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@TwistedThrottle Bob Blaylock you are free to post your images again by tonight's cutoff time. There wasn't anything wrong with TT's entry. It was simply an image without any comment. Bob, you aren't permitted to give your opinion of mask wearing or calling people dumb or stupid who hold a...

Just a heads up that when you hyperlink a user's name, you have to type their names out exactly as they appear on the forum. Otherwise, you might tag the wrong person. @FredKingston @Dawg Pics

Here are a few samples from this afternoon. No Shake Reduction was utilized. With all these, the focus point was on their faces - and possibly recomposed once focus was achieved (and yes, the BBF was first locked then let go to recompose). These first two were pretty good as far as sharpness...

Pics or it didn't happen. :beguiled: Here is one of the last images I shot this afternoon with Sport VR which is my preferred choice of VR. Cropped slightly. I was reasonably close - hence the slight crop. But being close means there is a shallower Dof - so definitely a good test. The only...

Today I went out with my previous 300mm f/4 AF-S (non-VR) and the refurbished 1.7x TC. I increased my shutter speed since this combo is both longer and a decent amount heavier. Both images were taken from the seat of my SUV. Most of the images were pretty good. A couple were slightly soft - but...

Came across the first wind turbine I've seen in our area. Some people have solar panels on their roofs, and even Waste Management (trash company) has a field of solar panels. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these cropping up. From what I've read, one wind turbine can harness more energy...

All I can say is I really missed this opportunity. :mad: Knowing wildlife is hard to find during our heatwave, I went in search of geese armed with a different 1.7x Nikon TC. Geese happen to be the only wildlife I see when it is so darned hot. So I saw a bird flying overhead with a white head...

Here are two that I decided to process. With the one below, I hit my ISO cap of 4000 because my shutter speed was so high. At times when the ducks were preening, their heads moved pretty fast. This one was in total shade, too. I wound up having to raise my exposure in post processing to...

For the past few months, I've mentioned how my refurbished 1.7x TC coupled with my 300mm f/4 PF was stellar until I removed the TC from my camera before being put back on. Then suddenly my images missed focus - mostly being soft and slightly out of focus. And there was some front focusing going...

Use an aperture that will allow you to have a decent amount of DoF, and focus 1/3 of the way into your scene. There is a paid app for phones called Simple Depth of Field. You enter your camera model, focal length, aperture, and distance, and it will display the amount of feet or meters that will...

The best way to explain it is to show you. Here is an image that had a great deal of sky in it. No adjustments were made other than to resize for the forum. Since I knew I had to raise my exposure - when it's bright, go brighter - I adjusted in camera for EV +1.3 stops. So I took this same...

I thought I asked this a while back but cannot find my post. If you have a Facebook photography page where you post your photos, and if you would allow the Nikonites Facebook page to share your images, please post your Facebook page link below. It would help keep our Nikonites FB page more...

Today is the second time I've run into something unusual. Looking through the images I shot today, the first one is simply a blurry image that is green. It was taken 2 minutes before I took a photo of a birdhouse. The other day I had a couple images of nothing (blurred pics of nothing) that were...

Cross posted from the ID this Bird thread. I'm trying to identify these two ducks. I really like the sensor of the D500 and notice an improved difference compared with the D7200. This sensor reminds me more of the D610 sensor rather than any DX sensor I've used so far (D7200, D7100, and D90)...

Here are a couple of ducks I'd like to identify. Both are quite tame and appear to approach people for food. They were within 2 feet of people both times I've seen them. With this first duck, my guess is some type of hybrid. In the past, there used to be a white duck and a black duck so it's...

Cross posted from my thread. Great Blue Heron checking me out before going back to what it was doing.

My 1.7x TC still struggles. I shot quite a few frames of the Great Blue Heron yesterday. Most images had to be deleted for either being too soft or simply blurred (as if no VR). Took a few images in Live View (thanks for the heads-up to try that, Jake). :encouragement: It wasn't too easy to see...

I wasn't happy to see these helium balloons released locally. After posting in a Facebook group, someone even said they asked the local parks department about balloons. Sadly there aren't any ordinances against them. :sorrow: Wildlife will ingest the mylar as well as eat or get caught up in the...

I don't use Darktable but have to ask...what caused these light-colored splotches in the sky? Were they in the original images, or did they appear after applying Darktable processing? :confused:

Looks like an upgraded battery, @Woodyg3 although I don't know how much it will be different. Dan, will it have the same processor? I'm not familiar with specs of the mirrorless bodies. But the fact that it will have 2 slots is excellent. :cool: