Krusty79

From my experience as a pc tech, I recommend Dell. I would get one with a SSD drive and at least 16GB of RAM. For the processor, I'd get an i7. My desktop pc with these specs run LR way faster than ...

A lot of votes for a kayak. You can get a tandem one if there are two of you. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3904046

It's a nice photo and scene. My suggestions for improvement: 1. Add some element to give a sense of scale (may not be possible for an overlook though). 2. Compose it in a way that there is a focal ...

I've never heard of that either. I normally focus about 1/3 of the way into the scene or make sure my foreground interest is in focus and adjust from there.

You're welcome! One thing I forgot to mention - I would purchase Michael Frye's book called The Photographers Guide to Yosemite. Well written with great photos. He also covers some areas outside ...

I agree that Yosemite is not great for wildlife, so I would definitely leave the 200-600 at home. I have read that Yosemite is the best place in California to see a great grey owl, so if you're ...

+1 on using a tripod. I use one on every waterfall shot. I would bracket my shots, even if there is not a lot of dynamic range in the scene. You don't want to overexpose the water, or else it ...

My only comment is about the external hard drives. I wouldn't want to have to mess with that. Just to give you a rough idea of how much space you will need, I read a 12mp camera can fill a 128GB ...

I'm going to compare this to real estate photography, where photographers normally choose one method of the other. I've never heard of combining HDR and flash. As Mark said, you really shouldn't ...

I did a search for the charger on eBay and got 4 results.

The 70D is 755 grams and the SL3 is 449 grams and the M6II is 408 grams, so you would save a lot of weight with either one. Those are the lightest Canon APS-C options that I know of. The M6II has ...

You mean an 11-16 zoom? Did you prefer to stay with Canon? What is your budget? Off the top of my head, I'd suggest looking at an SL3 or M6II. Do you care about an optical or electronic viewfinder ...

The A7R2 would give you the 42mp for cropping, but I don't think it has the hybrid AF that the A7R3 has (although I haven't been that impressed with the AF on the A7R3). I'm not that familiar with ...

I did not recommend the Sigma/Tamron lenses because I've read about AF issues when using third party lenses. Has anyone out there used the D500 with the Sigma or Tamron 150-600 for BIF?

The bird is underexposed, so we can't see any detail on its neck. When shooting a dark subject against a much brighter background, you need to overexpose the shot. Or correct in post.

My hesitation with MFT is that you are going to be limited to a 16 or 20mp sensor. When shooting wildlife, a lot of cropping is necessary. I just upgraded from an APS-C 18mp camera to the Sony ...

Is your $2500 budget for a camera body and one lens? Or are you also planning to buy more of an all-around lens too? The new FF mirrorless cameras are making advances in AF, but that is mostly at ...

I'm seeing a graduated ND filter recommended, but I don't see how you would apply it in this situation without producing an uneven exposure for the leaves in the top third of the photo. I agree ...

Large prints like 24x36 or 30x40 were not meant to be viewed up close, so you will probably be okay with 24mp. You can always purchase something like Topaz Gigapixel to upscale your images.

It would help if you told us what camera you have and if you plan to take photos while in the water. If your camera doesn't have interchangeable lenses, that removes some concerns right there.