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Inspiration does not strike on regular basis, but when it does I'll share it here. January 1 trip to Prairie du Sac, WI.

It is Thanksgiving and I am running a little behind in my annual calendar creation. My Christmas gifts every year for family and coworkers is my own photo calendar. I did a quick search and I see @hark mentions having made custom calendars. I have used 4 different printers since 2010 for doing...

I have to admit I struggle still with some things with this camera. Two weeks ago I tried taking Milky Way photos, but rediscovered that you cannot use the intervalometer in manual mode. It rudely reminded me I needed to be in A or P mode to use the feature. I started a sequence in A mode as I...

I did a walk in downtown Chicago back in 2008. At the time I was shooting a D80 and using an older 24mm f/2.8D lens. Difference today is that I revisited the original Jpegs (this is before Raw processing for me) and worked them in RawTherapee. Originally I would have just made small adjustements...

Windmill farm near Fennimore, Wisconsin. Nikon Z5 + Carl Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon

Many of us have the Sigma 150-600mm C lens. It's one of the best value super-telephotos out there. For all of it's great points, it does have a shortcoming in the tripod foot. Literally, it's too short. Don't we just have to install a long Arca-Swiss quick-release plate and it's all good? Not...

Now that I have an extra-beefy tripod and ball-head, I am thinking once again about picking up a gimbal head. I think I last visited the idea seriously in 2018 when I decided on the big ball-head instead. Instead of the full swing-arm Wimberly-type, I think my Sirui K-40 ball-head can easily...

Starting this with a series taken near Darlington, WI. A storm front had recently moved through and I had dramatic clouds with sunshine.

This is a scene looking from the front parking area of a client location for me. I keep coming here and thinking I see a photo to take, but I just lose it in the viewfinder. Today I tried with my 15mm Zeiss lens. It was cloudy and sort of bland color today. I might be on to something with...

In another thread I created a small tangent regarding making panoramas with Autostitch. I think posting information here is more useful. Autostitch is a free demo program created to showcase the code for stitching panoramas, and is commercially licensed through the University of British...

I guess the admins will just have to migrate this thread over after a new Z5 topic is created. Hint, hint! I have been doing a gradual shakedown of the new Z5 I bought. Between work, healing my bad back, and some gloomy weather at times I have not been photographing much. Something I have...

Some might post their sunrises or sunsets here. Where does a mid-day sun photo fit in all of these categories? ;) I used 150mm glass solar filter over my Sigma 150-600mm C lens. The previews in Live View were not that good, the final photos actually were dimmer and needed to have the exposure...

I lost my brother to cancer recently. He had been heavily disabled tied to oxygen use for about 15 years. But before that he was a more active hobby photographer. I believe he was attempting to establish a niche for himself as an erotic photographer for a while to help fund stuff. I at least...

Normally I tend to make major camera gear purchases this time of year after filing my taxes and setting a budget based on the refund. This year, I don't have specific anything in mind. I did buy some used lenses during 2021 and a replacement infrared converted D600. I am feeling like I have my...

There is a used example at my local camera shop, listed at $850. Zeiss Distagon 15mm F/2.8 ZF.2 T* Would anybody have any experience with the lens to help me decide? I currently have as my widest FX lens a 20mm Sigma f/1.4 Art. Been eyeballing 14mm lenses this year, and considering a...

In a way, this is a way to review my photography in 2021. I do this every year. My Christmas gifts for all family, co-workers, and neighbors are calendars. Desk calendars for co-workers, mini wall calendars for the neighbors, full size glossy wall calendars with birthdays and anniversaries...

Nothing is a guarantee when it comes to aurora in the lower latitudes, but the conditions are considered to be likely on Saturday night. A solar coronal mass ejection happened on the sun a few days ago, and it was aimed directly at Earth. They measure the conditions that create aurora in an...

Landed 2 days ago, a used D600 already converted to 720nm infrared. Been shopping and scheming for 10 months since my IR-converted D80 died of 'ERR'. From a disabled-accessible county park today in Madison, WI

I have had a plan for this since mid-December. I also have had many clouded and overcast nights, or moon interfering. Friday the 22nd a high pressure system finally parked nearby and we had clear skies, but freezing cold temperatures. The bigger problem was the moon was a little past first...

My current lens situation is relevant here. Have both a D750 FX and D7000 DX body. My other telephoto lenses are the 24-120mm f/4 kit lens from the D750, Tamron 18-270mm Dx format (PZD version), Sigma 150-600mm C, and one of the subjects of my question: Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED. I've had the...