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I need help settling a bet. If you were to score these two images which would you rank higher? Simple response is all that's needed (but I'm happy to hear add'l feedback), just say "Bird" or "No Bird"...

If you think finding a 500mm F5.6 PF is hard, try finding an R5. Seriously, I know someone who traded in all their Nikon gear for one and has been cameraless for over 2 months. Again, as for me, I found the greatest upgrade I've made for birds is moving to primes. Focus is quicker and more...

OK, so I ran this through my workflow, which is as follows: 0. Open in Photoshop with no prior adjustments other than cropping in Lightroom 1. Topaz Denoise AI 2. Camera Raw Filter 3. Local dodging and burning 4. Add blur to background if needed or desired 5. Topaz Adjust AI to sharpen OK, with...

Don't know if it's my favorite, but how many times are you gonna catch a Hummingbird Moth pooping/peeing?

My apologies to Wayne for missing this post when I replied to his comment in this thread (https://nikonites.com/d500/44640-nikon-d500-lacks-sharpness.html#post739537) where he asked for the story behind this shot. Follow the link for the story (and a bit of how it was processed). Warning, the...

Thanks, Whiskeyman. Careful what you wish for, you may be disappointed. How did I capture this? 1. I sat in my chair on the deck and made sure I had my cigar, bourbon, and camera ready. 2. I saw the hummingbird moth come to the petunia pots we have along the deck for them, butterflies, and...

Cameras are not magic, they are tools that you need to learn in order to get the most out of them. The fact that you've had 3 different DX bodied Nikons before tells me that you know something about taking pictures, but what I/we don't know is what you're trying to photograph, with what...

Outside of eclipses, which don't count, I haven't done night sky photography in at least 5 years - probably more. Everything I used to know about it came flooding back after I did whatever it was I wasn't supposed to do (like knowing that with an effective 750mm focal length you get star trails...

If you notice the zoom ring position it's not at 18mm, so what you're seeing is the lens slightly extended in the zoom range. On the front of that is a lens cap.

Item Name Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC (New In Box) Price $150.00 Description I do not yet have this in my possession but I won it in a photography contest and I truly have no practical use for it. New they were $250 though they now are selling at $199. I'm figuring $150 and I'll cover...

OK, folks, I still have a problem. Here's a series of 5 images all milliseconds apart. Watch as an already underexposed image gets darker as ISO is dropped: Camera is set to Manual mode with a +1EV for the metering and a High ISO max of 4000, and spot metering with the spot located on...

I posted in another thread about how I thought a bunch of shots I'd taken with a remote trigger looked dark. They did, and I'm still working that problem, but when I imported a bunch of photos from my D500 yesterday I noticed that all the defaults I apply on import (camera profile -> Camera...

Yesterday for the first time the young'uns made their way to the hole. Not a feather on their heads so I'm thinking I'll have about 7-10 days of this before they leave. Photos are a bit oversmoothed from Denoise. Posted elsewhere that the D500 wasn't metering correctly with the remote. I'm...

Here's an example. I am fairly certain that the image on the left was taken with me at the camera holding the back button in. The image on the right was triggered remotely. Focus/meter point would be on the bird's head. Shots are about an hour apart (but only 34 images) with effectively the same...

Severely Underexposed Images (used to be about a remote) I did a bit of digging and I can't seem to find anything so I'm asking. I have my D500 on a tripod with a remote trigger to shoot nesting Flickers. The light at the hole varies wildly between sun and clouds. I have the camera set to spot...

So the Flickers have been active but mainly just taking turns incubating. Sunday my wife saw one carry something out of the nest and she wasn't sure if it was a shell or something else, so yesterday afternoon I set it up again. Male and female rotated in and out and as they left they would...

I agree that there's a bit of movement blur, but it doesn't mean it's not fixable. For this one instead of using Adjust AI I used Topaz Sharpen AI with the "Stabilize" function. Photoshop has Shake Reduction in the Sharpening menu, but I couldn't replicate it. The rest is Camera Raw and added...

About 3 weeks ago we noticed a male Northern Flicker enlarging a hole in an old, dead tree just off our property. The top of the tree fell into our shed about 5 years ago in bad winds (thankfully minimal damage) so we left the rest for the birds and woodpeckers in particular, so it was nice to...

Have a question for you all. Shooting wildlife can be frustrating because introducing a human into a situation can change wildlife behavior and sometimes even drive it away. In these situations putting a camera in place and then triggering it remotely can significantly increase your chance of...