Marc Trotter

Thanks, good info!

Thanks, I spoke with a certified Nikon repair shop today, and he had me do the reset.  I've only tried a few more pics so far, but it seems about the same as before to me.   I will keep ...

Thanks, Dave. Hmm.... I took a look in there and everything looks pristine. I would be afraid that anything I did would actually introduce more dust than already there. The only possibility would ...

"Ahh, nothing hits the spot like fresh Rocky Mountain stream water".

So, it seems 15 megapixels is plenty! Great shot.

I'll give you a bump, as I am not impressed with landscape shots from my D5100, and am looking around now.

Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks.

That is, I assume the problem is focus.  It seems like for the last few days, my shots are just not sharp, but rather blurry or out of focus.  Now, the camera seems to "think" it is focusing ...

After years of jpeg shooting, I'm now shooting RAW + jpeg and trying to get into post-processing my photos for better results.  But I have no idea which program would be the best overall for me.  ...

Yes, those are elk, and they are almost always grazing in the afternoons there around the Mammoth information center, and they are completely oblivious to humans and vehicles.   They appear to be ...

I was able to take a jaunt through Yellowstone NP and was lucky to see a bit of wildlife, most impressively a grizzly sow and her cub rooting around in a ravine near the road just south of ...

Lol, most of us on that trip were either 60 or thereabouts, and it seems the older we get, the less the ladies want their picture taken at all.

This was during a busy multi-family vacation, so, no, I didn't.  I was lucky to even get people to pose for quick snap shots.

Yes, I understand that.  But when looking through my polarized sunglasses at the time, the scene looked great.  That is where I got the idea of putting on my polarizing filter, i.e., I was trying ...

Yes, I think I had forgotten that I had dialed in the exposure compensation.

Yep, that is more like what I saw -- very bright sunlight with the sun almost overhead.

Thanks.  Yes, I had the contrast, saturation, and sharpness boosted in Picture Control of the Shooting Menu, using the Standard option under Picture Control.   I had originally set it that way, ...

I'd qualify as a beginner with respect to using a polarizing filter . I bought a fairly expensive polarizing filter, for use with my Nikon D5100 and 18-105mm lens , but have not been able to get ...

Bumping because I'm also interested in this.  BTW, could you share links for the 2 DLs you pre-ordered?  Thanks.

I agree with others that those don't suck at all. You just need more depth of field. In one of those shots, I can see individual hairs on the top of the dudes' heads, while their faces are a bit ...