bobmcdonald

I used to be able to find thin deerskin curling gloves that worked well under mitts for cold days, but I haven't seen them for quite a while. I remember shooting fireworks off the roof of a high ...

. . . and -40C is the same as -40F . . .

I have a couple aluminum (Manfrotto 055 and 190) that I use, along with a Manfrotto aluminum  monopod. One con that I have not heard brought up for aluminum is heat transfer, or rather, when it's ...

Your title is twofold - macro and walk around. My suggestion is the 28-105mm f3.5-4.5D. You can find it used at a reasonable price, it will do 1:2 macro and is fine for a walk around lens. If you ...

You need a longer lens . . . I'm not sure I would be that close to the cubs when mama bear was that close! Nice images.

Wonderful birds to watch. They have been hanging around the golf course here in southern Saskatchewan for the last few days, so I suspect that you are correct re: the migration. Here are a few ...

Having shot hockey with Nikon equipment, I found the 80-200 f2.8D on a DX body to be fine . . . the D500 and other newer bodies will deal with low light way better than my old D100 (when it was ...

The photo of the two bodies is telling . . . the reason that I might be interested in a mirrorless camera is to lighten my load for travel. I also compared the dimensions, weight and ...

Sample available light portrait with Sigma 60mm Art on Panasonic GX7 I have it and like it a lot. I did a comparison with the PL 25mm f1.4 which is also available in my gallery. It is tough to beat ...

I took the camera out to the back yard on Friday evening to try to capture some images of birds in the back yard. Unfortunately, there were none . . . then I realized that the grand-dog was ...

Just an experiment with a window-light portrait using a 200-500 on a D750. It was hand-held with VR on. Of course I wasn't paying close enough attention and left a red t-shirt behind her. It is ...

We were in our hotel room waiting to go out for supper, and so experimented with a window light portrait to compare the Sigma Art 60 f2.8 and the PL 25mm f1.4, both on the same Panasonic GX7. https ...

If you can find it, you will want to try Agfa APX-25. Wonderful fine-grain B&W film. There's still a thrill, and not just nostalgia, of pouring the fixer out of the tank, quickly rinsing the film, ...

I am not sure that "discreet" and "D850" fit in the same sentence . . . there is likely nothing stealth about a D850 when used for street photography, irrespective of the lens.

I have done it a different way . . . The lens that is on my GX7 most of the time is the Panasonic 20mm f1.7 (which happened to be the kit lens at the time). In spite of reports of slow focusing, I ...

I have the Nikon 180MM f2.8 AiS that I have used on my D750 and D810 bodies. Here is an example from my gallery: https://www.dpreview.com/galleries/9373482043/photos/3509219/leah-180mm-f2-8-ai-s I ...