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Cherry Blossoms in full bloom

Don’t get sucked in with the cheaper price. I spent a good two weeks researching for a good tripod andball head since I also have very expensive equipment. Like what I suggested to @Bill16, which he ended up buying the arca swiss Z1 ballhead and apparently a Gitzo tripod. They will last a...

Time to break-out this bad boy.

A few more Cherry Blossoms

Japanese Magnolia flowers

Another Sakura flower shot.

Congrats on the purchase Dave. @Phillydog1958 - all great series. Nice job! I on the other hand still loving my D800E. They are all great tools especially whenever you try to manipulate the RAW files especially when dealing with shadows.

To our brethrens up North. Something to look forward to in the near future.

Long time no post for me. However, Spring!

Back to work in Japan.

Happy Holidays everyone. DX lens on FX.

Time to break out this lens once again. Hand-held shot.

With people shot indoor, I try to limit it with ISO 3200 and that's augmenting the lighting with a bounced flash speed light. I am comfortable with ISO 6400 and I use a slight noise reduction software to make it look much better. Black or dark areas can conceal noise or if you convert it to...

During my trip to Disneyland in California. It appears that Nikon struck a deal with Disney and they are the official cameras that are being used throughout Disneyland.

My entry. Taken during my visit at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Here is my opinion, and more of a "Bottom Line Up Front" or BLUF: Pixel peeping is critical for macro shots. Not a huge factor when shooting other subjects or scenes such as landscape, waterfalls, sports, etc. Re-sized jpgs or RAW files can be misleading. In real life, for people like me who...

When I attended a photo workshop, just about everyone were using PCB (Einstein and AB). It appears that these are the more popular strobes. Everyone brought their own strobe and battery pack.

This is how I normally "anchor" my tripod by using a carabiner and hook my camera bag when I am using my tripod. I hope this helps.

Joining in.

Adobe CS6 lens profile correction seems to work just fine in addressing the lens "distortion". What do you guys think? Caution: slight nudity images below. Do not scroll down if this offends you. :D Have a great day!