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I went through a lot of fruit flies teaching him that trick. :rolleyes:

Thanks. I'm hoping that the new AK will provide even softer lighting. It's supposed to arrive this afternoon, and the Pup and I are planning on an outing tomorrow. The weather is starting to cool down enough that the Pup is wanting to go out and shoot with me.

Another update. I was contacted by someone at Topaz. They got me to send a bunch of info about my computer and sample files. They had me try a few things on my computer, and finally let me try downloading the latest version of Photo AI. Still the same issue. I notified them them it hadn't...

Thought I'd take the last few pictures with my trusty old homemade diffuser. The Pup and I have shiny new AK diffusers arriving tomorrow. I'm looking forward to trying it out, but I doubt it will make that big a difference. At least it will look more professional than my duct tape special...

My daughter has been using her TT350n for about a year. I believe it's basically the same flash without the Ii-on batteries. She has been very happy with it. I have found the TT685n to be a real workhorse. I've been using a home made version of the AK diffuser. I'm probably going to buy one of...

I have the Godox TT685 and my daughter has the Godox TT350. Both are excellent flashes for the money. We use them mainly for macro shooting. The 350 is smaller, less expensive, simpler to operate, and has less power than the the 685. It comes with a small diffuser cap that will fit over the...

Update. After trying TTL mode for a while, I have gone back to full manual. The TTL works, but I am just more comfortable with making adjustments using manual. I probably can get less really off exposures using TTL, but I still get a lot of exposures that I want to adjust with TTL. I believe...

I can't speak to wedding photography, but I find that while it's a good idea to "nail" the exposure, there is enough leeway in modern digital cameras to make bracketing unnecessary in most shooting situations. I can normally "fix" images that are up to 3 stops over/under exposed. I normally only...

I warned you. ;)

I made my way back over to Cypress Gardens this morning. I won't say it was humid, but I think I should have been using a Nikonos. I wasn't too hopeful about what I had shot when I left, but they cleaned up a little better than expected. Go ahead and say it, I have a thing for the small tree...

OK, I feel better now about my first camera, an Argus C4.;) Seriously, Welcome. This is a great place to learn, grow and share.

We have so many categories it's really hard to keep up sometimes.

Well, I made another copy of one of the earlier posted slides using my updated holder. It turned out it wasn't out of focus as I initially thought. I think that it was misaligned, and shallow DOF resulted in only the bottom portion being in focus. I have been using Topaz Denoise, rather than...

Well, starting with the two prop driven fighter plane images, they were taken at an airshow in Omaha Nebraska. I was stationed there when I was on active duty with the Air Force. The next was taken in Athens, Greece, either on, or near the Acropolis. This was several years later when I was in...

Congratulations.

Sorry, it's just a small box made from foamcore that snugly slips over the hood of my 105 micro. I put it together with duct tape and made a little slide in receptacle to put the slide in. It's rather crude, although it does seem to work. I probably should mount it on a tripod, but since the...

I reworked the slide holder and made it more sturdy. Tried making another copy of the first landscape. Here's a couple more.

That's the only reason I am interested in copying them. They document parts of my past, and bring back memories. I will have to say that I expected much worse, in terms of decent images. Mostly, I remember getting frustrated with the quality of my work in the last few years of my film...

I copied a couple more this morning. Many of them are very grainy. I don't remember my slides being that grainy back in the day. Maybe I was just used to grain when film was the only thing going. Topaz Denoise helps, and also gives a little sharpening. Hard to know for sure what are issues with...