FRGorga

A longer lens and extension tubes is definitely the way to go. I would splurge on tube station with electrical connections though. Maintaining auto focus and exposure is, to my mind, valuable. As ...

Nicely done... the exposure, focus and depth of field are all spot on, The background is not distracting. The composition is just OK... the head of the butterfly is in the center of the frame. Cons ...

Well, considering that B&H lists the TMA28C as discontinued , I think that you do not really have a choice here.

It sounds like you have your answer, but I'll throw in my experience. I upgraded my Lightroom to 6.0 (from 5.7) when I bought my D500 about a year ago. Photoshop CS6 plays well with LR 6.X. I do ...

Paul, Page 385 of the D500 manual clearly lists a number of XQD cards with capacities up to 128 GB as compatible. The information (in the manual) on SD cards is much less specific. That said, I ...

A twelve section tripod sounds wobbly and finicky to me but if it works for you that is fine with me! ☺ That said, if you Google "12 section" tripod (the quotes around 12 section are important) you ...

Steve, Great photos! FYI... the prey that this bird has caught is a teneral dragonfly. (Of what species, I can not say.) Dragonflies spend the winter (at least in non-tropical environments) as ...

For completeness' sake I should also mention Paul Roark's system of printing with multiple shades of grey as well.. see: https://www.inksupply.com/roarkslab.cfm However, I have no direct or ...

Epson's Advanced Black and White (ABW) mode is pretty good.. I used it with a 3880 and now use it with a P800. The ultimate though is probably Jon Cone's system; see http://piezography.com/ I have ...

Faith, Very nice photos! Since you asked for C&C, here goes... #1 -- It looks like a sensor spot on the end of the cats tail; consider cloning it out. #3 -- Consider cropping down from the top; ...

+1 for the Kirk Photo L-plate ( https://www.kirkphoto.com/l-bracket-for-nikon-d500.html ) I have been using their L-plates since the D70.

I agree... Non-breeding plumage, American Goldfinch

Consider renting each lens in order to try them out.

Well, this is of course the function of a lens hood; to keep extraneous (i.e. light from large off axis angles) light from getting to the front element. Thus increasing contrast, etc. My view is ...

Hey... You will get better images if you put the lens shade on the correct way (rather than leaving it in "storage mode") while you are using it!

It is not a gecko. Rather it is a brown anole. If this photo was made in the US, the brown anole, which is native to the Caribbean, is considered an invasive species. It is out competing the native ...

Nice photos. But thoughts of spring in February?!?! You must live in the south! ;-) This morning I spent three hours moving about a foot of snow out of the driveway. And the ice on the lake is ...

Well... here is my story (on my personal blog, no ads, no tracking), from the summer of 2014: http://gorga.org/blog/?p=2516 . The photos are at the bottom of the page. We (myself and another ...

Last March, we spent two nights at the Stephen Foster State Park within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern GA. Photos here: http://gorga.org/blog/?p=3353 Highly recommended.

The piezography system is certainly not a requirement (or even desired) for making digital negatives. I know that the term "many" is relative, but of the 20-30 folks I know who make digital ...