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Lately I've been watching some Joel Grimes' videos on portrait editing where he first adjusts a color layer then duplicates it, turns the duplicate into a B&W layer, adjusts the saturations of orange and yellow within the B&W layer, then changes the blend mode. The process adds contrast...

Back in February 2012, I bought one that looks identical but is made by Amazon Basics. I purchased it for taking long night exposures of carnival rides. And while it worked somewhat okay, it definitely seemed to work better when standing in front of the camera rather than behind (which is where...

NOT for voting - but this personal watercraft gave me a chuckle. :beguiled:

Hornet or cicada killer? :confused: Not quite white stripes but not yellow either. More like cream or ivory. Definitely not a great image but literally was the only one that captured some detail. Obviously the 1.7x TC slows down the AF a lot and is part of the reason why I've been having trouble...

Submission #1.

I am still testing out my 300mm f/4 PF. However, this time I chose to use the shutter button for focusing and also set the body for AF-S instead of AF-C. This way the camera shouldn't take any out of focus images. Sure enough, everything was reasonably sharp. But I still notice the focus point...

Any idea what this is? I know I've photographed one previously but am not able to find it. Cropped quite a bit.

I attended a historical reenactment today. Unfortunately it slipped my mind, and I didn't have a flash which would have helped with both images, plus I didn't have my 16-35mm with me. When taking portraits, I've heard how green grass can be reflected up onto people so it's a good idea to use...

As many of you are aware, our Admin will be implementing a new server for Nikonites. When that happens, the forum will be down for an unknown amount of time. This could happen as early as within this next week but also possibly happen the following week or the week after that. No clue whether we...

I was surprised to hear some of this guy's thoughts (he holds an Electrical Engineer Degree) on charging lithium ion batteries. In a nutshell, these are what he feels are most important. 1. Remove batteries from flash/strobe when not in use. Sometimes current still flows and can drain the...

A couple from this afternoon. The first is cropped. The second is not.

I hope you don't mind that I edited your image. I'm leaning towards a Red-Shouldered Hawk, lucien. Here is yours edited - I increased the whites slider in Camera RAW, took it into On1 Resize 10 to enlarge it, then took it back to Photoshop to crop. And here is an image linked to...

Here are a couple from yesterday's outing. Considering both are cropped quite a bit, and the focus point moved partially off of them, the sharpness isn't too bad. I focused on the face which is slightly soft. It's having to wait the extra time for the VR to settle that is a big pain. But if the...

That would be a no from me. I purchased one preowned which was in excellent condition, but it lacked sharpness and contrast. Plus my white balance was kind of warm - overly yellow. If I were purchasing a wide angle zoon for a DX Nikon body, I'd consider the DX Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. Our...

RedRapid, I have a supplemental EXIF viewer added to my Chrome browser (EXIF Viewer Classic if anyone is interested in seeing EXIF on other websites that display it). Is the date correct in your camera because it is listed as May 19, 2021. The challenges start and stop at the designated dates...

Lol - would love to see this Nikon guy's reaction to these images I just submitted. :beguiled:

I haven't seen any this year. There is a park where a couple green herons have stayed during the warm months, but ever since COVID with more people frequenting the park to walk (many health clubs had to close down last year), the herons disappeared. Here are some that I've shared in the past...

There is a correction to the poll. PLEASE VOTE AGAIN - sorry for any inconvenience. "Dusk 'til Dawn and/or anything Railroad" Please vote for your choice of this week's Weekly Photo Challenge theme. The voting round will remain open for 3 days. In the event of a tie, the Weekly Photo Challenge...