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Great Blue Heron Considering this is a zoom, the bokeh created by the lens is so creamy.

Several weeks ago I added the Capital One Shopping extension to Chrome but didn't use it until today. While checking out at B&H, I hovered over the prompt that stated it found 10 codes. Most didn't work as it toggled through automatically. Most promos were clearly for sales such as Black Friday...

The Delaware River is high this afternoon. Part of the walkways were underwater.

I went back and did a quick edit - this time using ONLY an adjustment brush in Camera RAW to remove background noise. I did have to go over the background multiple times to reduce the noise. Nothing was done over the cat's face. Camera RAW has the exact same tools as Lightroom so this is...

Granted my edit has a little too much noise reduction going on. You can use an adjustment brush in Camera RAW or Lightroom and paint over the background although that isn't what I did here. I made a duplicate layer in PCC then took the duplicate layer to CR. I increased the noise slider, took...

@Peter7100 - congratulations!

I'm watching a Creative Live class that explains how to make a variety of special effects for compositing in Photoshop. The instructor went on to say he saves custom brushes and other items he makes in Adobe Library. I guess that would allow all the uploaded items to be available in any version...

And here are a couple from today. I really want to try out this lens on a flying bird, but that's going to have to wait until one shows up. ;)

Scott Kelby wrote an article revealing that Lightroom will add a masking feature. https://lightroomkillertips.com/breaking-news-adobe-releases-sneak-peek-video-of-new-lightroom-masking-feature/?fbclid=IwAR3u-qOrQvwis7vsHR0qXWWPyadGasuXyiowl13svKAphcXVPKDrqQqJcKg

Today I returned to the park with the 80-400mmG lens. However, this time I added my Nikon 1.4x TC. Instead of the lens having a variable aperture of f/4.5-5.6, the aperture is now f/6.3-f/8. Surprisingly, it didn't slow down the AF much at all. If anything, the AF with the TC is still faster...

These were still from yesterday's outing. It's been so long since I had a great opportunity to photograph moving wildlife - so unfortunately I didn't think to increase my shutter speed for the deer. For what it's worth, I did pan, but the shutter speed wasn't quite slow enough to capture the...

After all the problems I've had trying to get Nikon to repair my 300mm f/4 PF, I decided to look at other telephoto options. So @3 weeks ago I did a 3-day rental of the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 VR through Allen's Camera.. Unfortunately it was just too heavy for me to hand hold (tennis elbow and...

Recently I posted about purchasing a Desmond Demon Ball Head. While I haven't yet tried it out, I found one of the Amazon reviews on how to adjust it to be informative. This ball head has a knob for panning and another knob that offers two separate adjustments. If anyone has general tips on...

I've been agonizing over an arca swiss ballhead - although I'm not a big arca swiss fan, there are reasons why one would be beneficial. So after spending a lot of time comparing brands and reading reviews, I settled on the Desmond Demon DB-44 ballhead. Eventually I might swap out the clamp and...

I've been watching some YouTube videos on creating vignettes. There are other more controllable options besides just adding a standard vignette in Lightroom or Camera RAW. This first one is by Anthony Morganti - he uses the radial filter in Camera RAW or Lightroom. But he makes two different...

I seldom ever see a Great Egret.

Once again Adorama has their Evolv XXX lights on sale. These are rebranded Godox AD200/300/400/600 strobes. So B&H counters by putting the Godox strobes on sale. Even the flash units that are comparable in strength to the Nikon SB-910 are on sale. Those 3 are below (just be aware the one unit...

Our water restrictions were removed today so no more having to boil water for washing dishes (used bottled water for drinking, cooking, and brushing teeth during the restrictions). So once again I returned to the area where I took previous photos after the flood. Today that railing along the...

This afternoon I returned to the area where I took the previous river images. At least the height of the water is going down slowly. Although I've never seen a train on these tracks, I think a slow-moving train might make deliveries. For this image, I pulled out the flip screen on my D750, bent...