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First of all, great image. I don't know about everyone else, but I appreciate some info about either the subject, and/or the taking of the picture. If I'm not in the mood for that, I can just look at the pretty pictures and ignore the text. But that's just me.

Had a tougher time deciding this month.

I looked on B&H as well as Amazon, and couldn't find the AMZ1 you were asking about. I'm sure a round softbox would work very similarly to a square one. Yes, I could use F22, and often do. It will increase DOF a little, in this case, probably not enough to get the wings in focus. The downsides...

OK, I'm now up for the Dummy of the Week award. I discovered this afternoon that somehow my flash was in an exposure compensation mode. I've not used the flash in TTL except for the one shoot when I first got it, until a couple days ago. I wasn't really paying attention to all the information on...

Yes. Towards the end, I went ahead and used a little flash exposure compensation, as all the previous were a little dark.

Went to Cypress Gardens this morning to see how their wildflower field is coming along, as we have had some decent rain the last couple weeks. It's not as good as it was last year, this time, but it's definitely coming along. Here are a few shots I got.

My first year upgrades ran out this spring. I've been waiting for a while before thinking about buying another year's worth of upgrades. My biggest issue with Topaz is the grid pattern I often get in shadows with Photo AI. I have taken to going back to Sharpen for my macro photos, since most of...

I don't consider it an intercept. This is the flash I've been using. The Amazon 2 has a small soft box. I picked up that when I first got my flash. Assuming it is the same size as mine, it works fine for macro work. Mine is 6 1/4" x 8 1/2". I prefer the homemade diffuser I put together. It is...

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It probably does have some type of TTL fill. I remember seeing a fill flash setting in the camera menu. I've never really looked into it, as I have only been using it for macro work as my primary light source. Yes, on matrix metering. I do see a little more difference in exposure on the...

Here are a few for comparison. I took a few quick shots this morning. I took a couple on manual until I got close to what I wanted judging by the image on the backscreen. I also took one with TTL setting. The manual settings were anywhere from 1/2 power to 1/8 power. I will add that, if...

Well, with manual flash I can nail the exposure to exactly what I want. The big difference with TTL is that I don't have to take any test shots and constantly check exposure and make adjustments when things change. This is particularly an issue when I have a good opportunity present itself, and...

Just for info, I upgraded my RAM to 32 GB today. Initial tests show it helps with the slowdowns in LR. It's not instantaneous, but it is definitely much faster, and I no longer get the couple seconds of a white stripe at the top saying LR is not responding. I have a slowdown issue with Photo...

I've always heard that TTL is a no-no for macro flash. I assumed that the issue was that the subject is often a fairly small percentage of the frame and the background was a relatively long distance from the subject causing the system to overexpose the subject in an attempt to average the...

Well, my experience over the last 15 years, including computers for myself, my daughter and my wife, has been Asus, Lenovo and HP. Most have lasted 5 years or more. Only two have actually outright failed. I really can't recommend a brand or model as I'm not really into computers, and tend to go...

I'm thinking about upgrading the RAM in my PC. I can upgrade to 32GB for about $100 including labor to have it done. My understanding is that the newer Macbook Pro's don't allow you to upgrade the RAM. The RAM is permanently attached to the motherboard.

Well, I made some changes to my drip setup. I made some progress, but the major progress was when I set it up for the Pup. I haven't seen the edited versions, but judging by the back of the screen, she nailed it. I got one OK image, and a funny one.

Was looking back over the RAW files from yesterday and discovered I had an image of the chambered nautilus taken without flash. I edited it and here is the result. I like tones of the other one better, but this doesn't have the annoying hot spot and shadows.

Tried setting up a drip into a bowl using a ziploc with a small hole. I could time hitting the shutter with the drop coming off the bottom of the bag so that I could get the timing I wanted 10%-20% of the time. Focus is tough. I don't think the drops all hit in exactly the same place. It seems...

Congratulations, Blackstar. Great photo.