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Good input. I made some changes.

I've been going back over some photos I have on my hard drive and reworking some using techniques I have been experimenting with in Lightroom. I ran across this photo and decided to try something a little different. I am somewhat undecided about the treatment of the background. The idea was to...

My dad was into photography, and I became mildly interested in college, so he gave me his old Argus C-4. After I got married the bug bit me hard and I didn't have much money. I bought a used Practica SLR, don't remember the model. Just a basic manual 35mm SLR that took the Pentax universal screw...

She's back. Got another couple decent shots. This was as close as she would let me get. Not sure about the composition on this one. I've got room to include more of a border with the tail. Something about it looks a little off, but I wanted to get the bird as large as decent composition...

Well, I looked hard at my Z5 and then got out the old non working Pentax. With the exception of the plastic guards, which come off very easily, the two appear to be identical. Just rotate the ring around to where the split is just in front of the bore through the stud on the camera. Then slip...

They weren't playing hard to get here. It is a warm, rather than surface of the Sun day today, so I tried going outside with the monopod and hanging out up against the wall. The birds quickly got used to me being there, especially after I put the Z5 in silent mode. Not great, but the outside...

Well, I'm getting better with my backyard bird feeder pics. I still have a long way to go. When the weather cools, I will try setting up in the yard and see if the birds will get used to me being there. I also need to see if I can arrange something other than this ugly plastic feeder as a backdrop.

That was taken at the Boneyard beach nearby. We got lucky and had some cloud cover to give some real color and interest to the sky. I'm looking forward to getting back there this late fall/winter. The gate opens at 6:00 AM, and you have at least a half hour drive/walk from the gate to the beach...

OK, this is my best so far. I bracketed by 1 stop increments, then picked the best. Had to put the camera in the garage for an hour to warm up, as it's really humid outside and the lens fogs badly coming out of climate control. Set up on the tripod and used the self timer to keep things steady...

I would think the dehaze feature in Lightroom would remove at lot of the issues with light pollution. I shot this picture of the moon last night. There was a thin layer of clouds and I live in a decent sized suburban area, so lots of light pollution. Here are two iterations of the same image...

Nice lighting tonight. Not so good for low ASAs and high shutter speeds, but great for mood and saturated colors.

My response to another thread got me to thinking. I'm a retired aircrew member, and spent a lot of time over the years taking survival/survival equipment training and refresher courses. The mindset has stuck with me, and when my buddy and I hunt, I normally carry a good bit of survival gear with...

Well, after thoroughly cleaning all surfaces of the back door glass, I've managed to bring down the degradation of the image quality to a semi manageable level. Still not great, but right now I can't get shots of the birds from outside. Maybe later in the year, when they have gotten used to...

Trying my hand at at bird feeding station. Getting just a few birds and a lot of squirrels. Set up the camera at the back door, as it's too hot to sit outside, and the critters are easily spooked. It works well from a standpoint of being reasonably close and they don't spook. Problem is...

Focus tracking only affects focus. The moon will remain in the same plane of focus regardless of movement of the moon or movement of the camera. The issue with handheld in these situations is camera movement, not focus. I don't think the moon moves enough in the sky to be a problem with the...