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Some might post their sunrises or sunsets here. Where does a mid-day sun photo fit in all of these categories? ;) I used 150mm glass solar filter over my Sigma 150-600mm C lens. The previews in Live View were not that good, the final photos actually were dimmer and needed to have the exposure...

I lost my brother to cancer recently. He had been heavily disabled tied to oxygen use for about 15 years. But before that he was a more active hobby photographer. I believe he was attempting to establish a niche for himself as an erotic photographer for a while to help fund stuff. I at least...

Normally I tend to make major camera gear purchases this time of year after filing my taxes and setting a budget based on the refund. This year, I don't have specific anything in mind. I did buy some used lenses during 2021 and a replacement infrared converted D600. I am feeling like I have my...

There is a used example at my local camera shop, listed at $850. Zeiss Distagon 15mm F/2.8 ZF.2 T* Would anybody have any experience with the lens to help me decide? I currently have as my widest FX lens a 20mm Sigma f/1.4 Art. Been eyeballing 14mm lenses this year, and considering a...

In a way, this is a way to review my photography in 2021. I do this every year. My Christmas gifts for all family, co-workers, and neighbors are calendars. Desk calendars for co-workers, mini wall calendars for the neighbors, full size glossy wall calendars with birthdays and anniversaries...

Nothing is a guarantee when it comes to aurora in the lower latitudes, but the conditions are considered to be likely on Saturday night. A solar coronal mass ejection happened on the sun a few days ago, and it was aimed directly at Earth. They measure the conditions that create aurora in an...

Landed 2 days ago, a used D600 already converted to 720nm infrared. Been shopping and scheming for 10 months since my IR-converted D80 died of 'ERR'. From a disabled-accessible county park today in Madison, WI

I have had a plan for this since mid-December. I also have had many clouded and overcast nights, or moon interfering. Friday the 22nd a high pressure system finally parked nearby and we had clear skies, but freezing cold temperatures. The bigger problem was the moon was a little past first...

My current lens situation is relevant here. Have both a D750 FX and D7000 DX body. My other telephoto lenses are the 24-120mm f/4 kit lens from the D750, Tamron 18-270mm Dx format (PZD version), Sigma 150-600mm C, and one of the subjects of my question: Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED. I've had the...

Over the past 2 years I have been slowly learning the craft of astrophotography without a telescope. A critical piece of the puzzle is the software tools you use to process the images you take in camera. You won't be getting desired results just using Lightroom or Photoshop or whatever other...

If you have a star tracker, it will be much easier, and perhaps a telescope is needed. Saturn and Jupiter will converge in the sky, and be at their closest to each other on the 21st. In North America, Jupiter and Saturn are in the southwest sky right after sunset and setting an hour or so...

About the 7-8 of November Mercury will be in the sky near Venus before sunrise and about as high as it will be over the horizon. Stellarium is showing this as a possible photo-op. These screen-shots are frozen at about 5:45 am at my location and you would be smart to check in Stellarium with...

Andromeda Galaxy, I shot this in July. The normal procedure for an astrophotography subject like this is to use software to automatically align and stack a few dozen images which are then flattened into a TIFF. I use RawTherapee and GIMP for the post-processing mostly, but I do have Luminar4...

Andromeda Galaxy has been the popular subject, but how about Triangulum Galaxy (Pinwheel Galaxy)? It is the 2nd closest galaxy to us. And it is not that far away from Andromeda, you just can't see it with unassisted eyes. I did this at the end of taking a series of Mars and Uranus. Battery was...

My D7000 uses the older standard Mini-B. I guess I assumed the D750 was a Micro-B like most every phone or other portable device with USB. When a micro-B cable would not fit, I ordered a USB type C cable from Amazon. It arrived today, connector too big. What is that connector? I want to tether...

Weather was perfect this past 11th of August, which was the peak night for the Perseid meteor shower. I also decided to target Jupiter and Saturn the same night. On a tripod pointed north: D750 + Sigma 20mm f/1.4 with the intervalometer set to take a 15 second exposure every 20 seconds. I was...

I am Chris, a hobbyist photographer although I have taken money for an event or 2 over the years. I took a photography class in high school way back in 1982. I did not actually acquire my own film SLR for another 15 years when I picked up an entire Minolta XD-11 kit at an auction. I bought a...