Who that's not Roger Daltrey

That's a crispy photo.
About how far away were you?
What were your camera settings lens

The real advantage of dslr photography is the ability to post process.
Prime example. Low light shots. Don't be afraid to underexposed 2 stops to get your shutter speed up. In adobe camera raw you can quickly adjust the picture to make a dark room look bright.

Raw is better but jpeg is quicker and more convienent.
I switch depending on how heavily I want to adjust the image. Most of the time I am going for the one and done. 1 out of 20 sometimes 1 out of 100.

Just do the basic adjustments with adobe camera raw. Then start in and create some overcooked photoshop monstrosities. Get a 2nd screen for your computer and watch as many tutorials as you can while your working on ps

Best of luck

Not Sure how we started talking about chipmunks but in rare cases chipmunks have undermined foundations and caused complete homes to colapses. They are busy and industrious creatures.

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Nice picture. When I was a kid I partrolled neighbors gardens with my havaheart trap.
After you let them out they usually go to one of their hideouts or a tree and hang by their tail.
Next time when you let one loose follow it.

Find someone who can type 70 + words a minute.
Voice to text has way Too many errors to be usefull as a final one and done draft.
Or just tape the talk and type it yourself later. It's not like you will need this every day.

Take a windshield tour of Lake Shore Drive.
It is beautiful from far north to far south.
You can see grant park, soldiers field, planetarium, field museum, Bucking ham fountian, lincoln park zoo, McCormick place, the river walk, science and industry and many more. Although, you won't be able to just get out of the car and take pictures.
1st snow is usually around thanksgiving so the weather will be crispy, great for a lot of vigorous walking.
Then hit the loop for an architectural tour, walk the mag mile. Go to the 95th floor of the Hancock (free) buy a $10 beer and look at the city.

If you don't need the degree just audit a few of the photography courses. Over half the classes are going to be Gen ed or something not related to making you a better photographer. The 100 level classes are probably going to be too slow.

If I was rich I would hang around colleges and take about 12 credit hours a year.
Go to the university book store and look at the books that they are going to make you buy.

Go there for what you want to learn and skip the rest. You will probably meet people to do photography stuff with. Plus college is cool.

Churches as a rule of thumb are very dark.
There are almost always a lot of things to photograph. Great for getting good at low light situations

The stained glass is going to be the easiest subject in a church to shoot because it has a soft light and great color contrast.
Go to the church when there is no one there and "Spray it down" (take a lot of pictures) just try to get shots that are in focus.
Then review the set, see what you can do in post production.
Then come back on a different day and repeat.
Save the tripod, focus stacking and HDR for another day.
Then on perhaps a 3rd trip you can put it all together.

Good luck

Must have been exciting.
Did you check the picture in your camera after you shot it or wait till you got home?

I'm betting the 1st. It was a question from an old post just thought I'd ask.

What I like most is the story it tells. You are fishing for great photos and the aligator is fishing for actual fish. Reeling in a great photo is a lot like reeling in a great fish. You have both captured in one moment.

That is a really nice fish. Lol

100 x 400 is such a cool lense but large and cumbersome. Works great on crop sensors.
Perfect setup. The extenders are usually more trouble than they are worth unless on a heavy duty top of the line tripod.

A second camera your 5dmk4 can then be used for everything else.

When you pick your backup I would just make sure it uses the same battery as the 5dmk4.

Nice pose on the last one.
You could do some selective color enhancement to give it a little more color.
Pictures are never sharp enough no matter what. Especially if your a pixel peeper like
Although with a nice composition like the last picture you dont need it to be super sharp to have a great final product.

If you can tweet the exposure separately for the subject and backround and make the image a little softer.

Your time was well spent with that capture.

Nice compositions.
Very artistic.

I bought a $30 USB microscope and you can do a lot with it.
A smartphone is not to be underestimated as a shortcut to true macro dslr photography.

Try doing the above as a shortcut then get back to the hard work of doing it right.
Macro photography is stunning when done right with your quality gear.

Macro photography is its own art
Lighting is its own art.
You have the gear to do amazing shots.

Best of luck

Nice
I spend about 40mins a week waiting for freight trains.
Hope you like graffiti lol.

Try a different card. Probably need a faster one.
As a test crank down the resolution and see if it records longer. I had that problem and it was a slow SD card.
Can be confusing purchasing the right SD card.

Wow what is happening with picture 2?