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I took this first photo the other day while testing out my 300mm lens that was repaired. Every photo had this one eye appear as though the Great Blue Heron was blind in it. Today I saw a Great Blue Heron in the same pond of water - if it is the same one, at least it can see out of this other...

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March 2021 TOP 6 ***Bokeh*** plus one honorable mention Thanks to everyone who participated in this monthly challenge for bokeh. There were lots of amazing photos submitted. The Top 6 received MORE than 10 likes each. Congratulations! And thank you to everyone who participated with submissions...

How many people have tried using Photoshop CC to edit video? Any pros/cons using it compared with other video editing software? :confused:

Can you elaborate a little more on this? And what type of AF are you using? Single Point? Dynamic? Group? After @BackdoorArts mentioned he uses Dynamic 153 for flying birds, I gave it a try. Have had more consistent focus with that setting vs. Single Point or Dynamic 9 which is what I used to use.

One more of the hawk from a different vantage point. No Shake Reduction done this time though. I tried 2 or 3 times, but it made squiggly lines all around the edges as well as other distortion. But it didn't seem as though it was quite as necessary as some of the other images.

Obviously Nikon did something beneficial when this lens was in for repair. This was a horizontal image - only cropped to a vertical without cropping anything from the top or bottom. Considering this was shot at f/6.7, it's pretty darned good. I did take photos at f/8 and f/9, but I was testing...

I am still testing out this lens after getting it back from Nikon repair. No matter whether I use single point or dynamic 153, focusing just doesn't quite cut it in this type of situation - lots of background branches with a bird or raptor. There simply isn't a whole lot of contrast, and with...

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Yeah, I know it's gonna be a royal pain to remove them but agree it will probably be best to do so. Here is a frontal view. I will have to see which one might be easier to edit when the time comes.

After many years of wanting to create a calendar solely of architecture, I will be donating my time and images to create a calendar of local historical buildings. Their organization will be the ones selling the calendars to fund their non-profit dedicated to preserving the village's history. And...

This guy was a little further in the distance - and that's where the sharpness seems to take a hit. The uncropped original was a little soft though. However, this is cropped about 50% from the original and the highest amount of shake reduction I've ever used was applied (somewhere around 81 is...

First I performed a new AF fine tune with the 300mm f/4 PF coupled with the 1.7x refurbished TC. Came up with a value of +4 vs the previous value of +7. Armed with that, I went in search of some subjects. Here is one - although this duck was very close, and close subjects haven't been an issue...

Here are a couple more from today. This first one is partially user error. No cropping was done so I filled the frame. In hindsight, being that close, I should have upped my shutter speed to freeze the action a little better. I'm pretty sure I was using Dynamic 153 so had to rely on the D500 to...

I had a chance to test out this lens a little more today - coupled with the 1.7x TC. I followed some advice by @BackdoorArts on when to switch between Single Point and Dynamic 153. There are still some slightly soft images so I will continue to put this lens through its paces. But overall some...

I've been testing this lens since getting it back from Nikon. When photographing a robin in the distance (with only the 300mm lens attached), every image was out of focus - possibly because of lack of contrast. All those images appeared to back focus. With the 1.4x TC, still not great results...

Next Wednesday, March 24th from 7-8:30pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Allen's Camera is sponsoring a free Nikon Backyard Birds Webinar. From their Facebook page: From a small pond in Stony Brook Long Island to his own backyard, Michael Corrado has found his peace, tranquility and passion...

How are you accessing the forum when you upload your photos - are you using a browser or a phone? The EXIF is still being retained in your images so it seems as though it might have more to do with the upload process.

What size are your using when you upload your images, Peter? I downloaded your image. The EXIF is definitely there. Try to aim for 1024 pixels on the long or tall side before you upload to Nikonites and see if that helps. If Nikonites is resizing your images to make them fit, perhaps that might...

Echoing what Fred mentioned about a current AF zoom, have you considered the zoom lens made by Tokina? It's the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. They came out with a new version of the lens in case you decide to go with a preowned copy. Our former moderator, Don Kuykendall who has since passed, raved about...