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Well, it's been nearly month since that announcement, Elizabeth. What are your impressions of the new camera so far? G.

My avatar photo of the bald eagle has a little story to go with it. Mrs. Grumpy and I first spotted the bird feeding on the carcass of a road-killed deer. We slowed our vehicle but as we approached the bird flew, then quickly perched in a roadside tree overlooking the defunct deer. Then it...

Paul Bear: Boffo! And a great job of posterization, too. Long suspicious of automation, I have come to hugely appreciate the autofoucus and autoexposure features on today's cameras. They make life a lot easier for photographers. G.

Wow! This reminds me of my Air Force photo processing days of four decades ago, when I learned that startling details could be recovered from the tiniest snippets of properly shot and processed photographic negatives. I recommend looking at the tech info for each of these images. Thanks for...

Looking through these photos, I see several that (for me) “work” pretty well. They are: Post #1 – Dog photo by Elizabeth Post #2 – Dog photo by Michael J Post #11 – Dog photo by Lou Hale Post #13 – Soaring bird photo by Tom Rankin What these all have in common is that the subjects are well...

Seeing the original or "unworked" image alongside the modified image for comparison might be instructive. G.

There is little to say here, save that our Adirondack high places have lost a pioneering giant advocate and protector. We are enriched by having had Ed Ketchledge among us for so many years.

... or was, maybe, merely hapless. G.

To my eye, the most successful night shot shared here so far is the first in Raymond’s series (post #3), of full moon, trees and a house in early morning, before daylight. What makes this work for me is the texture in the snow and ice, the hint of ground fog or rising mist, the silhouetted...

My contribution: Sandhill Cranes take flight. "][/URL] Almost stopped the motion of the wings completely at shutter speed of approx 1/1000 second. G.

Don't assume that because you are relatively short in overall stature that your torso length also is short (or "small"). Have it measured by someone who knows what he/she is doing. At 5'-7" I am what you would call relatively short for a male (I actually have lost stature by an inch or two...

OK. You've been told.;) I think it probably is a result of tannins (a product of vegetation -- it's what turns your tea dark) in the water. Adirondack dark (black or brown or tea) water has been around at least as long as I've hiked in the region (50 years, ±) and no doubt much longer than...

Writing from a photojournalism/documentary perspective, what I think your photography professor should have said is, "This would be stronger without the pole. Next time you shoot this picture (and you probably will shoot it again, because it is a good pictorial idea), compose so the pole...

Elizabeth, you surely have a knack for understatement. A DSLR without a lens is an expensive doorstop, if it's heavy enough. Otherwise, it is completely useless. I would say, generally, that wildlife photography is a fairly specialized activity, usually involving long lenses. That said...

One of the great attractions to tramping in the woods, for me, long has been the "relaxed standards" of the dress code. It always has been part of that "freedom of the hills" thing, in my mind. Not that I have always, or frequently joined the relaxed standards crowd, mind you. Knowing that...

Now that Elizabeth has clarified what a "bridge" camera means to her ... I don't think auxiliary lenses for the Canon G-11 would be a good option to increase that camera's capabilities, for reasons others have cited. The G-11 has proved itself to be a satisfactory camera for my "walking...

I especially like the rainbow shot (#2), which is very dramatic in every respect. The white streaks in photo #4 almost certainly are some kind of precipitation in the air. Nice job. Thanks for sharing. G.

When I saw the title on the OP for this thread – the reference to a “bridge” camera – I was immediately put in mind of a recent musing by Mike Johnston, in his The Online Photographer Blog. http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html In his “Letter to...

It's good to see some informed discussion of the footwear issue as it bears on this unfortunate case. As we see, working definitions of terms like "sufficient" and "adequate" can be pretty darned tough to pin down. Mark S's discussion says a lot. It occurs to me that even my sturdy Limmer...

I have spent more money with B&H Photo than I care to think about. But every purchase has been satisfactory in terms of price and service. So I can recommend B&H as a vendor: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ G.