Dammit, Baltimore! Having a bike stolen the first week is terrible. They will steal the wheels off a bike that is chained, so some people use extra long or multiple locks if they have to leave it for a long time. They'll steal your seat post if your saddle looks decent (especially if it's on a quick release).


If you make it down to Annapolis (which I highly recommend), the Naval Academy is a great place to visit. You can walk in the rotunda at Bancroft Hall and walk over to the Chapel. On the other side of the USNA bridge, you can walk the Greenbury Point trail; it's about two miles, lightly trafficked, and has views across the water of the bay bridge and the Academy.


If I was going back to Annapolis for a day, I'd eat at Ceremony Coffee for breakfast (the poached egg toast is worth a long drive for, and their coffees and espressos are excellent), The Boatyard in Eastport for lunch (crabcake sandwich is one of the best you'll ever have-don't let someone tell you Phillips is the greatest), and Lemongrass on West Street for dinner (Pad ka Pow with a fried egg on top). If you're feeling fancy, the Chart House is cool for waterfront drinks and Lewnes across the street is the best steak in town. Galway Bay on Maryland Avenue for pints if you have any steam left.

Haha yeah it was rough but that is why my bikes while I am out here are about $50, making my locks worth more than the bike LOL. We both have a U lock and a cable going through the wheels to prevent them going as well.

Thank you very much! I have been told multiple times already to checkout Annapolis so we will make a trip down there when we have the chance! That is funny you say that about Phillips, I have already had someone say that Phillips is the greatest.

You might be able to find it if you watch the Fred Miranda buy/sell page.

You can get a $250 rebate on the 100-400GM with the Sony Pro event rebate offer they hand out at events. You can buy from any authorized vendor, then get a visa card rebate in the mail from Sony. Not a super slick deal, but better than none.

I have a card from overland expo west that expires in a few weeks if you are interested. Sony had a booth with a red 5th gen and they were handing out alpha stickers and rebate cards. The rebate scales with the lens price, and the 100-400 gets $250 back.

Nice, thanks! I've never seen this before. Seems like a very active marketplace.



Excellent, thank you! I am still on the lookout for the lens. Looks like they can be had on eBay for about $2100 + tax, but 10% off a brand new one would probably be a better value. My plan was to wait and se if anything miraculous came up over the July 4th holiday. If not, and you definitely won't be using it, I may hit you up for use of that coupon.



I was able to pick up a spotless A7r ii body with <4k actuations and a couple memory cards for $1200, and a 2x teleconverter for $440. The price difference to the Mark iii was just too much for me to rationalize. There's a little debate in my head whether to go for the 100-400 GM or the new 200-600 G that's coming out in about a month for $2k MSRP. Still leaning toward the 100-400, thinking the sharpness should be a little better, and I don't really want to carry around that 200-600. I shoot some wildlife, but it's mostly the Yellowstone big animal type. Not small/fast moving.

Thanks all!

putting the star tracker to more use this past weekend. I was able to capture the these two shots of the Milky Way. Both images I quickly set up and shot since I was running out of time before the moon came up (plus I was tired)
both shots are 2 images each, one for foreground one for back.

Canon 5DMark IV
Canon 16-35 f/2.8 at f/2.8
ISO 1000
150"

I looked at several trackers but very very happy with the
iOptron sky guider pro:
https://amzn.to/2ZLkf7G

it is very easy to set up and use. the most difficult part is getting polar align but this isn't too bad. I can set up now in under 5mins. being able to capture these images with such low ISO and detail is well worth the price of the tracker

Awesome Milky Way pics!

on a recent trip to San Fran I was able to capture one of my bucket list images. This is a composite of several images over the course of the evening, I almost called it a night until I saw this cruise ship getting ready to go under the bridge.

I stayed at f/14 through out the images and adjusted shutter speed.
Shot on Canon 5D Mark IV using the Canon 16-35 lens.
Edited all in Photoshop CC with various blend modes.




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Hi, my name is Mike and I'm new to the site. I stumbled across this thread and I wanted to share some of my photography. I'm an accountant by day, but I do Automotive Photography on the side. I also do Landscape photography when I go on vacation to places that actually have things to take pictures of. I live in the Dallas area, and we don't really have a lot of Landscape.

I don't know all the technical terms for everything, or ever the textbook correct way of doing things, but if anyone had any questions about photography or Photoshop, I'll do my best to help answer them.

Here are a few of my favorite car photos.

Here is some landscape type stuff.

18th hole at Pebble Beach


L.A. Sunrise


Rocky Mountain National Forest



Golden Gate Bridge


Bixby Bridge


Key Hole Rock

These are really good! What lens/focal length were you using for the bears? I imagine you don't want get to close to bears. I've never had an opportunity to photograph wildlife, but I think it would be fun.

Great work! I especially like the Iceland one.

I also shoot with Sony. I have the A7RII. I've had a couple of other Sony crop sensor cameras as well, but going Full Frame was a game changer.

Thank you. The bears were shot with a 600m at f/5.6. Wildlife can be super challenging and frustrating but is very rewarding.

Here are a couple new ones from a recent Eagles trip.
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Very nice! Capturing them in flight is even more amazing. Sometimes I photograph racing events and panning has proven to be quite difficult. A lot of throw always compared to only a few keepers.

@Ryance39 Your shots are fantastic man! Sony? what's your hardware?!