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    Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!

    Black and white "birds"
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    Post your birds (2)

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    Post your Squirrel pictures

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    qdslrdashboard

    Hi, Does anyone use qdslrdashboard to connect a Nikon camera to mac or iPad for controlling the camera? How well does it perform? I am wondering if I can use it with d3500 USB-connected to a MacBook. What's your verdict? Thanks
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    And there was the surprising sighting of (2) deer! No time to change long lens, but scrambled to catch just one far away...
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    Went on another hiking around the Pass:
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    The star trails (in comet-like tails)
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    The Milky Way: Second and third images are the same shot with different exposures processed. Let see which version you deem better. Thanks
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    Came to the main mission and the most exciting and challenging part of this trip -- night sky shooting... Again I failed with under-exposure settings. As so many have indicated, using both viewfinder and Live View in dark nights has often been difficult to validate or prove test shots. In my...
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    Post your birds (2)

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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    The campsite: Sonora Pass: (pano from iphone) More scenic shots:
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    Some strange, interesting, and colorful living organisms were found all over the rocks (they are not paints!)
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    Finally, in the late afternoon, arrived at our wilderness campsite near the Pass. It's about 9500 ft elevation and wasting no time, went hiking up 200 ft higher to explore the mountain top view (can see from the photos that camera sat pretty flat on the tripod, no up angle needed :). It's windy...
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    My first learning journey -- a camping trip to Sonora Pass, CA

    Then a storm hit mountain tops:
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