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To add to the Denver area list: Colorado Railroad Museum https://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/ And, takes a bit to get to it, but well-worth the effort, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad https://cumbrestoltec.com/ 2020 opening day will be of particular interest, as they're going to have a...

I just signed up to see how it would go. Flipboard presented me with a signup page that asked for: 1. My name, 2. My email address, 3. A password. #3 is a password you want to use just for Flipboard. This should not be a password you use elsewhere. I clicked the submit button, and I got an...

I've had one for almost 20 years now, pulpitrock.net. My first thought was to use it for email, but as others have pointed out, it's a pain to maintain an email server. Now, I use it mainly for hosting pictures I post to places where you can't upload. Cost about $10US/yr for the domain name...

I've just returned from bringing my twin granddaughters to the bus stop, where Elizabeth spent time showing me her cellphone captures before the bus arrived. She's enamored with sun-in-the-frame, and she's got a few interesting compositions of such. With both I discussed rule-of-thirds using...

Recently procured a Nikon Z6 with the 24-70/4 kit lens, and I'm just loving it: - Full frame 24MP: sweet spot for me regarding resolution versus file size - Low-light performance: between the sensor and the IBIS stabilization, I can shoot hand-held down to 1/10sec. - Highlight-weighted matrix...

Inflation has lowered the bar, so keep that in mind...

In Colorado, well at least El Paso County, driver's license renewal can be similarly easy. Our DMV has worked hard on streamlining the most streamline-able transactions. I think it depends on two things: 1) the people running the particular agency, and 2) the fundamental structure of the...

To the original question, 'How many calculators should I use', one good Monte Carlo-based tool that considers all your relevant inputs would be sufficient for the purpose of giving you a likelihood assessment. Indeed, each additional model you consider also needs to be understood with regard to...

The Basics are in the Recipes, If You Look Closely... In my youth, when I separated from the Air Force to go to college, the biggest trauma was when they cut up my meal card... Trying to figure all this out in my first semester, my mom started sending me recipe cards. 5"x8" index cards...

I'm going to pull on the 401K first to defer SS and a DB pension to their max monthly payout, because my other pension, military retirement, is going to drop precipitously when I go. Need to keep DW in a sufficient income, and she's working hard to live long... :D

DW says, "Shannon Ridge 2017". $15-ish/bottle. We had it last night with appetizers, calamari and some mushroom/pastry thing. Quite good. Disclaimer: I'm in the same league as you, I just follow my wife around, drink her leavings... :D

Ah, someone else beside me with low expectations... :laugh: When I read the title, this promptly came to mind: "Three hots and a cot" Yes, it's a bit more complicated than that, but that is the foundation upon which all of the other things to be done in retirement are built.

Quite nice, Ronstar - a good exposure, wonderful composition. When I was stationed at Luke AFB in the '70s, would go camping in Oak Creek Canyon. The whole region is just beautiful, no wonder it attracts 'spiritual' interest... your image does it justice.

Cool! A friend sent me a Baby Graphlex, film, and tank to try with my granddaughter, who's expressed interest in the old ways of film. I'm still trying to figure out the two shutters...

+1 on both Elle Stone's ninedegreesbelow.com and Phil Harvey's ExifTool. Color management is a science rooted in subjective human perception, and Elle does a really good job of bringing it to regular folk like me. ExifTool is one of my go-to command line image utilities, next to g'mic and...

https://www.scantips.com/ I've used this site quite a bit, preparing to digitize a bunch of negatives and slides.

To me, it's just a further reinforcement of the cyclic pattern.

Nikon D7000 (my current workhorse) Nikon D50 (bought this because we were taking too many pictures of the floor when aiming at grandbabies... still use it around the house) Nikon F2 Photomic (from my youth) Baby Graphlex (friend loaned it to me for my granddaughter and I to get frustrated...

Fall colors near Tarryall Creek, Colorado.

I'm a Nikon person, but if I was Canonical, I'd probably get this: https://www.amazon.com/Sigma-18-300mm-F3-5-6-3-Contemporary-Macro/dp/B00NJ9K52W I used a Nikon D50 with the Nikkor 18-200mm zoom for all our travel photography until about 2015. For me it was a workhorse lens, and the...

I'm retired 21 years, been on Tricare Prime going to the local MTF for general care. I also have medical with my employer, so most costs are covered. Vision and hearing required some expenditure, but all else sorts 100% into the various insurance pots. Employer offered a Tricare supplement...

Two, both 2015 Toyotas: 1) Highlander, hauls people, 2) Tacoma, hauls stuff. Did both with the Highlander until recently, but my wife has a rock landscaping hobby and the carpet in the rear was starting to suffer for it. Tacoma is also our camping/fishing vehicle. Wife hauls grandkids places...

Go-NoGo, I like black and white, and yours are quite nice!

To me, a pool is like a boat with the water on the wrong side. They both cost a lot to maintain... :D

Since there's nothing in focus in the image, my money is on slight camera movement and/or a slow shutter speed. If the camera was focusing on one thing, at least one thing would be in focus... :D There's no metadata in the image, so no clues about shutter speed. You might look in your...