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We don't get much snow in the Charleston SC area, so when we do, it's a big deal. They are calling for around 3" in my area, just a little north of Charleston. I went outside a few minutes ago and it's coming down fairly heavily. It's those really small flakes, but it is starting to stick. Air...

What do you think? No peeking at the EXIF.

I'm getting a little tired of carrying my Z8/180-600 combo around all day. I've considered something like the cotton carrier system. I just hate to spend the money not knowing if it will suit my needs. I was a little put off by it not coming with an arca swiss compatible plate, although they...

Went back over to Cypress this afternoon to see if the wood ducks would gather late in the afternoon as promised. New Flash: They didn't. I arrived early and made the rounds to see what things were like in the afternoon. As I was walking the trail, I ran across a group of dressed up folks on...

I guess it's time to switch to a new year's thread. Unfortunately, things were a little slow at Magnolia yesterday. Early morning was very low light, and the critters were not as cooperative as I'd have liked. "Mama said there'll be says like this. There'll be days like this, Mama said." This...

I know, I was going to wait for Christmas to unwrap and use the 180-600. I was doing really well, then our nature photography club had to move the monthly outing this Saturday to Magnolia Plantation. This time of year birds are the main draw, unless they have the Model A cars this weekend. I...

It's been 9 months since I, rather unexpectedly, ended up with a Z8. I thought it might be time to give an update on my experience with it. Despite having to carefully budget my hobby money for most of my life, I have been fortunate enough to have used a few exceptional cameras. My dad's Rollei...

The Pup and I have put together a calendar featuring some of this year's work from both of us. We were thinking about printing about 10 of them for friends and family. We aren't necessarily doing this for Christmas, but more as a fun project, but would probably be looking to get them out either...

The Pup is going on a photo trip this weekend. After she went through her primary and spare battery on our zoo trip yesterday, she was afraid she would run out of battery power on the long shooting days she will encounter this weekend. She decided to order an aftermarket battery, since she could...

Now that I have my Z8, I'm looking towards my next upgrade. I've been very happy with my 200-500 F5.6 paired up with an FTZ. I keep thinking that a more up to date, native mount lens, would serve me better, especially with AF operation. I've been looking and it seems to come down to either the Z...

This is a quick report on my daughter's camera. I got it for her earlier this year, but she hasn't really used it that much due to the weather. We sat down this morning and looked at a bunch of shots she has taken since the weather has cooled down. I must admit that I am impressed with the...

I made the mistake of volunteering to give a talk at our CNPA meeting this month when the scheduled speaker had to cancel at the last minute. I will be talking about what I learned taking hummingbird pictures this last few weeks. I got the bright idea of printing one of the high ISO images at...

Well, I now have proof that a Nikon full frame, high resolution camera will inspire fear and awe in the local wildlife.

This is another image that I find something in it that I really like, but it just seems to miss the mark somehow. The story behind this one is that I went back to try my hand at some more hummingbird images. I tried several different exposure settings. This one was the one I bumped up the...

This image spoke to me when I first edited it. I tried a number of different cropping scenarios, and this is what felt the best to me. My wife and the Pup tell me that they think it looks better with a heavier crop. To me it ruins the "mood" of the image. I know, it's my image, my vision for...

I've been meaning to try this out of curiosity for a while. I finally decided to go out back and see how well it might work. With my Z5 and Z7ii, AF was a real no go for macro work IME. I was hoping that perhaps the improved AF might actually allow me to use AF. I can manage with MF, but get a...

I have a small Youtube channel that is basically slideshows with royalty free music using my macro and wildlife images. I started it to be able to post a slideshow here on a slideshow thread, and kept at it so that friends and family could follow my photography, and occasionally add new content...

Went back out to Cypress Gardens this morning to take some more dragonfly pictures. I was using my 200-500 in order to get some distance and had it mounted on my Z8. After taking a number of shots, I decided to try using the prerelease capture feature and try and capture some shots in flight. It...

I cancelled my gym membership 2 years ago after they told me I couldn't wear jeans in the gym. They didn't tell me that when I had joined a couple months prior. Anyway, in the meantime My A1C has gone up and my waistline has gone out. The daily walk through the neighborhood isn't cutting it...

In case you didn't know, June 15 is Nature Photography Day.