One day, a little girl asks her mother

"Tell me mother, how were the parents born?

"Well," her mom replied, "it's God who created the first human parents, Adam and Eve.

Adam and Eve had children who later became parents in turn and so on.

This is how the human family was formed. "

Two days later, the girl asks the same question to her father.

This one answers her:

"You see my daughter, millions of years ago, monkeys slowly, evolved to become the human beings we are today."

The puzzled little girl returns immediately to see her mother:

"Mom, ... But how is it possible for you to tell me that the first parents were created by God and that dad told me that they were monkeys that evolved?"

And the mother to answer her very calmly, while smiling:

"It's very simple, darling, I told you about my family ... and your father was talking about his" !!!!

for those who know me from my recent Macro posts, also know that I recently had a lumbar fusion.
Things started going south last weekend when I thought my 2 week headache was fading.
Well it wasn't lol.
At this point I am leaking spinal fluid under the skin in my lower back.
The Dr examined and tested a fluid sample from under the skin and found it to be
almost exclusively spinal fluid.
The leak is to large for a blood patch.
So Monday the surgeon is going to remove the hardware and bone grafts in order to find the leak
and repair it.
They will be introducing fluids to keep my brain afloat during the process.
They will then attempt to install the rods and screws again if they are successful.
I can't begin to tell you all how much I am NOT looking forward to this.
I am hoping this is an easy fix, but the surgeon is not hopeful lol.
He is probably the best in the area, has 32 years experience at trauma crash surgeries.
So I do believe I am in the best hands possible.
Needless to say, photographing will be another ways off for me. Perhaps I will catch some
of the nesting season at the Rookery.

Anyone here had a nasty Dura leak ? how did it go ?
Thanks

Danniel

Camera bodies: Nikon D850 + Nikon D 500
Lenses: Nikon 70-200, Nikon 300mm prime, Nikon 500 mm ED PF VR(not taking Nikon 24-70 and 28-300)
Situations:
1. Ranthambhore National Park, India - jeep safaris, awesome tiger sightings, usually within 100 m or so, sometimes much closer; sometimes right next to the jeep !!; 4 pax to a jeep (thus some flexibility of movement but not a lot !)
2. Tanzania - Ndutu; Asanja Moru.....Serengeti to see the great migration. Obviously huge amounts of action, but having never been there, I hear you need reach for lenses etc

Question: which lenses to which cameras for which situations ? Recommendations please on the "kit" you would take and which lens would you fit to which body for these two situations.

I am sorry if I am asking too much.....and would truly appreciate genuine responses vs some I've had in the past that are judgemental and snarky.

Greetings everyone,

I recently purchased a Canon EOS Rebel T7i. I also purchased a "nifty fifty" lens for it as well. My question is when I am trying to calculate a formula using the focal length of the lense ( such as DOF) should I use the raw focal length of the lense or should I use the focal length x crop factor to calculate it? For example, it's a 50mm lens, but when you use the crop factor it's 50mm x 1.6= 80mm. Which one should I plug into my DOF calculator to find my DOF?

Thank you,

Elfman9

I hike with a group and can’t stop and take the time to pull out, compose shots, and repack my Olympus OM-D E-M10. It’s not fair to the other hikers.

So I would like to get a capable, very compact, camera for hikes. My cellphone just isn’t good enough to get the quality of pictures I’m looking for.

I’ve done my research, and I’m leaning towards a Canon Powershot Elph 360 HS. I like the frame to frame speed, and 12x optical zoom. Any concerns about the choice, or other alternatives in a similar price range ~$200?

Two points, won’t go bigger, not up for arguments about taking the Olympus, I’ll do that when I’m not with the group.

I was recently asked to consider doing casual, on location( not sure where yet) Senior Portaits for an acquaintance's son. I told her that I did not have much experience with taking portraits, only practice session for a photography class assignment. She said that's okay, if I don't do it, she will probably just take them with her phone camera. I'm not even sure she will be submitting them to his high school yearbook, since she said she will not be buying one. I did not think to ask about that. She said for me to come up with a price.

Since I have never done a paying Portrait Session before, my question is, does anyone have an idea of what I should charge for a session? I have a strong suspicion I will not be doing the prints, but will give her a flash drive or SD card with the prints on it. However, if I do the prints, would I just double the cost per print?

Any decent ideas on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
PhotoNat

Why buy lenses from let’s say Tamron or Sigma, as opposed to OEM lenses from the camera manufacturer? Wouldn’t Nikon lenses for Nikon cameras or Canon lenses for Canon cameras, etc. be better in general than third party lenses?

If cost is the main issue, wouldn’t a used OEM lens in excellent condition be better in general than a new third party lens? I guess used third party lenses still beat out used OEM lenses cost wise.

I understand that Tamron and Sigma lenses are popular. Just curious as to why?