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I have expressed my opinion before that HDR is overused and really only needs to be done with some special circumstances. A scene with waves and potentially moving clouds will bring some fuzziness into the final image, just a matter of how much. I had to go back to 2012 for a time when I...

I think most people would steer you to a D850 as the superior wildlife camera in full-frame F-mount, and the D500 as the superior DX F-mount. You have a lot of room to crop with the high-resolution sensor on the D850. Just to give you some reference, I also brought out my Sigma 150-600mm C lens...

Some might post their sunrises or sunsets here. Where does a mid-day sun photo fit in all of these categories? ;) I used 150mm glass solar filter over my Sigma 150-600mm C lens. The previews in Live View were not that good, the final photos actually were dimmer and needed to have the exposure...

I lost my brother to cancer recently. He had been heavily disabled tied to oxygen use for about 15 years. But before that he was a more active hobby photographer. I believe he was attempting to establish a niche for himself as an erotic photographer for a while to help fund stuff. I at least...

Normally I tend to make major camera gear purchases this time of year after filing my taxes and setting a budget based on the refund. This year, I don't have specific anything in mind. I did buy some used lenses during 2021 and a replacement infrared converted D600. I am feeling like I have my...

Really, a proper swivel-type monopod head looks like this. Personally I need a third hand to hold a monopod, support the camera, and manipulate a ball-head. You can leave the knob a bit loose and track up-down easily, and rotate the entire monopod to track side-side.

Finally took this lens out for some real photos. I just did some scenery following a morning of harassing eagles with my clicking shutter. I really had to adjust my composition mindset. This will not be a natural thing for a while.

From this morning in Prairie du Sac, WI

Of the 4 I would rate high from 2020, this one is made special with Comet Neowise.

I really like how this infrared came together.

An overcast making a pseudo moon-dog.

Getting back to the original topic here: I had a similar photo-op with the moon tonight. A thin overcast was creating a sort of moon-dog. Except there was depth and texture with the cloud cover. I used my 70-200mm f/2.8 lens to capture the image. I took over 70 photos, split into 3 groups with...

There is a used example at my local camera shop, listed at $850. Zeiss Distagon 15mm F/2.8 ZF.2 T* Would anybody have any experience with the lens to help me decide? I currently have as my widest FX lens a 20mm Sigma f/1.4 Art. Been eyeballing 14mm lenses this year, and considering a...

In a way, this is a way to review my photography in 2021. I do this every year. My Christmas gifts for all family, co-workers, and neighbors are calendars. Desk calendars for co-workers, mini wall calendars for the neighbors, full size glossy wall calendars with birthdays and anniversaries...

Apologies to Wakefieldowl, it was not my intention to take over this thread. When I made the images last year, I also confirmed the moons in Stellarium and made alternate images with labels. That is a star in the upper right.

Flames always make race photos better Peter.

Please remember I used a camera lens and not a Dobsonian telescope. To bring out the detail I took about 40 images and layer-stacked with Registax (the best free Windows solution for stacking planetary images). Did the same with the over-exposed sequence so I could have the high virtual...

This is why I still carry a Lumix point-n-shoot camera around in a go-bag whenever I leave home. Working much farther from home than normal today, I stopped to take lunch in a small town where I knew about a man-made waterfall feature next to the intersection of 2 highways. Basically this was a...

An infrared from this past summer.

Nothing is a guarantee when it comes to aurora in the lower latitudes, but the conditions are considered to be likely on Saturday night. A solar coronal mass ejection happened on the sun a few days ago, and it was aimed directly at Earth. They measure the conditions that create aurora in an...