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What can I say. My older Sunpak tripod wanted to have a purpose again. This is a tripod that I had broken 6 years ago, sent in for warranty repair, and was inspired to at least replace the unstable pistol-grip head following that. I since bought a new tripod which I transplanted that...

This one is forecast to brighten to just naked-eye visible around the last week of January 2023. During this time it will appear in the sky to the north, right in there with the Big and Little Dippers. It may take a long telephoto lens to photograph it well. It will be less than half as bright...

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