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The Pup and I have put together a calendar featuring some of this year's work from both of us. We were thinking about printing about 10 of them for friends and family. We aren't necessarily doing this for Christmas, but more as a fun project, but would probably be looking to get them out either...

The Pup is going on a photo trip this weekend. After she went through her primary and spare battery on our zoo trip yesterday, she was afraid she would run out of battery power on the long shooting days she will encounter this weekend. She decided to order an aftermarket battery, since she could...

Now that I have my Z8, I'm looking towards my next upgrade. I've been very happy with my 200-500 F5.6 paired up with an FTZ. I keep thinking that a more up to date, native mount lens, would serve me better, especially with AF operation. I've been looking and it seems to come down to either the Z...

This is a quick report on my daughter's camera. I got it for her earlier this year, but she hasn't really used it that much due to the weather. We sat down this morning and looked at a bunch of shots she has taken since the weather has cooled down. I must admit that I am impressed with the...

I made the mistake of volunteering to give a talk at our CNPA meeting this month when the scheduled speaker had to cancel at the last minute. I will be talking about what I learned taking hummingbird pictures this last few weeks. I got the bright idea of printing one of the high ISO images at...

Well, I now have proof that a Nikon full frame, high resolution camera will inspire fear and awe in the local wildlife.

This is another image that I find something in it that I really like, but it just seems to miss the mark somehow. The story behind this one is that I went back to try my hand at some more hummingbird images. I tried several different exposure settings. This one was the one I bumped up the...

This image spoke to me when I first edited it. I tried a number of different cropping scenarios, and this is what felt the best to me. My wife and the Pup tell me that they think it looks better with a heavier crop. To me it ruins the "mood" of the image. I know, it's my image, my vision for...

I've been meaning to try this out of curiosity for a while. I finally decided to go out back and see how well it might work. With my Z5 and Z7ii, AF was a real no go for macro work IME. I was hoping that perhaps the improved AF might actually allow me to use AF. I can manage with MF, but get a...

I have a small Youtube channel that is basically slideshows with royalty free music using my macro and wildlife images. I started it to be able to post a slideshow here on a slideshow thread, and kept at it so that friends and family could follow my photography, and occasionally add new content...

Went back out to Cypress Gardens this morning to take some more dragonfly pictures. I was using my 200-500 in order to get some distance and had it mounted on my Z8. After taking a number of shots, I decided to try using the prerelease capture feature and try and capture some shots in flight. It...

I cancelled my gym membership 2 years ago after they told me I couldn't wear jeans in the gym. They didn't tell me that when I had joined a couple months prior. Anyway, in the meantime My A1C has gone up and my waistline has gone out. The daily walk through the neighborhood isn't cutting it...

In case you didn't know, June 15 is Nature Photography Day.

He has been a frequent poster, but haven't seen anything from him since late April. I hope everything is OK with him.

Thought I'd start a thread about this and get some different opinions and perhaps a few techniques from some of you that may be of interest to all. I was out shooting in the backyard today and tried a few different things. Here is a straight shot of some small butterflies using my Godox 685...

I am interested in mounting some of my inkjet prints. I have done some of them using spray adhesive, and had OK results, but not sure about long term issues. I am considering using Gator board vs traditional foamcore. I find that foamcore is very prone to damage. The major downside to Gator...

My daughter has had some intermittent issues with her D5600 in the last couple months. We decided that she probably needs to replace it and perhaps do some upgrading, although she really doesn't particularly want to learn a new system. She also came to the conclusion that she was going to have...

I'm sure that some of you enter, and place in photo contests. Here is the place to brag, I mean share, about it. I'll start off. North Charleston, SC has an arts festival every year and they have competitions in various categories. I managed to win a second place in the amateur color section...

Today I finally got around to looking at pre release capture on my new Z8. I tried setting it up on a bird feeder, but the birds didn't cooperate. I noticed a bunch of dragonflies in a field and thought I'd try my luck with them. It worked, although the camera couldn't keep focus lock on such a...

The Pup wanted to travel up to Conway yesterday and take pictures at the Dock Dogs competition. We got up early drove a couple hours and got there just as they were starting. We could have attended the competition they had locally last month at the SouthEast Wildlife Expo, but the crowds there...