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My first entry for this theme. I was on my way out to take some shots for the weekly theme, and wasn't thinking of this monthly theme at all, when I spotted these pumpkins, and they just seemed to be calling out “Harvest!” to me. I had my ancient Vivitar 85-205mm zoom lens mounted to my...

Having a small subject helps. I took these, just now, with the stock 18-55 on my D3200, with the lens zoomed to each extreme of focal length, and at the widest aperture setting for each focal length.

It seems almost obligatory that I mention, in this thread, my three very old lenses. I bought all of these sometime in late 1986, along with an F2 Photomic body. All were made in the late 1960s to early 1970s. I now routinely use all of them on my D3200, in spite of Nikon's insistence...

You will need to think about tools and materials for cleaning the sensor. With film cameras, the film is your sensor, and you get a new, clean sensor with every shot. Not so with digital. Dust will accumulate on your sensor, and you'll need to clean it off. Different people will probably...

My cold-war-era АЧС-1М clock, from the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик. Who knows what odd path took this clock from the cockpit of some Russian military aircraft, to the thrift store where I found it for a few dollars? 5-second exposure, at ƒ5.6, ISO 100. Illuminated primarily by...

My wife being silly; peeking at me through a gap between pieces of equipment.

Re: Weekly Challenge Sep 24 - Oct 1: Falling Colors Falling Colors 28mm ƒ3.5 non-AI lens mounted to my D320. 1/10 of a second at ƒ5.6, ISO 400 Built-in flash at 1/16 power, rear-curtain sync Because this is necessarily an image with a very long aspect ratio, it doesn't really look so good...

Allie & Ava…

A faint sundog.

Aperture/Depth_of_field Relationship -- Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 This is a companion to my “Aperture/Depth_of_field Relationship -- Vivitar 85-205mm f3.8 Tele-Zoom” thread. Here, I'm doing the same thing with my about-equally-ancient 50mm ƒ1.4 lens. Like the Vivitar, this is a very old non-AI...

Nevertheless, with my second entry, I am not letting the fact that there is no theme prevent me from complying with the theme. This is a Coca Cola Freestyle machine.

Aperture/Depth_of_field Relationship -- Vivitar 85-205mm f/3.8 Tele-Zoom It got into my head to set my ancient Vivitar 85-205mm ƒ/3.8 Tele-Zoom lens up on a fixed scene, and take pictures at different aperture settings, to show the effect of aperture on the depth of field and image quality. I...

Entry #1 for me… Not very many years after the 9/11 attacks, I bought this 3D laser-etched glass block at a store in Lompoc, where I lived at the time, containing this image of the World Trade Center. This is an anaglyph 3D image that I took just now. Two pictures taken at 1/15 of a...

I didn't miss it. I just don't see the relevance to it and my gripe. Judging the previous challenge, I can understand. I don't know what the process is, but it seems plausible enough to accept that it may involve the entire team of moderators who deal with the monthlies, including the one...

I think it should be said that there isn't really any need to finish judging one month's challenge before the next month's can begin. In fact, it seems to me that getting the next month's challenge started should be higher priority than judging the previous month's. A third of this month is...

I mostly use this for sharpening…

Ava reflects on her image in the mirror. My ancient non-AI 50mm ƒ1.4 mounted to my D3200. 1/80 of a second at ƒ1.4, ISO 100 Taken at 01:46:22 UTC on 10 September 2014

Shouldn't we have the entire month in which to take pictures to be entered in the Monthly Assignment? I guess, technically, we do—any picture taken within the specified month, and meeting the specified theme, would be eligible; but lately, there has been a consistent failure to announce what...