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Went to Cypress Gardens this morning to see how their wildflower field is coming along, as we have had some decent rain the last couple weeks. It's not as good as it was last year, this time, but it's definitely coming along. Here are a few shots I got.

My first year upgrades ran out this spring. I've been waiting for a while before thinking about buying another year's worth of upgrades. My biggest issue with Topaz is the grid pattern I often get in shadows with Photo AI. I have taken to going back to Sharpen for my macro photos, since most of...

I don't consider it an intercept. This is the flash I've been using. The Amazon 2 has a small soft box. I picked up that when I first got my flash. Assuming it is the same size as mine, it works fine for macro work. Mine is 6 1/4" x 8 1/2". I prefer the homemade diffuser I put together. It is...

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It probably does have some type of TTL fill. I remember seeing a fill flash setting in the camera menu. I've never really looked into it, as I have only been using it for macro work as my primary light source. Yes, on matrix metering. I do see a little more difference in exposure on the...

Here are a few for comparison. I took a few quick shots this morning. I took a couple on manual until I got close to what I wanted judging by the image on the backscreen. I also took one with TTL setting. The manual settings were anywhere from 1/2 power to 1/8 power. I will add that, if...

Well, with manual flash I can nail the exposure to exactly what I want. The big difference with TTL is that I don't have to take any test shots and constantly check exposure and make adjustments when things change. This is particularly an issue when I have a good opportunity present itself, and...

Just for info, I upgraded my RAM to 32 GB today. Initial tests show it helps with the slowdowns in LR. It's not instantaneous, but it is definitely much faster, and I no longer get the couple seconds of a white stripe at the top saying LR is not responding. I have a slowdown issue with Photo...

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...

Well, my experience over the last 15 years, including computers for myself, my daughter and my wife, has been Asus, Lenovo and HP. Most have lasted 5 years or more. Only two have actually outright failed. I really can't recommend a brand or model as I'm not really into computers, and tend to go...

I'm thinking about upgrading the RAM in my PC. I can upgrade to 32GB for about $100 including labor to have it done. My understanding is that the newer Macbook Pro's don't allow you to upgrade the RAM. The RAM is permanently attached to the motherboard.

Well, I made some changes to my drip setup. I made some progress, but the major progress was when I set it up for the Pup. I haven't seen the edited versions, but judging by the back of the screen, she nailed it. I got one OK image, and a funny one.

Was looking back over the RAW files from yesterday and discovered I had an image of the chambered nautilus taken without flash. I edited it and here is the result. I like tones of the other one better, but this doesn't have the annoying hot spot and shadows.

Tried setting up a drip into a bowl using a ziploc with a small hole. I could time hitting the shutter with the drop coming off the bottom of the bag so that I could get the timing I wanted 10%-20% of the time. Focus is tough. I don't think the drops all hit in exactly the same place. It seems...

Congratulations, Blackstar. Great photo.

The club had a macro workshop today. Unfortunately, the instructor/leader was sick so it was mostly a handful of us playing around with some of the equipment/props and sharing our knowledge. It was very interesting, but "studio" macro is an entirely different animal than the field macro I've...

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...

People here are asking the same question. That's as deep into the politics I'll get into here.

Great shot.

Thanks. I found that it's good to bring a stool and just sit in the middle of the patch and be patient, If you sit there, they will come. I saw several anoles yesterday for the first time. They make excellent subjects. Move slowly and you can often get quite close to them. Hopefully they will...