I like your work. The color contrast between the model and the wooden background. The lighting is pretty good as well. Along with the model she seems to "talk" to the camera.
Still haven't left yet. Drove from Michigan down to Sweetwater TN to a friend's housen staying here till Monday. On the ride down took us 6 hours to go 16 miles through Cincinnati. We saw several Ladies get out of their car go over the guardrail and down an in bankment to go to the bathroom. They only had to walk about 150 feet to catch up to their car. I did get great pictures though it was well worth it.
I really like photos 1 & 2 . very nice balance, and I like her expression.
Be very careful if it is a Dell computer, in the past Dell reversed some of the power leads on the conecter. This resulted in a blown motherboard if you replaced their power supply with a standard one, I don't know if they still do this but I won't buy or repair Dell's any more.
While it won't work in all cases, I have found that if I take a bolt that screws into the camera mount and and attach a five foot piece of heavy twine to it. You step on the twine with one foot as you put the camera up to your face. Having tension on the twine from your arms pulling up and your foot holding it down will help stabilize the camera.
For connecting to my D-7100 to android I use a app called DslrDashboard. It has a lot more functionality than the Nikon program, I think they have a Apple version as well. Now if I could keep my adaptor from dropping wifi all the time I will be a very happy camper.
It only works for tablets and smartphone currently. Nikon,s app is terrible. I use app called DslrDashboard that allows you to adjust some settings
I just saw a news article about Cannon pationing a zoon lens using this technology. I am on my tablet so I can't paste the link here. We have been using them in lab here for several years, one of the problems using them is correcting the aberations in them as they are variable and not symetricial
Their is a product at electronic part suppliers called "Rubber rejuvinator" it is used to refurbish rubber belts and pulleys in electronic gear. I have used it on all sorts of rubber parts. Just use a rag or q-tip to rub it on, and wait a few minutes and wipe off. For real hard rubber it might take several applications of it
Another thing that is affected by the camera distance to the subject is paralax error which is related to viewing angle over which the camera sees the subject and the depth of the su ject. This is readly apparent in macro photography, but also to a smaller extent in portrait photography. As a physicist I have to deelwith is when measuring objects with telescopes and microscopes.
I purchased a Phoenix 60-300mm f/4-5.6 auto focus for my D7100 from a old camera store that hadn't been open for about 8 years for $36.00.I haven't had a chance to test it out much,but in the store I took a picture of a parking meter over 100feet away, and when i zoomed in I could read all the writing on the meter. So I think it will be a good lens, it is all metal, says made in Japan on it. My wife picked up another one 28-300 but it isn't quite as sharp for $70 for her D3100 but because of no motor it won't auto focus for her but she loves it. She says she manual focused her 35 mm film camera she can focus this.
I sure feel for you, last year I slipped on some ice and fell on my shoulder, split the head of my humerus in half almost all the way down to the elbow. Doctors couldn't do anything, just taped up my shoulder and immobilized my arm. Had to sleep in Recliner for six months. To take pictures I used a monopod that i could hold with my immobilized left arm,my right to t
o work the camera. I will say I got a lot of people staring at me when we visted downtown Chicago.
Darktable is a free opensource program that will run on OSX, Windows, and Linux. They are updating it on a regular basis, and is virus, and adware free. It will do albums, tagging, color correction, it will convert Raw and lots and lots of other things. I use it to tether my Nikon when I use it on my microscope, telescope, or when taking firework pictures. Another paid program I use is Corel's Aftershot pro, you can download it for a free trial