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I took this photo at a local abbey. It is a beautiful spot on the Cooper river. I have done a lot of diving in the river near this old plantation turned into basically a retirement home for monks. Anyway, I love the look of this small body of water on the grounds. In the RAW file the sky is very...

It's running around a thousand bucks at Nikon store and B&H, probably most outlets will be selling it for around this price. They also have the Z7II and the D850 on sale. The Z5 can be had with the 24-200 for around $1700.

I've been quite happy with the Topaz bundle so far. Now I'm wondering if Topaz Mask AI is worth looking into. I watched a few videos on Youtube and it looks like it might be a nice tool. I have become comfortable with masking in LR, although at times it won't allow me to do what I want. I have...

The song, not the film. Hard to believe it's been that long since it came out. Of course, I was a wee bairn at the time.;) I fondly remember them both. Salute to Paul Simon.

The Pup and I decided to try going back to Boneyard beach this morning. Got up at 4:00 and drove well over an hour to find that the gate doesn't open at 6:00AM now, it is 1/2 hour before sunrise. It takes a good half hour to drive to the beach parking lot and walk the trail over to the beach and...

Well, I am working my way through the programs. I have already posted some on this subject, and thought I should create a new thread on it. I am finding the programs to be a mixed bag. Worth the money, but they don't work well on all subjects and situations from my limited experience. I find...

I'm running an older (5yrs) Lenovo with an I5 processor and 8 GB of RAM. After LR update last year, LR has often run slow and sometimes becomes unresponsive. Other than that, the computer suits my needs. I've thought about upgrading the RAM to hopefully solve this, and I'm also thinking about...

Went out to take some BIF and other wildlife pictures this morning. Shortly after dawn, I mounted up the trusty Z5 and 200-500 F5.6 lens to my new tripod and set off to get some nice images. AT the end of the session, as I was heading back down the trail to the car, I noticed something wasn't...

I would appreciate opinions on the best cropping for this image. I shot a red tailed hawk as I was packing it in and heading back to the car yesterday at the Audubon Swamp. I'm struggling with the best cropping options for this image. Here is the full, uncropped image. I was using 500mm and...

I have an older Bogen (pronounced Manfrotto) 3021 tripod. It has been a great tripod with a lot of great features. It still performs well, but it showing it's age, as am I. The biggest issue is the plastic locking levers on the legs have all broken. I cleaned the remnants of them up and epoxied...

Decided to take advantage of the expanded hours for members they run twice a month at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens this morning. It's just after 5:30 in the morning and I have worked the evening shift most of my life, so this isn't what I'm used to doing this time of day. Anyway, I'll take a...

It's the Neweer "Professional" model. Amazon Yes, it's not one of the high end gimbals. I mounted it on my old Bogen 3021, and put the 200-500 F5.6 Nikkor lens on it with my Z5 and adapter. I had to play around just a little with the placement of the arca swiss style mounting plate. Got...

I finally installed Photoshop yesterday and have been playing around with it. While looking for tutorials I ran across a reference to this filter. It's a beta, but I wanted to try it as my wife is into genealogy. Good news and bad news. I tried it on three photos. It failed on two of them, but...

I'm curious as to how everyone deals with the issue of aspect ratios and finished prints. I generally prefer the 4x6 (1.5) ratio that is native to the camera. It is how I compose in the camera, and in Lightroom. The fly in the ointment is when I decide to print them. If I am making larger...

I'm thinking about getting the Pup an upgrade for her D5600 normal zoom. Looks like everything is older designs. She really likes her 5600 and doesn't really want an upgraded camera body right now. I've gotten her DX upgrades in lenses till now, but for a normal/all in one, a DX is really the...

Site has been down for the last several days. At least it has for me. Finally, today it came back up. I logged in, but it's totally different than before, and there are no explanations and I see no new posts for the last couple of days. Just wondering what is going on.

I updated Lightroom today, and discovered a new feature in masks. Don't know how long this has been out, but there is now an object option for masks. You highlight the rough area of the object you want to select and it refines it to nice sharp edges. I have only used it twice, but got good...

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 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...

The title says it all. Post em with or without your own caption, or post a great caption for someone else's picture. Please, just post your own pictures, not those from the web. Mods, please move this to off topic if appropriate. I'll start it off. Jerry decided to wear spandex while mowing...