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Then I can give your my thoughts on that, as I always use an L-bracket. Its sole (but essential) purpose is to allow you to quickly, easily and securely switch your camera from landscape to portrait orientation when shooting on a tripod. Even if you use a ball head, flipping it all the way to...

When you do focus stacks, you don’t need to stop down the lens to get a deep depth of field, because focus stacking will give you that anyway. So, what I do is set the lens to its sweet spot aperture, at which it produces the best results regardless of depth of field, and start stacking. It will...

I must admit I have never understood what a “cage” would be for. Maybe if one has a lot of accessories to set up in very close proximity to the camera body and needs more real estate to attach them...? But otherwise?

A deserted marina... easy to see why ! (2015) The harbor at Gallipoli, near the very tip of the heel of the Italian “boot”. It’s not a surprise to see such a nice harbor completely empty: if they leave large rocks in the middle, it’s understandable boat owners do not feel very safe tying up...

The smallest church I have seen (2017) This chapel, dedicated to Notre-Dame de la Paix (Our Lady of the Peace), stands near the village of Cherveix in the Dordogne region (southwestern France). It is not old at all, having been built further to a wish in 1879, but it is certainly the smallest...

Walking in the fields (2021) Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens, handheld.

Your photo is mostly good. The eye is sharp, the bokeh is soft and nice-looking. There is a problem with overexposure on the white feathers on the back of the neck which you may be able to recover, at least partly, if you shot in RAW. Was it the case? If you shot in JPEG only, then there isn’t...

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And this is the new, cute little baby lit by its bigger brothers... :love: Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor S 135mm, ƒ/1.8 S Plena lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 10 focus-stacked exposures, set automatically using the built-in function on the...

The Benedictine priory church of Notre-Dame de Veyrines (2023) The archaic, not very well made but very touching octagonal cupola on squinches in Veyrines. Does anyone know how to call such a photograph? Anti-zenithal? :unsure: Contra-zenithal? 🧐 Nadiral? 🤪 Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4...

Plenty of power (2019) Godox Propac PB960, a convenient pack to provide lots of energy and very fast recycle times to one or two cobra flashes. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z “Nifty Fifty” 50mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Single exposure.

Walking around the countryside (2021) Not far from where we live. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens, handheld.

You were right, the X1R receiver triggers the flash but at full power. Changing the settings on the XII Pro transmitter doesn’t do anything. So, which device do you think I should get to be able to set the SB-900 flash remotely? I will obviously return this X1R. Many thanks in advance! Note...

The Benedictine priory church of Notre-Dame de Veyrines (2023) Nested very far away from the touristic thoroughfares, in a hamlet of half a dozen houses in the middle of nowhere in the mountainous part (660 meters of altitude) of the Ardèche region (southeastern France), the former Benedictine...

A seascape by Schlitz (2019) Franz Schlitz was an Alsatian painter born in 1934, who passed away in the early 2000s. He is one of my favorite artists. My mother knew him well and bought a number of paintings by him, some of which have a handwritten dedication to her on the back of the canvas...

Wounded cabbage (2019) Nikon Z7, Voigtländer Nokton 58mm f/1.4 lens, manual focus, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. There were probably several focus-stacked shots involved, but I have kept no record of this, nor of the equipment used.

Not the best photo I ever took, but hey! They’re here! The AD600 Pro II beasts have arrived, I have configured them and they seem to work very well... Awaiting the cute little aquamarine AD100 Pro now, and the new lighting kit will be complete. :love: :p

Robin, this may sound dumb, but of course it was an autofocus lens you were using? And it was indeed set to Auto on the lens itself? Otherwise, I have no other suggestion. I have done focus stacking many times with my D850 and never encountered the problem you describe. Typically, it sounds like...

A remarkable church in Burgundy (2016) This is the church of Saint Peter and saint Paul in the village of Moutier. As the name’s etymology suggests, there was a monastery here, and an ancient one, as it seems to have been founded in the 700s. The oldest parts of the church are from before Year...

The abbey of Saint-Pierre de Champagne (2023) Dedicated to Saint Peter, the abbey church of Champagne is not located, as one would think, in the bubbly-producing hills of northeastern France, but much further south, on the banks of River Rhône, between Lyon and Valence, in the old province of...