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    D700 rubber grips coming off

    Has anyone else experienced the rubber grips on their D700 starting to peel off? It appears to me that the double sided adhesive they used to attach them has lost its stickiness. I would rather try repairing it myself rather than spend the rather expensive (for what it is) amount for another set...
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    Impromtu photo shoot

    I work with someone who is starting her own modeling agency business. She called me and asked if I could do some headshots for someone. We met at her house and I set up a pretty rudimentary light setup; just a single strobe bounced into a white umbrella. Certainly not what I would have done had...
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    Retired today

    Congratulations! Now you can get one of these bumper stickers:
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    Women's tennis

    I have played tennis all of my life and even went to UNC on a tennis scholarship. That being said, I love to photograph tennis events. When I was living in Jacksonville, FL the tennis community at Amelia Island hosted a week long tournament each year sponsored by Bausch and Lomb. It was open to...
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    Free HDR software that is worth the effort

    I really have not done a lot in the way of HDR, and Photoshop CS5's HDR really screws things up more than it enhances it. I wind up having to do post processing on the HDR post processing, which seems self defeating Are there any free HDR programs out there that are worth the effort? I use it...
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    Black on black portraiture

    One of the most challenging kinds of portraiture, for me at least, is what I call "black on black". In this case it was more like "black on black on black". We have an Asian woman with jet black hair, wearing a black corset against a black background. To break her away from the background I used...
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    Our bank downtown

    Our bank downtown has some pretty unique architecture to it. One corner of the building comes to a very sharp point though the roof is still flat. I used a 20mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor on a D700 and shot pointing the camera up, wildly exaggerated the perspective and making it appear as though both the...
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    Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!

    One of my favorite B&W photos, and one of the most technically challenging. I have shot this image with both my F2S and Hasselblad with Kodak T-Max 100 film. Of course the image quality and grain was superior with the Hasselblad, but the 35mm image holds its own pretty well up to 8x10. The range...
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    How many of you still use Ansel Adams' Zone System?

    I still use it all the time with film, both in 35mm and 2¼ but find myself using it even with my D700 for general exposure as well. My Pentax Spotmeter V is still going strong after 30 years, though I do get some curious looks from some folks when I use it. I have actually been asked what kind...
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    Need some clarification on posting guidelines

    I am new to this forum and I want to make sure I have clarification on one point in the posting guidelines. The guidelines stipulate no pornographic images, which should come as no surprise to anyone, but does that include all nudes? Can tasteful and artful nudes be included in one's portfolio?
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    First long exposure shot

    I like ths second one a lot better but allow me to make a suggestion if I could. The blurred water, which I assume you want to be the focal point of the image, is too small within the frame. I would suggest croping the image to focus more intently on that blurred water. Also, in shots like this...
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    Up close and personal

    I love closeup work, especially of insects. There are so many intricate structures on them that we would never othewise see with the naked eye. This one is my favorite. I am not really sure what kind fo fly it is, but it was small, perhaps 4mm long at most. I used a D700 and a 50mm f/1.4 AI...
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    Hello all from Northwest Florida

    I am originally from Raleigh, NC but have lived in Pensacola, FL, for the last 24 years. I am as far west in the Florida panhandle as you can go before being in Alabama. I have been using Nikon cameras and lenses sinces 1974. I started with an F2 Photomic and 50mm f/2 Auto Nikkor-H and over the...
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