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Something I didn’t say explicitly in my original post – this will be a photography trip. The plan at this moment is to travel from home in Las Vegas to Green River on Sunday Sep 30, and be in the ...

Interesting  - the increases are over 20%. Changes to exchange rates among the Euro, bhat, and yen might account for as much as 6%, but no more than that. Something else has to be driving the ...

I have been doing some planning for a midweek visit to Arches and Canyonlands. In doing so, I looked at the Park Service web sites, and they paint a bleak picture of park overcrowding, unavailable ...

I haven't been to Brooks, but I have to ask a couple of questions. Are you sure you will use the Speedlight? I've not been to Brooks, but I've never used a flash on any wildlife outing, so I have ...

For wildlife, I use a gimbal head on a tripod. But for auto races, I usually use the gimbal on a monopod. However, most race shooting is done at a fence/railing, and I typically lean the monopod ...

Taken Oct 2, 2015.  As others have pointed out, there's too much variation in timing, intensity, and duration of fall color to make a reliable prediction. TELLURIDE, CO Something to consider: when ...

My wife gave me a Manfrotto BeFree carbon fiber tripod after offering to move my tripod (with camera) during a trip to Yosemite (she was appalled at how heavy it all was). The BeFree weighs 3.4 ...

Even though I've never owned one, I agree with those advocating the 200-500. I shoot with the AF-S 300 f4D and TCs, but arthritis has had its way with my hands for decades, so haven't been able to ...

No job is too difficult for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. Security checks anywhere never advertise exactly what is and is not included - the reasons should be obvious. Widening the ...

I have to agree with bryand7k and recommend shooting this lens wide open and with the highest shutter speed that the light and your tolerance for high ISO noise will allow. That said, do you have ...

I carry a big lens mounted on a tripod or monopod over my left shoulder (always my left, my right hand has my cane). I've always attached tripod heads firmly and never had one loosen on a tripod ...

In my limited experience with puffins, I learned how small they are and how fast they are in flight. Being small, one needs to get fairly close to them to get good shots, which makes their speed a ...

I haven't owned either lens, so I'm responding on the philosophy, not because of experience. Faster glass is better than higher ISO - for keepsake photos (think "Grandma-worthy"), there shouldn't ...

A smallish comment - I copied the image from the dpreview thread into Photoshop Elements and used the menu option for adjusting shadows and highlights. I lightened the shadows a modest amount, and ...

I got an email from Nikon about the D610 firmware update on June 19. I followed the link to the Download Center and checked Nikon's description of what's new in the 1.03 update. This is 100% of ...

What is it that the Nikon gear is preventing you from doing? What image will some mirrorless body be able to capture that cannot be captured with a DSLR? As long as there are Nikon F-mount camera ...

Ketchikan - we did a flightseeing tour into the Misty Fjords - expensive but worth every penny. Great views from the air, landed on a mountain lake and stood out on one of the plane's pontoons, ...

You can test drive the field of view each lens offers using one of you own photos. Select one of your shots taken at 300 mm. In your favorite photo editing software, save a copy of this image ...

It looks like you have a success on your hands. Good compositions can be spoiled by image softness from the lens, but you've found a setup that yields very nice image quality. I suspect that the ...

There is wildlife at the Grand Canyon, but finding it is not "guaranteed" like it would be in Yellowstone or Grand Teton. I've photographed elk and deer at the GC, and didn't need an especially ...