It's becoming a busy season again for the Mac Museum. Here are some of my recent finds. 2009 MacBook Pro - $FREE I found this at the Dover Recycle Center in a bin of miscellaneous electronics including TVs, printers, and some microwaves. It was very dirty and looked as if it had been kept outside …
Some Black & Whites
I started out as a black and white photographer. Armed with a Pentax K-1000 from my News and Photo class, I set about taking images on Kodak Tri X Pan 400 film then processing and printing it in our school darkroom. I’ve been shooting in color since then, but I still see the world in …
Image Processing Nerdery
I posted recently about why it took me so long to go through my Antelope Canyon images. It was pretty simple: they required a lot of processing. For those that are interested, I’ll share some details about how much processing that entailed. An example of a 7-shot bracketed image. Notice how some of the images …
More Images from Antelope Canyon
I visited Lower Antelope Canyon over six weeks ago and still hadn’t posted more than a few images. There are two reasons for this: I took a lot of images and each requires a fair amount of processing. Light in the canyon varies significantly so I took 3-5 images of each shot at different exposures …
Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6 – 6.3 VR Review
Superzooms are often a must for animal and sports photography. They make small animals larger in the frame and help keep a safe distance from larger but more skittish or dangerous ones. They help isolate players on the field and capture critical moments in the game. I bought a Sigma 150-600mm lens second hand in …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 3
This is the third in a series of posts about my recent trip to Las Vegas. Read the second part here. Day 5 - Nelson Ghost Town & Valley of Fire at Sunset As the personal part of my trip came to a close I had reached transition day. Time to check out of Treasure …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 2
This is the second in a series of posts about my recent trip to Las Vegas. Read the first part here. Day 3 - Casino Exploration & Neon Boneyard Part 1 My pre-conference itinerary included two all-day bus tours so I inserted a rest day in between to allow myself more than 4 hours of …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 1
This is the first post of several chronicling a nine day trip to Vegas. The unfinished draft was over 2700 words, and well, nobody’s going to read that 🙂 I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference in Las Vegas for work. I’ve never been to Vegas before and decided to do a bit …
Revisiting My Sony a6100
I bought a Sony a6100 in 2022 as a way to dip my toe to into mirrorless. I used a Nikon D750 as my primary camera at the time, had recently added a D500 for sports and wildlife, and had tried Nikon’s mirrorless system through a used Z50. I was nonplussed with Nikon’s mirrorless autofocus …
Fun with Birds and a Small Camera
I went on vacation recently to Discovery Cove in Orlando Florida. It’s a really cool, all-inclusive park where guests can swim with dolphins, snorkel with fish, play in the water, navigate the lazy river, or just lay on the beach and relax. In addition to dolphins and fish it has a full aviary as well …
Relatively Ambitious 