Recent content by Browncoat

+1 for Peak Design. I own many products from the Peak Design ecosystem and they're all fantastic. They get twisted up because they're flat. I also have a "street strap" that I got several years ago. It's a round cord-type strap and it never gets twisted. I don't think you can get this...

Attended a local Funk Festival and just had to stop and ask this guy if I could take his photo.

Did a maternity shoot this weekend. This is one of my favorites.

My daughter, Drew.

I'm w/ @FredKingston on this one... Although I'm not sure any settings change will fix it. Topaz has a long history of grid artifact issues. This article may help, but it may not get rid of it completely: https://help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038893192-Artifacting-in-DeNoise-AI

Entry #1: Miss Vivian This is my first (and currently only) grandchild, Vivian. She is a little ray of sunshine, and very much papaw's girl. She will be 2 in mid-October and has a personality as big as all outside. Goes without saying - she makes me happy. Here she is cheesing for the camera...

Your profile indicates that it's okay to edit your images, so I gave it a shot: The eyes should be the brightest and most vibrant part of the image, piercing right through the viewer's soul. A slight crop lines up the eye with one of the points in the Rule of Thirds, further drawing your...

Ollie - Great Horned Owl Wing and leg fractures Athena - Eastern Screech Owl Left wing broken, right eye blind Scarlet - Red Tailed Hawk Left wing fracture Storm - Barn Owl Left wing amputation Rufous - Eastern Screech Owl Left eye blind, right eye impaired (he's also molting) This poor...

Tomorrow morning I'm going to Raptor, Inc. - a bird preserve in Cincinnati, OH. They have a deal with the local photo club to let small groups come in and photograph the birds once in awhile. $22 fee through the club for the shoot, most is donated to the preserve. No idea what birds will be...

When I had my studio, I used muslin backdrops and they were a pain in the !@#. They're expensive, heavy, and you're constantly editing out wrinkles in post. I have zero experience w/ seamless paper, but I think that's the way I want to go. It appears that 53" (a little more than 4 ft) and 107"...

Anyone else think the forum is looking a bit dated? There are themes out there for vBulletin that have a sleeker interface and are mobile-friendly. It's been what...10 years? Time for a face lift.

This barely qualifies as automotive. Lawn mowers on steroids: