Imdadoc: Equipment - because you can't have enough gadgets, right?! — Rich sent this to me cause he couldn't get in: Good morning Gary, Glad you got your computer back up. If someone would like to purchase Nik Software I have a discount code worth 25%. It is not good on any software currently on sale but everything else (inclulding bundles) it will work. It is courtesy of David Ziser from his Digital Wakeup Call seminar and should be good for some time. …

Fidr01: Free stuff and goodies — This isn't free - but it is a 25% discount on Nik Software. Use the discount code DZISER. It will not work on software that is on sale but it does work on everything else - even bundles. Napture NX, Viveza and Silver Efex Pro are some of their software. The discount is from David Ziser

Melmann: Animals — If you're interested in deer and turkey photos, the wildlife around Wehrspan lake is pretty easy to find and take pictures of. About an hour before sunset they start moving around to get the last meal of the day and can be seen from most of the hiking paths. I was over there a few days ago and thought the deer in the attached photo was going to climb in the car and go home with me!! [image]

Melmann: Equipment - because you can't have enough gadgets, right?! — I brought in a gadget a few months ago and now realize I didn't post any more information on it. It's a loupe that fits over the LCD screen on the back of a digital camera and has an adjustable lens. Serves two purposes: 1) blocks bright light so you can actually see the picture on the screen, 2) enables those of us with aging eyes to adjust diopter so we can see the picture clearly. I got…

Melmann: Lenses - General — I use the 1.4x when I just can't get closer to fill the image with the subject. You lose one stop of light, making faster moving things just that harder to pin down. If you look hard enough there are some things where sharpness drops slightly, but no enough to bother me. It's pretty small (about 1.5" thick) and light so not much weight addition. When on my 510 it pushes the camera back away…

Imdadoc: Signing/naming glossy prints - help — I use photoshop but this will work in Elements too. First I create a brush. Make a new document with white fill, then add a text layer with your name using any font. Next flatten the image and create a brush. I think it is under the edit menu. Make sure you save the brush set. Another method is to write your name on a white piece of paper, scan it into photoshop and then create the brush set. To…