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<p>Peace Valley Nature Center, Doylestown PA - Empty nesting box</p><div></div>

<p>Downy Woodpecker (03) Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, Sept 10 2014</p><div></div>

<p>Downy Woodpecker (02) Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania Sept 10 2014</p><div></div>

<p>Downy Woodpecker (01) -Sept 10 2014, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania</p><div></div>

<p>Dr Peter Osborne (<a href="http://www.pienpack.com/">http://www.pienpack.com/</a>) explains the history of Bowman's Wildflower Preserve and the Washington Crossing Park (Pennsylvania) on June 7 at the Wildflower Preserve.</p><div></div>

<p>Wheelchair racer in 2014 Stockholm marathon</p><div></div>

<p>Dalmatian runner in the Stockholm 2014 marathon</p><div></div>

<p>Wool against weapons, Edinborough, Scotland - knitting a mile long scarf</p><div></div>

<p>Razorbill, Isle of May, Anstruther, Scotland</p><div></div>

<p>Puffins on the clifftop - Isle of May, Anstruther, Scotland</p><div></div>

<p>Puffins on the cliff top - Isle of May, Anstruther, Scotland. Photo taken from the boat in heavy swell at a distance of about 200 meters.</p><div></div>

<p>Hunters at the Bowmans Hill wildflower sale - New Hope, Pennsylvania</p><div></div>

<p>This version update for both the D800 and D800E are on the<br>

Nikon web site here:<br>

https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19004</p>

<p>Spring (May 6) - Newtown Pennsylvania</p><div></div>

<p>Spring (May 6) - Newtown Pennsylvania</p><div></div>

<p>Don't touch me....</p>

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<p>Balloon Man - Oakland California</p>

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<p>The Principal Viola - D800 with Nikkor 24-70 mm at 60 mm and f2.8</p><div></div>

<p>Bryn Athyn Cathedral, PA</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks to all for following up on this topic and for your good wishes. I found all of your experiences very interesting. I did not know about Monet and was fascinated to read about the effect of cataracts on his painting. Incidentally, if any of you are near Princeton (NJ) at any time, you will find the bridge from his Giverny garden figuring in several of his paintings recreated in the 'Grounds for Sculpture' (<a href="http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/">www.<strong>groundsforsculpture.org</strong>/</a>). This sculpture park is truly worth a visit - and worth bringing your camera along with you. Have a safe and happy holiday everyone.</p>

<p >I am extremely myopic (18 diopters in the right eye and 21 in the left). This week I had cataract surgery in the right eye and was corrected back to 20:20 with the lens implant. Of course it feels like a miracle not to have perfect vision without having to wear contacts or spectacles – at least for that eye. However I now notice that whites are brilliantly white when viewed with my right eye alone but have a sepia tint when viewed with my left. This results in an “exposure” effect, where the world seen with the left eye looks under-exposed when compared to the right eye. Presumably this is due to deterioration of the lens in the left eye. Cataract surgery will change that in a few weeks. All this brings me to the question of exposure, white balance and true color in photographs. I often do a little exposure and balance correction with Photoshop but if our perception of color and white balance is so completely relative to the age and individual-specific physical properties of our eyes how can we trust these corrections? How can we achieve truth in photography?</p>

<p >PS I realize this is a question that is not specific to Nikon, but since I have been using Nikon cameras and lenses for the past 30 years this forum feels more like home than any other.</p>

<p>For the time being I am in the "rather be an owner than a renter" group. However, I own CS6 outright and probably many were put off by the costs of moving up from earlier versions, so paying a monthly fee to keep up with the latest software may be an attractive option. My concerns about Adobe are as follows:<br>

1. Adobe has until now been under pressure to to improve each version of Photoshop and its other products so people will be prepared to fork over the upgrade fee. If that pressure is removed by people paying a regular fee will they be under the same pressure to make significant improvements?<br>

2. The flat fee is outrageously high for the individual user. Upwards of $600 a year for the Creative Cloud replacement of my CS6 is far more than I want to pay to rent software as an individual. Am I willing to pay this high a fee only to receive what I suspect will be tiny improvements to the software over extended periods of time? </p>