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Not very interesting but this is what I've been doing lately. Practicing for the eclipse! This has definitely made me learn my camera better! I've set up my frequently used menu items and Custom settings 1 & 2 for the partial and total eclipse. I have a new camera since the one in 2017 (went from Olympus EM10 mark ii to OM System OM5) but will use the same lens that worked well then. I got some great shots in 2017 and now that I know much more about eclipses and how to get the best shots wonder if it was a fluke that cannot be reproduced! Hoping for clear skies Monday, April 8th!

I brought binoculars when we went to Alaska. I didn't intend to use, as I would be taking pictures, but I thought my family would. They did not.

I'm looking forward to this too! In 2017 I drove about 2 hours west from St. Louis, this time about 2 hours south. I have a hotel room, but am going down 2 days early to decide on my shooting location. This video on youtube lists some very helpful apps. I don't think I agree with him about not worrying about capturing the diamond ring and bailey beads. We'll have 4 minutes to capture the corona, it's not going to hurt to try to get those special shots too. I love your diamond ring shot!

Have you considered renting a lens?

Hi. We had a photo shoot at the St Louis Art Museum, focusing on architecture using the principals taught in a class by Angie McMonigal https://angiemcmonigal.com/fine-art/ . Not something I normally shoot, but I like how she talked about looking for triangles, reflections, and shadows. We also had some snowflakes falling, but not sticking. This is me! It must be very serious business! (Or I need my readers!)

I've seen posts from him on DPReview, but he's not been very active there either.

From today's outing at the MO Botanical Garden:

Another outing this week, to a nearby family farm. We were supposed to shoot the Milky Way, but the skies did not cooperate.

Did you think you backed up your photos, and then re-used the memory card? I'm not sure from your original post. Memory cards are very cheap now, and are good for primary storage during a trip. I take one for every 1-2 days of my trip, remove from the camera, back up the photos in a variety of ways (depending on whether I take my laptop), and then pop a fresh card in the camera. Then if by chance a memory card has a problem, I've only lost a day's worth of photos. When we travel back home, my husband carries one copy, I carry the other.

A camera club outing to the Wild Bird Sanctuary and nearby Lone Elk Park:

Taken on the Worldwide Photo Walk yesterday in St. Charles, MO:

I used Paint Shop Pro and Corel Photo Paint prior to using (now) Lightroom for 95% of what I do, and Photoshop for the remainder. I think the key to using any of them is to take a class - they are capable of so much more than you can imagine without someone showing you how to use them! I belong to a large camera club and someone from our club teaches online classes, or you can find classes at a local community college. I like the online version. You could probably youtube also, but that requires you knowing what you want to learn.

If the recliner doesn't work out, I travel with a blow up wedge pillow from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Inflatable-Wedge-Pillow-Travel-Lightweight/dp/B09JJ1S8G3/ref=sr_1_3?crid=38YLQ34F7VL7D&keywords=blow+up+wedge+pillow+for+travel&qid=1688521812&sprefix=blow+up+wedge%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-3 And a portable air pump! https://www.amazon.com/FLEXTAILGEAR-Portable-Ultra-Mini-Rechargeable-Mattress/dp/B088ZLWXBC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=20K5QV0JKF7ZO&keywords=travel+air+pump&qid=1688522010&sprefix=travel+air+pump%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

I don't take much video, but the times I decide to is usually because I want to capture something that a still photo wouldn't do justice to. For example, the bartenders doing tricks/flair, the cruise ships having a horn blowing battle (not much to see in a video either, but imagine the photo!), a clip of dancers, the ice carver, a pan of the glacier, etc. Most clips are short, under a minute, because I'll never watch hours of home videos and neither will anyone else.

Oh, sorry to hear this! Will send good thoughts your way for Monday. At least you will have good incentive to do your exercises to build your strength back up and some time for healing before you go!