If not I give up~~~how do you do a hot link?? You copy and paste the URL of the site into the Optional Link URL box and then give it a name in the Name of the Link box. NOTE-if you are the OP (original poster starting a new thread) you won't see the 2 boxes until after you have hit Preview Message. hth. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: Your link made clickable-Regeared

Quote:"your area is so full of wonderful subjects" Years ago I drove 18 wheelers covering the entire U.S.A. Every year Labor Day seemed to open the flood gates as people began their annual vacation migration in search of something to see. But what I found most amazing is that for every person that heads out of your community there is another traveling vast distances to come see your town. To that end I used to offer people a challenge. Take out a road map of your state and locate where you live then take a simple drawing compass and scribe circles at 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 miles. Now locate all the communities within those circles and contact their chamber of commerce for information on sites to see in their community. You will find a vast wealth of sites to see, all within a short one hour commute of your house, and many of them are absolutely free of admission. Now consider how much money you can save in fuel, food and lodgings and you have just saved enough to pay for that camera or new lenses you been dreaming about, not mention that you can continue that project year around instead of trying to pack it all into two weeks. Now in regards to how long it takes to edit 1300 photos. Actually the problem is not as difficult as it might seem. I began my interest in photography with a Pentax Spotmatic, which was the first 35mm SLR to have a built in through the lens light meter. (The Nikon F offered a light meter in an accessory viewfinder and Canon had not yet got into the professional SLR market). Lenses were manual focus, manual aperture and exposure was controlled by manipulating the shutter speed and lens aperture to center a match needle indicator in the view finder. As if that was not enough, in those days most films had an ASA (ISO) rating ranging from 64 to 325. I can vividly remember when AGFA introduced a 1000 ASA B&W film for the first time, and Fuji film almost took over the industry with a 500asa high resolution color print film. In those days getting the correct exposure was at best a bit iffy so it was common practice amongst the pro's and advanced amateurs to use a technique called "Bracketing" In fact, Bracketing is an automatic feature on most DSLR's but most people fail to use it. Bracketing is a technique where you shoot one frame at the measured exposure, then a second frame one f-stop under and a third frame one f-stop over. We could then push or pull an additional f-stop in the darkroom if need be. In those days there was no "live view" or "instant replay" so that is how we could insure we would have a usable print when we processed the film. I still rely heavily on that technique when i am out in the field where it would be difficult to return and try again, especially when shooting birds or wildlife where the shots cannot be repeated. When shooting macro shots of plants & flowers on a windy day I often set the mode to "Sports" which is shutter priority mode keeping the shutter speed as high as possible. This has a two fold effect. 1. By keeping the shutter speed very high it assures stop action when the subject is moving in the wind and 2. it keeps the aperture open, limiting depth of field, which generally puts the background out of focus giving a nice soft pastel background that does not detract from the subject. Back in the days of film bracketing the exposures was rather expensive when you considered the cost of film and processing, but in this age of digital when i go in the field I carry 5 or 6 SD cards and 5 sets of batteries so I am not concerned about wasting a shot or two if I can be sure that I will ultimately have the shot i want. In addition, I generally do not take just one shot, but rather I like to shoot a series of shots that show different aspects of the subject. By example, I am attaching a series I took of the evolution of a Dandelion. My brother said i was as crazy as an outhouse rat for taking pictures of dandelions but I like the outcome. DANDILION PLANT IN BLOOM DANDILION BLOSSOM DANDILION IMMATURE SEED POD DANDILION MATURE SEED POD DANDILION MATURE SEED POD DANDILION SEEDS

Dotmom, it isn't hot and spicy in this recipe, but you could start with less if you like. Curry loves something sweet as a condiment, and the apple fills this nicely. Curry is actually a mixture of spices. I have several different kinds in my pantry, including a couple bought at an Asian market. But my favorite is McCormick's. Have you smelled curry, at least? I hope you'll like it well enough to make other curried dishes.

've read many accounts similar to what Alisande posted, and I know I'll never go to a horse race, because of the thought of a horse dying for sport/entertainment. That said, my cousin was the owner of "I'll Have Another" who won the Preakness and the Derby in 2012 and was going for the Belmont. But he was pulled from the race just prior, because of a slight inflammation on one of his forelegs. The trainer noticed it when the horse was being groomed after his practice run, although he had run it beautifully. He advised my cousin that even a minor swelling could cause permanent damage to a leg, if a horse is allowed to race before the swelling goes away. My cousin immediately pulled his horse from the roster, although he obviously would have loved to give him the chance for the Triple Crown. He loves horses and first got interested in them because his best buddy in high school worked as a groom. While I may not personally like the sport of horse racing, at least I was happy that my cousin did not put greed ahead of the safety of his horse, by allowing him to run in the Belmont.