ron wrucke

As noted in original post, I've been using CorelDraw since '93 and I've only known PhotoPaint as the bitmap editor that was a bundled component of the package.  I've never seen PhotoPaint as a...

PhotoPaint is very powerful and used to be more feature-rich than P'shop.  I've been running CorelDraw since '93, but switched over to P'shop in 2004 when I got my first DSLR and Corel was really...

I started using CorelDraw (w/ PhotoPaint for bitmaps) back in '93 and used the combo until 2004 when I got my first DSLR.   I was shooting raw, and Corel was very late jumping into raw processing,...

.. I see foxes, and I see swans, but I've never seen them having a conversation .. :-)  That is a rare shot !!  Every year starting in late April I wander around 'the neighborhood' looking for...

I'll tell you what; I'm looking pretty seriously at the D7100 although there is no way I'm going to be an early adopter like I was when I pre-ordered my D300.   At $1200, the D7100 is a lot of...

It's taken Dell five years to get back to almost the quality they built into their 2408WFP monitor in 2008? That old 24" monitor had a Delta E of 1.7 before calibration (1.3 with) and the color...

Placed 60^th in the challenge.

I'm in this challenge, but this is one nice image; great job .. !

Placed 19^th in the challenge.

Thanks for the heads up: I knew that Nikon was "upgrading" Picturetown, but I didn't know about the extra 18GB being made available. I see that some people don't want 18GB of online storage .....

That's what is nice about the Photographer's Ephemeris.  I can just "go" to that scenic foreground location on the map, drop a "pin" and then scroll through the calendar looking for the desired sun...

I've been playing with The Photographer's Ephemeris (really a fantastic little program).  To replicate that image I posted, I just need to go find New Moons, and then go before or after looking for...

.. I'm not into sunrises; I'm not an early riser ... gave that up when I retired.  I've come to realize that for sunsets, the new moon is the key, and with that as a given I now know that I'm not...

I'd like to thank again all responders for their much-appreciated informative replies .. Screenshot - The Photographers's Epheremis .. 9/1/08 (date of Moonrise over Marina image) Screenshot - The...

I'm trying for the shooting-west moon at sunset; the trouble with sunrises is that they always seem to take place early in the morning .. :-)  With sunsets, you can bring a beach chair and a beer...

I did a Window's download and have my location plugged in .. and it looks really informative in a visual presentation .. I think I need to go back and grab the manual too so I know what I'm looking...

... if you read some of the messages in this thread, you now know that I wasn't all that knowledgeable about how the moon "works" .. I think your basic concept coupled with some of the site/program...

Interesting website; lots of info there ... I've got it bookmarked for future 'study' .. Thanks!

.. well, I knew about the sun .. :-).. but I guess I never thought about what the moon does; I assumed that since it was at sunset that the moon was rising .... I need to do some thinking about the...

I shot this sunset/moonrise picture on a Labor Day evening a couple of years ago on the Virginia Eastern Shore.  It was unplanned; a fortunate coincidince.  I've been unsuccessfully Googling trying...