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Clifton Mill, Clifton Ohio One of the largest mills in the US that's still in operation. Restaurant & General Store This place is about an hour drive, and I've never been there during the summer. You can see all the Christmas lights still strung up. This place is a major attraction during the...

Went to a little car show yesterday to play with the Yashica 45mm. Not the ideal setting for a manual focus lens, but at least I got to put it through the paces. The top photo was shot with the Yashica. Bottom photo is the same car with a Nikkor 28mm, a modern lens. For cars, I generally use a...

I've been shooting with a Zfc for the last few years after dabbling in the Fuji ecosystem for awhile. There's just something about scaling down, taking your time with manual focus, and the retro form factor that scratches an itch for me. Last week, I upgraded to the Zf. Found this gem of a...

TTArtisan 50mm f/1.4 Tilt Shift Lens on Amazon Mark Wiemels reviews this lens I mean...for $230 it's hard to go wrong.

I recently picked up the Yongnuo 85mm f/1.8 after getting caught up in the YouTube hype about this lens. It's an 85mm prime with AF - for about $350. It has top DxO scores for sharpness, even at max aperture, beating out lenses that cost double or more. Stats and lab comparisons don't usually...

EXIF: 6/12/25 7:47PM 1/250 @ f/2.8 ISO 200 Nikon Zfc Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Fun fact: This is the Peoples Savings & Loan Bank building in my hometown. It was designed by Louis Sullivan, who mentored Frank Lloyd Wright.

I like it, Robin. Are you just stopping down or adding blur in post?

+1 for Peak Design. I own many products from the Peak Design ecosystem and they're all fantastic. They get twisted up because they're flat. I also have a "street strap" that I got several years ago. It's a round cord-type strap and it never gets twisted. I don't think you can get this...

Attended a local Funk Festival and just had to stop and ask this guy if I could take his photo.

Did a maternity shoot this weekend. This is one of my favorites.

My daughter, Drew.

I'm w/ @FredKingston on this one... Although I'm not sure any settings change will fix it. Topaz has a long history of grid artifact issues. This article may help, but it may not get rid of it completely: https://help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038893192-Artifacting-in-DeNoise-AI

Entry #1: Miss Vivian This is my first (and currently only) grandchild, Vivian. She is a little ray of sunshine, and very much papaw's girl. She will be 2 in mid-October and has a personality as big as all outside. Goes without saying - she makes me happy. Here she is cheesing for the camera...

Your profile indicates that it's okay to edit your images, so I gave it a shot: The eyes should be the brightest and most vibrant part of the image, piercing right through the viewer's soul. A slight crop lines up the eye with one of the points in the Rule of Thirds, further drawing your...

Ollie - Great Horned Owl Wing and leg fractures Athena - Eastern Screech Owl Left wing broken, right eye blind Scarlet - Red Tailed Hawk Left wing fracture Storm - Barn Owl Left wing amputation Rufous - Eastern Screech Owl Left eye blind, right eye impaired (he's also molting) This poor...

Tomorrow morning I'm going to Raptor, Inc. - a bird preserve in Cincinnati, OH. They have a deal with the local photo club to let small groups come in and photograph the birds once in awhile. $22 fee through the club for the shoot, most is donated to the preserve. No idea what birds will be...

When I had my studio, I used muslin backdrops and they were a pain in the !@#. They're expensive, heavy, and you're constantly editing out wrinkles in post. I have zero experience w/ seamless paper, but I think that's the way I want to go. It appears that 53" (a little more than 4 ft) and 107"...

Anyone else think the forum is looking a bit dated? There are themes out there for vBulletin that have a sleeker interface and are mobile-friendly. It's been what...10 years? Time for a face lift.