You read the sticky at the top of that section, and follow the instructions.

The same way as you put a photo in the your photos section. Read the sticky there for a refresher course.

I agree it sounds a good idea, though I wouldn't be up to it either. It would be good if those taking part could also explain (in words of one syllable) what they have done to achieve their results, so those of us not so skilled can learn from it too.

As far as the original comp goes, it was Stefan's brainchild. He still looks in occasionally, but is giving the forum a rest, for a variety of reasons. He may come back, he may not.
He is now following a full time photography course at a well know Dutch photography school.
If anyone wants to contact him I have his e-mail address, send me a PM if you want it.

My Tamrac Expedition 5 backpack is just carry-on legal and goes as carry-on always. If they decide to weigh it may give a problem where weight restrictions apply, but it's never been weighed.
It also holds my netbook, though it's not designed for that.

Think Tank do a range of carry-on legal bags, but so do most manufacturers nowadays.

#10 looks like winter jasmine to me, can't help with the birds though I'm afraid.

I used the K20D with the Pentax 17-70 in the pouring rain with no problems. I was soaked to the skin but camera and lens were just dandy.

I used the K5 with the same 17-70 attached, on a dog sled, at - 20C in a snow storm, with no ill effects (to the camera at any rate) though I did have to chip the ice off it after that.

The OpTech version uses one of the strap mounts. With a bit of jiggling you could probably use both for it, but it wouldn't be as good. The fact that the mount on the Sun Sniper and the like screws into the tripod screw on the body should make them a bit more secure. I have heard of the strap mounts failing - never heard of one of the ones that screws into the body failing.

It seems a very comfortable way to carry the camera, but as I said if you have a QR plate attached you can't use one of those straps.

Saw a couple of Germans with them on my trip - one had a single strap, the other the triple - and three Canons attached to it .

PU could order some embroidered versions for it's members .

My bugbear with all those straps is you can't use them with a tripod QR plate in place. Black rapid told me they were bringing out a range which were compatible with different types of QR, but no sign so far.

I have the OpTech version, but that relies on the strap attachment, and I have heard of those failing so am reluctant to use it - luckily I got it cheap at Photokina.

The Norwegians all told us on board that if they haven't happened by 2am the chances are they won't happen. So you need to stay up late rather than get up early.

The two times I saw them it was between 10 and midnight.

Get out there Bret and see what you can see. Wrap up warm!

GPS could possibly be affected, it is unclear at the moment. If it is it will be tonight and tomorrow that the effects are most felt.
It isn't as big a storm as the one which caused all the chaos in 2003 I believe. But more are expected over the coming months/year. After a long slumber the sun seems to have really woken up.

Now how much is a flight to Reykjavik??