Interesting. Thanks for the glimpse into some the not-so-peaceful history of this very peaceful looking estuary.

I have 3 Nikon lenses, one Tamron (90 mm) and one Sigma (10-20mm) and they all do the job they were intended for. The Sigma is a little soft under 12mm. The Tamron is reasonably priced and very sharp.

I use RAW in one slot and JPG fine in the 2nd in my D7100. I travel a lot and selectively down load jpg files to an iPad to email to friends as I go. I have several cards and save the RAW files for PP when I get home. I'm not a professional photographer and I don't have clients so I only have myself to please. If I was going to photograph an important event for someone I'd probably switch the second slot to RAW to make sure I had a back up.

He was up there for at least the 10 minutes I watched him. He moved his legs a couple of times but didn't seem to be in any hurry to get down.

Thanks Stephie. Right place, right time.

Nice picture! I hope mine cleans up as nicely when I get to do a little PP.

Saw this turtle precariously balanced on a rock in a pond at the Byodo-la Buddhist temple on Oahu. I'm away from home so no PP except for cropping om my iPad.

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Here's one from the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. I don't have my Mac with me so the only PP is cropping on an iPad.

Hunter

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Much thanks to all for the very useful hints and suggestions. I think the issue is pretty well narrowed down. This shot of a penny (flatter target) was shot with a Tamron 90mm Macro at f/7.1, 1/13 sec, with the mirror up and a wired remote release. Since I was mostly concerned with resolving the focus issue I haven't done any PP or changed my lighting set up. The issues appear to have been with the subject (angled and reflective) and poor lighting, but mostly with the tripod and the vibration transferred to it by the mirror flap - not to mention the slow learning curve of the photographer. It's great to have such a large resource of skilled photographers as is on UHH.

Penny

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Thanks S.S.

I went back at tried with a Tamron 90mm Macro, f/7.1, ISO 100 and 1/40th sec. Lost some DOF going to 7.1 but the increased speed was enough to illustrate that the problem is more a question of poor light, slow shutter speed and photographer inadequacy, than of equipment deficiencies. I guess I'll be going light hunting in the near future. Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Butterfly Slide redo

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Thanks for the many prompt and helpful responses. I'll try again using the Tamron 90mm, better lighting and faster shutter speed. I don't gave another tripod option so I'll just have to find a way to make do with one I have. I'll post again after I've done some more tinkering.

Thanks for your quick response. I'm using a MeFoto A1360 tripod (supports about 17.5 pounds) inverted with the legs extended only about 1/3. Also using a remote shutter release.

I've been trying to correct what I thought was a focus issue with my D7100 or the lenses I was using. I've shot this butterfly slide with a Tamron 90mm, with and without filter, and with a 50mm f/1.8, with and without filter. When I load them into Lightroom 5, they seem to be in focus until I zoom way in to do some PP. Since I seem to be having the same focus issue no matter which lens I use, I'm wondering if the problem may actually be with the resolution on my 24" iMac. I'm attaching a picture taken with the 50mm, ISO 100, f/13, 1/3 sec exposure. I've left it just as it came out of the camera (minor cropping) hoping to get some feed back on where the focus issue really is. I'm not concerned (at this time) with the composition or lighting, just the focus. Any thoughts?

Butterfly Jewelry Slide

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We're going to celebrate our secession again this July with all the usual hooplah. My 35mm experience started with a Minolta Maxxim (also bought at a BX - I'm retired USN). I've had a few point and shots since then and last year I moved up to a Nikon D7100. I think I could spend another lifetime just learning all the features on it. Like most in the Midwest I'm suffering from cabin fever so I'm heading for Oahu in a couple of weeks to spend a few days in the sun and sand getting photo ops without freezing my tush.