On an Alaska trip, in the bay about 10 miles south of Homer. Lots of hungry eagles, lots of fun getting their pictures. Nikon d7200, Tamron 16-300, 1/1000 at f8, ISO 1250. I've found that when hand held and in this case in a small boat, using "Shake Reduction" in PS really cleans up the image. #2 is 1/1600 at f9, ISO 800

I wore the flag on my shoulder for 21 years while flying Uncle Sam's airplanes. These guys don't have to salute, just put their hands over their hearts. But... they don't because they probably were never taught to respect the flag or their country. Their goal is "what's in it for me?" and that's it. With this generation, I don't see it getting any better any time soon.

Trying out my new Tamron 90mm, 2.8 lens on these two hoppers. Even at f16 the DOF seems very small. I didn't check the app to see what it is but in AF it did a lot of seeking. Anybody got any hard and fast rules of thumb for using a Macro lens? I got the grin on his face anyway.

I went to one here in Las Vegas last year. Got what I paid for. Mostly not a good use of my time, but that's just me.

Yes, Shake Reduction Filter. It's a pull down item under the Filter heading.

If you have PS, use the Shake Reduction filter when you do a hand held shot. It really makes a difference, I use it quite often.

Thanks, composition with wild animals is by guess and by gosh, click and hope. RMJ

It's a desert out there, 106 degrees today, but food and water will bring them in. Two groups, one set of chicks is about 2 weeks old and the other is about 6 weeks old. Only problem is I have to shoot through the window glass. Just touch the door knob and they are GONE, zoom!

Several weeks ago I wrote in about my D500 that froze up twice while I was on a shoot. The fix was to pull the battery for a few seconds, put it back and keep going. Allen's Camera replaced the unit when I got home and all is well. Today I was noodling around on YouTube and found a fellow with the exact same problem and a number more had written in the comments. So I guess Nikon has a problem. Meanwhile, just pull the battery, put it back in and keep on shooting if you have the freeze up problem.

Thanks for the reply, gotta go find 3 beer cans and I'm ready to go. RMJ

Yes. And if you follow the many sites that give advise on how to do it, you'll find, as I said, that many different ways to accomplish the task. That includes YouTube also. RMJ

I've used my Tamron 16-300mm on the d7200 for several years and all was well. Upgraded to the d500 and the lens doesn't focus properly, focus is in front or back. AF fine tune menu setting on "0". I've read 5-6 different ways to tune the lens and have 5-6 ways to do it or buy something that's supposed to work wonders. Nikon isn't any help, the manual almost says don't do it. Anyway, some of y'all that are knowledgeable about lens, would it work to take a series of pictures increasing the setting 1 unit for each picture and then pick the setting that gives the sharpest picture. When I tried this it looked good at a setting within one unit of several suggestions I tried, a fine tune setting of "+7". That's fine at 150mm, but will this setting apply to different zoom settings? Thanks.

Amazon says the book will be released. 1 Nov 16. I'll get it then!

Shooting loons and other birds in Kamloops, BC. Two brown eggs seen when mama went to feed and one of two chicks peeking out 5 hours after they hatched. And a heron passing by. Nikon D500

Thanks for your thoughts. Battery is good, cards are per the manual, I've written the store where I bought it and expect a reply when I get back to the U.S. If it happens again I'll try the reset to default buttons. Nice camera just not trustworthy at this point. I've had it 4 weeks.