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I got my check for my contest winnings this week and I want to spend it on something photo related. It's only $75, so no 600mm F4 lenses or Z9 bodies. I've considered something like the small rig cage for my Z7ii for a while. I hesitated because the arca swiss mounting incorporated in it is the...

I have mentioned the "club" my daughter and I joined last year, the Carolina Nature Photographer's Association. They have a baker's dozen local chapters throughout the Carolinas. Believe me when I say there is a ton of talent among these folks in the nature photography genre. Anyway, they have a...

I got a K&F Concepts ball head. I really like my gimbal head for birds and wildlife, bit it's not much good for macro or landscapes. I wasn't a big fan of the head on my old Bogen (Manfrotto) tripod, and really wanted something with an arca swiss style plate. I had a little talk with Santa a...

Don't know if this would be better in the evaluation section, but since I hope to get a discussion and some back and forth, I will post it here. I impulsively posted this image in the weekly challenge before I had thought the editing through. I would like to briefly go through the shooting and...

When I got my Z7ii earlier this year I noticed I was having issues with soft images with a number of different AF area settings. I found that single point gave me good results, and I have been using that for almost all my shooting. When I'm not shooting macro, I use my 200-500 with an FTZ...

I've been wanting to try my hand at long exposures, with a mind to using this technique at a local beach. Here is the beach. This photo was taken at 1/6 sec. It has the look of motion, but I want to try some much longer exposures there to get that "fog" look. So, I bought a 10 stop ND filter...

And for all of you that hail from the British Isles. Sorry, no gravy.

I ran across a box of slides I took back in the day. Most were probably taken on my Pentax ME. I tried my hand at a quick and dirty copy in camera using my flash for light and a double sheet of paper for a diffuser. Not happy with the results. Some if the issues may be the originals aren't that...

I occasionally get lucky enough to get some shots when critters are having a bit of a snack. Usually the snack is not terribly pleased with it. I'll start it off with this robber fly munching on some kind of bee.

Let me preface this with a statement. I am not looking to be "successful" on Youtube. I started posting mainly as a method of making it easy for friends and family to see what I am doing with photography. I was rather surprised and a little pleased when one of my videos took off in a small way...

I've always heard that TTL is a no-no for macro flash. I assumed that the issue was that the subject is often a fairly small percentage of the frame and the background was a relatively long distance from the subject causing the system to overexpose the subject in an attempt to average the...

I used to do some portrait work back in the film days. I normally shot in B&W, but this one seemed better in color. Model wasn't terribly cooperative, and absolutely wouldn't listen listen to my suggestions. She finally fell into a nice 3/4 pose, and I got the shot. Then it was gone and so was...

I need to replace the Pup's travel tripod. Her old one gave up the ghost, more from being hauled around than actually used. As intimated, she doesn't use one often, but when she needs one.......... I happened to see that B&H has a big sale on right now, and goes off later today. I found a small...

I sometimes run across insects or spiders that I have a hard time finding on the internet. Not saying they aren't there, just that I can't seem to match up something with what I have taken a picture of. Thought it might be a good idea to start a thread where folks could post a picture of a small...

My daughter entered several images in the 50th anniversary photo contest at the Francis Beidler Forest, a local Audubon park we occasionally visit to take wildlife/nature photos. She managed to snag an honorable mention, 2nd place and even a 1st place. Dad is properly proud.

Earlier this year, I planted a small section of my backyard with wildflower seeds. I was hoping to attract insects for macro photography without having to drive an hour round trip to my favorite macro spot. I think I should have prepared more ground and spread the seeds more widely to have a...

This is one of the pictures I took at the boneyard beach last week. I like the image, but found the background a bit busy. I thought it would be near impossible to remove some of the clutter and have a natural looking replacement. Thought about the generative fill in PS and thought I'd give it a...

I ordered the Z7ii a couple days ago, and it's supposed to arrive today. I say, supposed to, the tracking says it is going to be delivered today, but It's nearly 3:00 and it still isn't listed as out for delivery. I wouldn't mind it so much, except I have to sign for it, and don't particularly...

Well, Nikon has the Z7ii on sale right now for $2K. That's around a grand off. I know one reason it's likely to be so deeply discounted is getting ready for the Z7iii, rumored to be coming out later this year. I'm wondering if I should jump on this now, or hold on for either a Z7iii, or possibly...

I got an email today from the CNPA and thought I'd pass it along, since some of you here have Olympus equipment. Apparently OM users that also use Mac for their computer need to update their cameras firmware now. Not doing so may prevent you from ever updating your firmware due to some MacOS...