LensofNature

Thanks so much!

What about an external hard drive like Passport (although I had trouble with that particular brand). I transfer my photos to USB (memory sticks), and am also looking at different ways to back them up, especially given these arbitrary updates that tend to mess up previously functioning settings.

I tried registering with the FotoFora but could not receive a verification email. Now everything is stuck in limbo.

Cardinals were frequent visitors to the magnolia tree outside the kitchen window of my last apartment.

They are looking at that option in some Canadian provinces; there are a couple that never did have Daylight Savings Time.

Thanks so much, that's very helpful.

I am susceptible to ocular migraines as well, and find the light on white design or, conversely the super black designs of websites, Microsoft and other software very hard on my eyes. I have the brightness/contrast turned down significantly which, as you say, makes it hard to gauge colour in photo editing. I've tried calibrating my monitor but there is an error message saying there is no additional monitor to select, or something like that. At any rate, it would probably mess with the brightness/contrast for word processing and other routine computer tasks. I also developed floaters while shooting a sunset a couple of years ago, so that doesn't help. I've had to resign myself to the fact that between sunglasses in the field and reduced brightness/contrast of the screen, there will always be a discrepancy between actual and perceived intensity of colour. I find myself sometimes re-editing photos that look garish at different times of the day/night, lol.

This was taken on the Welland Canal trail in St. Catharine's. I had to resize it and didn't know what dimensions to select or how it affected image quality.

@Edwin Barkdoll Good question. Most images are on my computer, sharing with friends/family and online photography groups. However, I am wanting to get comfortable with learning how to set them up for printing by commercial camera shops (e.g. Black's, in Canada). That brings up the question of size of prints. I was told by one photo shop that it would be better to go with larger sizes for closeups. I have recently bought a 5x7 photo album and had some prints made of a photography outing, which entailed close-up shots of owls/hawks. My camera is a DSLR Canon Rebel T7 (after a number of years learning the ins/outs and manual mode for Rebel T6). As I am a hobbyist, my main goal is capturing the beauty and developing my skills to the best of my ability in light of visual perceptual/spatial/motor learning challenges. I have a 50 mm (the standard one, I understand they come with larger apertures as well); a wide angle 10-18 mm which I'm trying to get used to in terms of the distortion it creates (e.g. fisheye/converging objects); a 55-250 mm lens; the "kit" lens (is it 18 to 55?); 85 mm (which I find is good for close-up shots of nature); I think that's it. You bring up a good point about the degrees of macro and the associated cost. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and there is a higher risk for me that I would invest in these fancy lenses and not be able to use them properly.

What a very nice camera, even if it is rough around the edges! I can so relate to you wanting bring it to life, so to speak; a way of connecting with your father with every shutter release. I wish I could answer your question, but I was in a similar position without a happy ending. My deceased father's camera - I think it was a Brownie - dated back to the early 1900's when he lived in Newfoundland. I can't remember him using it when I was growing up, but it was always stored away. Quite an artifact to me, although no doubt there were older models. Anyway, I was downsizing for a move one time and debating whether to recycle it, give it to a collector/museum/what have you, or keep it as an heirloom of sorts. After a number of inquiries, the general response was it wasn't old enough to be a museum piece and generally not worth anything, so I recycled it. I wish I hadn't now, because nothing can replace the inestimable sentimental value of that camera.

I wish I had done that with my father's camera, a Brownie, I believe. Since I didn't have the aptitude required to use it, I inquired into possible interest by museums/camera shops/collectors, etc. and the general response I got was it wasn't worth anything, so I just recycled it. However, I'm coming to realize that I cannot put a price on the sentimental value.