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BF Hammer started a thread Any opinions on Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 vs 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED? in Telephoto

My current lens situation is relevant here. Have both a D750 FX and D7000 DX body. My other telephoto lenses are the 24-120mm f/4 kit lens from the...

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01-17-2021, 02:29 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Post your birds (2) in Wild Life

Woolly caterpillar. Yum! Papa is trying to keep Junior safe as he learns to fly. Both were on the same afternoon in my backyard. :)

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01-16-2021, 03:05 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread M42 (Orion Nebula) in Low Light & Night

Good scouting mission. I have had a project planned for Orion for a month now and just do not get clear enough skies (without moon) to do it. Been...

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01-16-2021, 02:24 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread D7000 Repair "Is it worth it" in D7000

Wow, deja-vu! You should start reading Dangerspouse's thread about a D5500 with the same problem. It is resolved DIY. ...

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01-16-2021, 02:16 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread "Is she dead, Jim?" in Photography Q&A

Hooray! I have to remember that procedure for future reference too. Come to think of it, I'll print it for archiving. :)

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01-15-2021, 12:45 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread "Is she dead, Jim?" in Photography Q&A

Is there a nuclear full-reset in the menu? It will just reset everything to factory defaults, but nothing to loose at this point. Also try removing...

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01-12-2021, 04:59 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread A hot-take on Siril for astrophotography. in Computers and Software

This video came up in my recommended for today. Really it is one of the easiest to follow and understand tutorials for Siril I found to date. However...

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01-11-2021, 02:25 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Red-tailed hawk and Muskrat in D500

And here I am just eating some old chicken! :D:D Very nice. Last time I was that close to a hawk he was chewing on some rabbit as I hiked past on...

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01-10-2021, 09:20 PM

BF Hammer started a thread A hot-take on Siril for astrophotography. in Computers and Software

Over the past 2 years I have been slowly learning the craft of astrophotography without a telescope. A critical piece of the puzzle is the software...

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01-10-2021, 08:23 PM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Decisions, decisions.... in Photography Q&A

I am going to just throw out some of my thoughts. These are my experience, I am not going to just repeat what the experts tell us is true on YouTube....

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01-09-2021, 02:29 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Winter has arrived in Landscape

You have 3 designs of Christmas cards next year. :encouragement:

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01-09-2021, 02:24 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Starting a new project today in Low Light & Night

If I were to do this also, I think I would do a full lunar cycle with the phases arranged in a circle. Then I would photograph a globe lit low-key...

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01-08-2021, 04:55 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Post your Sun Dog in Landscape

Marilynne I thought a sun-dog was when a ring forms around the sun in a sky with ice crystals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

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01-06-2021, 02:53 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Post your fog shots in Landscape

A couple from the Wisconsin River in 2011. Arrived for the sunrise, got some heavy fog for my effort too.

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01-06-2021, 02:10 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Post your frost photos in Landscape

The past 3 days we have had a near-constant freezing-fog condition. The stuff really can get thick that way.

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01-05-2021, 03:26 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Weekly Challenge Dec. 30, 2020 - Jan. 5. 2021: Pattern(s) in Weekly Photo Challenges

Snow, fog, heavy frost, and a harvested cornfield. exif never survives GIMP. D750 24-120mm f/4 at 110mm. A-mode f/4 1/3200 ISO 100

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01-01-2021, 10:56 PM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Post your fences - gates in Landscape

Found this is 2011 while driving to a wedding on a farm.

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01-01-2021, 07:56 PM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Nas in Photography Q&A

Mine is an older WD My Book Live Duo which I have configured as a RAID1 so the data is automatically duplicated across the 2 drives. Yeah, I lose...

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01-01-2021, 02:35 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Starting a new project today in Low Light & Night

Cool project! Hope you work out a system as you get near the new phase. The moon will be mostly on the horizon around twilight or in daylight then.

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12-28-2020, 12:54 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread gettin my feet wet in post-processsing in Post Processing

I used a D7000 as my primary body until I bought a D750 nearly 2 years ago. Since getting the D7000 I have always shot Raw+Jpeg and have the Raw...

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12-28-2020, 12:34 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Well, I finally took the astrophotography "plunge"........... in Telephoto

Since I already own a portable goto telescope mount and have modified it for equatorial mode, I have been looking more to the small refractor...

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12-26-2020, 11:16 PM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Well, I finally took the astrophotography "plunge"........... in Telephoto

Congratulations, it looks like a beautiful telescope! I personally have been resisting the urge to buy a telescope, but I do keep researching the...

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12-25-2020, 11:55 PM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Conjunction 2020 in General Photography

Congrats, you got the photo I really wanted to make. Very unfavorable weather at my location for days. When I tried 1 night past the closest...

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12-24-2020, 01:05 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Hahnel Captur does not trigger my D750 camera in D750

Well you have your solution. There is a Nikon Android phone app for triggering the D750, and it gives you the Live-View image on the phone for you to...

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12-21-2020, 03:34 AM

BF Hammer replied to a thread Another astrophotography oportunity on 12-21-2020. in Low Light & Night

That's a shame. I have been clouded-over after sunset for a week. Forecast is poor for the next 3 or 4 days too. I have not been able to see Jupiter...

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Location:: Wisconsin, USA

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Lenses: AF-S 50mm f/1.8G, Reflex-Nikkor 500mm f/8, Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR, Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 SP AF Di Macro Lens

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