@sfierbaugh I know, right? I keep telling my spouse that if I ever get a tattoo it’s going to be some trilobite art but she insists my first tattoo must be her name across a butt cheek. So that’s our domestic standoff.

@DrRocktagon nice! I studied GeoSci at UT Austin (BS ‘83) and did field work in TX, NM, & CO as part of that, plus a post-graduation stint supporting UT grad students as a field assistant in Chihuahua, Mexico. There my geo career ended (mid-80’s was not a good time, at least not with just a BS) and after knocking around Austin a few years picking up more classes I ended up working in the space program at JSC, 34 yrs & still at it, though also still eyeing outcrops & collecting rocks when I can.

@vik Thanks! Glad to be here. S/W = software.

@marcominutoli Digital, taken with a Sony a7r ii. I transitioned to digital around 2005 after 30+ years of film, including the lab & darkroom work. I don’t miss the chemicals.

@srpitts S/W Engineer = software engineer. Really I do software systems engineering - requirements definition and model design for the Orion spacecraft simulation software.

@matt Thanks! I started long long ago doing only B&W film photography but now I shoot everything digital color. But I publish in both B&W and in color, it just depends on the photo & my feeling/mood at the moment. Sometimes I create both versions of a photo & have a difficult time deciding which I like best.

@pinkgoblin and thank you! I appreciate the welcome, am enjoying being on here so far.

@joao thanks for the welcome!

@McGarvey thanks!

@libelloise thanks!

@RhiMG I’ve traveled around England proper but sadly not yet to Wales or Scotland, but from what I’ve seen in photos & videos I think the scenery there holds its own against any other beautiful part of the world. And you have castles. But more than that, while you may hear some colorful expressions uttered by locals in the vast spaces of far west Texas, you will probably not hear any of them say “oh my giddy aunt”, so you’ve got that going for you😁.