Weekly Challenge that I forget there are other things going on here, lol!

Went out with the wifey to the Orange County (NY) Arboretum last night to see the holiday light display. It's a bit of an annual tradition of ours. An annual tradition of theirs is to add one new piece every year, and it's gotten to the point now where they've had to open a new parking lot...

Thanks again! ☺️

Hey, thanks gang! I thought all the submissions were great, and any one of the final group could have easily been crowned winner (y)

Hang in there, Brent. Stress does funny things to the brain, and you have certainly had your share of stress. Don't assume it's dementia until you have it diagnosed, otherwise you'll scare yourself to death (hopefully not!). We're all pulling for you here, as always, so just do the best you can...

Wow, great shots of gorgeous machines, Peter! Where was this?

Gang, note Needa's instructions above: "Please restrain your congratulations until after the poll closes..." In other words, don't write "Congratulations finalists!" here like we usually do. Just vote (at the top of the page). You can send your heartfelt, and much appreciated, congratulatory...

Some things can't be improved on. The mortar and pestle is one of the oldest cooking implements known to man, and it is still a frequently used tool in many kitchens, including mine. The rough unpolished interior of my black granite version will grind nuts, seeds, and spices almost as fast as...

Congrats Bill, great pic - nice and crisp! (y)

Ok, this one really cracked me up :ROFLMAO:

Congrats to the other finalists! It's about time.... :)

Man, those are gorgeous shots.

I think you can chalk a lot of this up to my still going through the learning process with this setup. I found, as is often the case with that macro lens at close distances, depth of field often is much shallower than the same f-stop shooting in other circumstances (landscapes, etc.). So that...

Hey thanks for that, Bill. I appreciate it. And I agree with your previous comment regarding the forum, and its members. The people here are what really make this site worthwhile, and I'm sure once I'm up to speed on the tech aspects I'll be able to engage more frequently again with all the...

ps. Anyone like my Still Life with Mugs picture? I'm really liking my new strobe/octobox setup, and it's getting easier to get results I'm looking for now that I've had some practice. I still like my continuous light soft boxes, but there are times when the amount of light a 400 watt strobe...

Lol. I'm not having issues really, nor am I at all dismissive at the great (and amazingly fast!) job done to get what is obviously a very functional website up and running. It's just that I'm pretty much computer illiterate, so any change seems to take me longer than most I think. An FAQ might...