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Well, I did have a "big" bump between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. When you get over 1,000 views, it starts listing it as 1.0K, so it would have to go over 100 views to change with this video. The only way I know of getting exact numbers is for me to go into the analytic section of my channel...

Let me preface this with a statement. I am not looking to be "successful" on Youtube. I started posting mainly as a method of making it easy for friends and family to see what I am doing with photography. I was rather surprised and a little pleased when one of my videos took off in a small way...

Yeah, Photo AI is really bad about oversharpening. When I use it, I virtually always have to crank down the amount of sharpening.

Found another newcomer to the plot this morning. It's a spotted datana moth. I call it a cushion moth. Very laid back. I had a hard time getting the right angle on it, so I started messing with the basil plant it was perched on. I actually got pretty aggressive with the plant at one point. It...

I'm still in the honeymoon phase with my Z7ii. I wasn't planning on upgrading my Z5, but earlier this year they put it on sale for 1/3 off. I looked to my daughter for support to stand firm against an unnecessary purchase. Instead, she offered to give me some early Father's Day funds to help...

I guess this little crab spider forgot they were green and the flower was pink. Sure made it easy to spot, even though it is very small. I went out to see if my wildflowers needed some water, and spotted this little guy. Had to run back inside and get my camera and extension tubes. I decided to...

First of all, great image. I don't know about everyone else, but I appreciate some info about either the subject, and/or the taking of the picture. If I'm not in the mood for that, I can just look at the pretty pictures and ignore the text. But that's just me.

Had a tougher time deciding this month.

I looked on B&H as well as Amazon, and couldn't find the AMZ1 you were asking about. I'm sure a round softbox would work very similarly to a square one. Yes, I could use F22, and often do. It will increase DOF a little, in this case, probably not enough to get the wings in focus. The downsides...

OK, I'm now up for the Dummy of the Week award. I discovered this afternoon that somehow my flash was in an exposure compensation mode. I've not used the flash in TTL except for the one shoot when I first got it, until a couple days ago. I wasn't really paying attention to all the information on...

Yes. Towards the end, I went ahead and used a little flash exposure compensation, as all the previous were a little dark.

Went to Cypress Gardens this morning to see how their wildflower field is coming along, as we have had some decent rain the last couple weeks. It's not as good as it was last year, this time, but it's definitely coming along. Here are a few shots I got.

My first year upgrades ran out this spring. I've been waiting for a while before thinking about buying another year's worth of upgrades. My biggest issue with Topaz is the grid pattern I often get in shadows with Photo AI. I have taken to going back to Sharpen for my macro photos, since most of...

I don't consider it an intercept. This is the flash I've been using. The Amazon 2 has a small soft box. I picked up that when I first got my flash. Assuming it is the same size as mine, it works fine for macro work. Mine is 6 1/4" x 8 1/2". I prefer the homemade diffuser I put together. It is...

Or, you can download the manual here: Nikon downloads

It probably does have some type of TTL fill. I remember seeing a fill flash setting in the camera menu. I've never really looked into it, as I have only been using it for macro work as my primary light source. Yes, on matrix metering. I do see a little more difference in exposure on the...

Here are a few for comparison. I took a few quick shots this morning. I took a couple on manual until I got close to what I wanted judging by the image on the backscreen. I also took one with TTL setting. The manual settings were anywhere from 1/2 power to 1/8 power. I will add that, if...

Well, with manual flash I can nail the exposure to exactly what I want. The big difference with TTL is that I don't have to take any test shots and constantly check exposure and make adjustments when things change. This is particularly an issue when I have a good opportunity present itself, and...

Just for info, I upgraded my RAM to 32 GB today. Initial tests show it helps with the slowdowns in LR. It's not instantaneous, but it is definitely much faster, and I no longer get the couple seconds of a white stripe at the top saying LR is not responding. I have a slowdown issue with Photo...

I've always heard that TTL is a no-no for macro flash. I assumed that the issue was that the subject is often a fairly small percentage of the frame and the background was a relatively long distance from the subject causing the system to overexpose the subject in an attempt to average the...