Castaway

Yes even the $400 Panasonic FZ80,

Congratulations to Christopher Smith, Youth Honorable Mention Award. Great image Christopher. Way to go FZ80 amongst the DSLRs https://www.dpreview.com/photography/0177070698/slideshow-the-winners- ...

Thank you John. These were from 30km away of Calgary Stampede fireworks. The Stampede is cancelled this year but they are still putting on fireworks displays. Not brilliant images, but not bad for ...

Lovely image Neverlost, though I do like to see a Horizontal Horizon. Also not sure about the Endless Summer, we had snow in the mountains on July 1st. In Alberta our summer is just starting, guess ...

I keep one in my camera and spares in a pocket in my camera bag. I charge when depleted or well down or all of them If I a going on a trip. Two of my batteries that I use in my FZ300,  non ...

When the fireworks started, I was unprepared. I grabbed the camera and decided to try the Clear Nightscape scene mode. Seemed to work pretty well. Not bad from our deck, 3km away. Ruby Ring Star burst

Hi Brian. If you show them at 16.9 you could always shoot them at that ratio also. I always shoot landscapes at 16.9, yes you will loose some mp but you will do that anyway if you crop to fill the ...

Thank you Steve. I will probably try Larger prints, maybe 20 wide, once things get back to some semblance of normal. I have mostly got prints done at Costco and I have to go there early in July so ...

Hi Michael. Both lovely images, nicely done. One of my decisions for buying the Fz300 was because it had Post Focus, the original FZ1000 lacked the feature at the time. I use Affinity Photo, Merge ...

Hi 717, Many of us here gave up lugging around a bag full of lenses and never having the required lens attached when you need it. In my case I went from a Pentax DSLR with half a dozen lenses to ...

Hi digitcallous I use Affinity photo to merge my 3 images to HDR, the program then goes into Tone Mapping where several different presets with different variations of the image are available. Some ...

Thank you IAMAI. It is amazing how many different varieties you can get from the same image by moving a few sliders here or there or by picking different presets in tone mapping software. Affinity ...

Thank you Stuart. Best regards and stay safe.

Hi Bob. Thank you, yes I also prefer B&W for mountain scenes, particularly the snow capped  ones, it is a B&W print we have hanging on our wall. I did have a 24” x 36” print done of the original, ...

Hi 123, Yes, , even the set I did years ago were dome by merging the three images. At the time I pushed the image to get the maximum punch between the between the dark areas and the snow capped ...

That is a very nice looking MGA, great set of images. I had the next model, the MGB, for a little while. Did help me get the girl but had to be exchanged for something cheaper after our marriage. I ...

Hi Rattler, Glad to hear that you got it. I was also about to suggest a small suction cup (As found with small hooks attached) would probably help to pull it out. I thought that I would just ...

I have just reworked my 11 year old favourite image both in Black and White and in Colour from the original files. The image was taken 11 years ago using the Pentax 10D with the kit lens. Sorry it ...