Not exactly a Takumar 500 mm but I have a Hanimar 400mm with a M42 mount and to go with it a 2x extender and a APS Autoplus 3x extender, the...
you have really nailed this one Kevin, the lighting is excellent
Caladina, I teach a small community house, photography class. and like to encourage photographic endeavors on the forum, a flow on from my classes...
Roy as you said this lockdown is an excellent time to learn especially about software we use with our cameras, it has two benifits, one is we feel...
Thanks, Ray. I started out using DPP, it was using YouTube , I learn how to use it, I then progress onto Photoshop 5. now I am up to photoshop19...
Caladina, your decision to take a image each day is showing some good results, look at your earlier images and then your later ones such as...
Welcome to the forum Barbara, may I suggest you direct your enquirey to Johnsey as he is very knowledgeable in this area.
Oh. the joys of jumping in a puddle, if you lose that joy it is a indication you are getting old and overly serious.
Welcome to the forum Roy, what Johnsey has written is correct, now if like me you have not been brought up with computers, you need visual a...
Eva, may I also suggest that if you wish purchase a 2x extender go along to your local camera shop, take your camera and lens along and ask to see...
I rather like this one. Caladina. The subject nicely leads the eye in to the out of focus background. good one.
Welcome Eva, there is another option and that is use a 2x extender the drawback to this is you will loose two stops of light, one way around this...
Welcome to the forum, Craig. If you are interested there is a monthly comp going, just something to get us out and about taking images or what...
After looking at the previous attempt, then I found the Vermin Exterminator laying down on the job in front of her "cave of doom". She is so...
Halfway through the month an still no image, so I took this image and when I looked at it, my goodness it was really dirty so I cleaned it so I...
Good decision, it makes the image.
I am jealous I am as wobbly as a old rocking chair.
sounds like you will be needing a tripod, I suggest a trip to a op shop or some place similar, might be the cheap way to go.
If you are content to use JPEGS that"s ok. the main thing with photography is you get out and about and enjoy what you are doing.
I suggest for free software use Gimp2 and processing your raw files, may I suggest darktable "I personally have not used darktable but it is worth...
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