Dgrin Challenges

Feeling like taking on a new challenge? DSS Challenge #95 "Up High or Down Low" is open for submissions from January 23-February 6.

It's also a great time to catch the excitement of our Mega Round #15, in which past Challenges winners vie for top honors. This round they'll be creating their own Album Cover Self Portrait. What will they come up with?

Hardware

• Nikon 1 V1 User first impressions plus image samples.
• Fujifilm X-Pro 1 Interchangeable lenses and a large sensor; what's not to like?
• Nikon D4 New flagship body from Nikon. Nikon's answer to the Canon 1D X, or just the best FX camera in the world?
• Canon Powershot G1 X Fixed zoom lens and a large sensor. Can Canon build a new market?
• How Does Your Camera Rate?

May The Best Photo Win!

Voting is now open for the Dgrin Photo of the year, 2011. You can view all the entries and vote here.

She's up to the Challenge(s)!

We certainly have a bumper crop of new mods here on Dgrin. Our latest addition is JAG, aka Joyce, who will be joining forces with sherstone (Sean) to challenge all of you to the DGrin Sharpshooter Challenges! Give her a hearty welcome!

They said "I do!"

If you've spent any time around our Weddings Forum, then you know what an incredible and tireless moderator we have in Agnieszka. Unfortunately, she has to step down from her moderating duties, but the good news is that we have a new team who are going to pick up where she left off. Welcome to Sphynge (Caroline) and Matthew Saville!

Welcome to our new Landscapes moderator!

After years of stellar service to our community, Schmoo will be trimming back on her duties a tad (she's still got plenty!) and will be handing over the reins for our Landscapes forum to kdog. Y'all play nice in there now, and take it easy on the new guy!

FAQ

Seriously, if you haven't had a chance you should check out our new FAQ. Even if you're an old pro, check it out, you may learn something new!

The Forum Shuffle

We're in the process of moving all of our tutorials and reviews from our SmugMug site to right here on the forum. We think that this will encourage more community participation and will keep our Reviews and Tutorials more visible on the forum. Let us know what you think, and if you want to help keep the Tutorials and Reviews up to date, let us know!

The Hot Seat

Next up in the hot seat is D3Sshooter, a photographer who won't be pigeon-holed. Check out the wide variety of his work.

• People @ work Textile Factory
• Light and Architecture
• Red Hot Lips
• Poppy Day, 11 Nov.
• Past Time

Occupy Digital grin

The Occupy protests have been occupying a lot of our members' time! Check out these threads to see a bit of what's been keeping them occupied!

• Occupy The Bridge
• Oakland Occupy Protest
• Occupy Los Angeles
• More Occupy Austin
• More Oakland Photos
• Occupy DC
• More Occupy Photos
• Occupy LA Streeter Style

Africa!

Dgrinners Harryb, Pathfinder, and others joined Andy Williams and Marc Muench on Safari in East Africa recently. Here are some awesome threads to check out!

• Into Africa, Marc & Andy
• African Dream, Harryb
• Kenya Wildlife, Harryb
• Lions, Rhinos and Zebras, Oh My!, Pathfinder

Fire and Ice

These threads are running a little hot and cold.

• The Glacier
• Moonrise Over Falls Creek
• Forest Fire in Rogue, Oregon
• Welsh Sunsets and Cloudscapes
• Fun With Fire!

SmugMug How To:

• Customization: Start Here
• Easy Custom Navigation Bars
• SmugMug Customization Tutorials
• How to Get a Gorgeous Full-Screen Slideshow
• JFriend's HTML5 Slideshow
• JavaScript Tricks
• Get Customzation Help on Dgrin Quickly

SmugMug News:

• New Customization Partner: Photography Blogsites
• Preview our Publish to Facebook feature in beta
• How to use your custom privacy settings

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