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For those who are affected by daylight savings time, don't forget to reset the clock in your DSLR. This is especially important for those who participate in the challenges. :encouragement:

If you see a photography related item for a great price that might interest other forum members, please post it here. Unfortunately I missed a great sale on the Nikon D750 body that included a 4TB Seagate drive. It was only offered for a day or two.

"Backyard" Criteria for this weekly challenge: Your back yard is where you live and loosely defined. Let's see what you decide is your back yard. Let's see how creative you can be! Color, B&W, HDR...anything goes! Please vote for your choice of this week's Weekly Photo Challenge theme...

​"Low Key" (Dangerspouse's choice) Low Key photography tends to be dark and moody. One great thing that Dangerspouse pointed out is everyone can choose their own subject for this weekly challenge. Here is a link explaining a little about Low Key photography for those who might want some...

So what's on your holiday wish list this year? :cool: The holidays are approaching and Black Friday/Cyber Monday specials will be available soon! I see the Nikon D750 is being offered for a low price of $1196.95 (new body) right now - I am very tempted to get another one because I do prefer...

Back in 2013 I joined Nikonites - a time when this forum was really a hub of activity. That October @jdeg @Eduard @BackdoorHippie and I got together in Princeton, NJ to meet and join in the Scott Kelby Photo Walk. Fast forward 6 years. Jake (BackdoorHippie) donated some prints for a Cancer...

Here's a new item. https://www.slrlounge.com/sandisk-releases-a-1tb-extreme-pro-sdxc-memory-card/

"Light Painting" Let's try something completely different this month. Marcel suggested Light Painting in the thread where I asked for monthly assignment ideas, and it is a very rare topic here on Nikonites. So let's explore what might be very new to most members. Feel free to showcase your...

I'm curious to see what suggestions members have to offer for the monthly assignments. Although there are all kinds of photography suggestions/lists available online, I'm just wondering what the people here might specifically be interested in photographing. This is a way for even the beginners...

Although I am not a fan of ball heads, I am possibly interested in changing the QR clamp on my Manfrotto tripod to an RRS clamp. The problem is I'm not entirely sure which clamp is used on the RRS BH-40 Ball Head will full size lever. Here is a link to the ball head...

Someone in a local Facebook group shared this story of a relative. The guy has a setup that takes a NY skyline pic every 30 seconds and over the past several years has already accrued in excess of 4 million images. In one day, his rig takes 2,880 images (36 gigabytes of data daily). The article...

Creative Live is offering 16 photography bundles for $49 each. In the past they've offered some of the individual classes (ones costing $99+) for half-off. So to get several classes in one bundle for $49 is definitely worth a look...

I'm curious if anyone has ever tried the dispersion effect like this video explains. If you have, I'd like to see your images. :) It definitely looks interesting.

Here's an interesting, yet sad, story of a wedding photographer who took and edited photos then lost everything in a fire. No offsite backup. The photographer offered a 90% refund saying he spent the time taking and editing the images despite the couple not getting anything. Just wondering what...

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July 2019 *TOP FOUR* Beach, Lakes, rivers, around water As of the cutoff time yesterday, there were four entries tied for first place and another four tied for second place in the July monthly challenge. So we decided to just post the Top Four. There were quite a few popular images so thank you...

"Books" (nestor.stura's choice) Books: books, bookstores, libraries, etc. What can you come up with for books? DO NOT SHOOT OR POST IMAGES UNTIL WEDNESDAY July 30 This early announcement of the topic is to give a little think time, before the challenge begins. Photos must be taken and...

"Caring, caregiver or an act of compassion." There is too much negative going on in the world today, so let's get something positive going. It can be an act of showing compassion or an act of caring toward an animal, person, etc. Be creative with how you capture your subject. It's all up to...

B&H has the Benro FIF28CIB2 Carbon Fiber Transfunctional iFoto Series 2 Tripod Kit on sale only today for $199.00 (unless it sells out). The included ball head retails for $120 when purchased separately. It appears the forum is still having a glitch when posting an image URL link - so it's...

"Home" Criteria for this weekly challenge: Home means different things to different people. It could be a store front in a small town or a busy city street, or a walk in the woods or an auto race. Please vote for your choice of this week's Weekly Photo Challenge theme. The voting round will...