Practice, practice, practice. Set up some sort of object(fence posts, pop cans, bowling pins) at different distances to the camera with each of them in view. Take copius notes for camera to object distance, shutter speed, F-stop, focal length on the zoom lens, etc. Without the objects moving you will have time to change shutter speeds, f-stops, zooms and take a WHOLE BUNCH of shots. Study them to figure out what look you are looking for. Remember, faster shutter speed means less movement blur, larger aperature (lower f-stop number) means shallower depth of field(DoF), physically the closer you are to the subject, the shallower the DoF, the larger the sensor the shallower the DoF for an equivalent f-stop. Since you don't want to change formats, you can work with the other variables to achieve your goal. I used to drive my wife nuts with the number of pictures I took of pop bottles lined up. There are numerous online charts to tell you numbers of depth of field for different sensors, f-stops, but a picture is worth a thousand words, when you see it in practice you will be able to anticipate what it will look like for the real thing.

[quote=dcampbell52]Ahh but the inaccuracies are not in the tracking but in the transport/delivery. My......


Touche'. I meant my piece as tongue in cheek. I have had a package sent from Denver to eastern Montana that ended up in Spartanburg, South Carolina and then redirected back to where is was supposed to go. I have had failings with all three of the major carriers and cannot say one is better than another. I will also agree with you about the overpaid and underworked, not just in the USPS but every where in the federal service.

How can USPS be the worst? They are 100% accurate. Mine always read "IN TRANSIT" until the carrier gets back to the post office in the evening and then it reads "DELIVERED". That has got to be flawless.

There is a bend in the river most guides will have you fish that you HAVE to photograph called Traffic Jamb. I would love to see your interpretation of it. If you go all the way to Sheridan the train station turned restaurant and hotel is beautiful, inside and out. If you get off the highway the Bighorn Mountains will offer lots of scenes.

Keep up the good work, love the Gambel's Quail images, my favorite bird. When I was laid up, I was able to sit on the front porch and watch 3 different family scurrying about their day in the acreage in front of the house.

Ahh, thank you, I see some homework on my horizon.

Sorry for the ignorance but what is CSR+ and CSRB+?

Did you know those round hay bales have been outlawed?

Cattle can't get a square meal from them.

This is going to hurt you more than it is me.

I love it, the misty morning light and all. Impressive animals too.

..... I am looking at joining a local photography club to learn more.....

Persevere with what you have right now, join the club and observe, take notes and see what others are using and ask to try them out. You don't need to get them to 'loan' a camera to you for a week or a month but it you get to feel it, touch it, lift it at a club meeting/event, you will be able to see if you would like to investigate that brand/model further.

[quote=Rathyatra]A humorous statement of our new reality !!! It made me smile as I remembered the good old days when a snowman was just a snowman.


8:00 am I made a snowman.

8:10 A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn't make a snow woman.

8:15...

No moral to the story?..!!! I thought this was true that happened to you, except the times were a little accelerated. I could never get a 'snowperson' built in 10 minutes.

Spread the words.

You mentioned you have DX AND FX glass so you have a glass base for full frame. If you WANT to go full frame, go full frame and have the flexibility of both formats. Do you research like it sounds like you have done and go for it. You can always resell your acquisition if you find out it is not for you.