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Posts by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - June - Sunsets

El Hondo Natural Park, Alicante; sunset with flamingos; September 2019. Nikon D5300, 18-55mm AF-S @ 18mm, f/3.5, ISO 640, 1/160s. At quarter of an hour before this photo was taken, I was surroun...

posted 4y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - November - Animals

Meerkat on sentry duty, Bioparc Valencia, August 2017. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec.

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Gear Recommendations Program to strip EXIF data from images

exiftool It's available as a standalone application for Windows, and in package distributions for Linux. You can remove all EXIF data from a JPEG with exiftool -all= path/to/file.jpg or you ca...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - August - The Moon

Lunar eclipse 2018-07-27*; shot from Valencia, Spain. Nikon D5300, 70-300mm AF-S @300mm, f/5.6, 1/400 s. If I recall correctly, this was shot hand-held, or possibly with a monopod, because my heav...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A What are shutter speed, ISO, and Aperture?

Shutter speed Shutter speed is the inverse of exposure time: i.e. it measures how long the camera collects light. This is the parameter with most flexibility: most cameras support shutter speeds at...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - November - Animals

Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii), Bioparc Valencia, February 2017. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 1100mm f/11 reflex lens at ISO 250 and 1/800 sec. I like to consider this photo as proof that the ...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - November - Animals

Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria), Tancat de la Pipa, July 2017. Taken with my D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec. A local privately owned nature reserve partnered with...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - November - Animals

Butterfly on bracken, Muckross House (Killarney, Ireland), July 2017. Spotted on one of the paths a moderate way from the main house, shot with my Nikon D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S @ 300mm, f/5.6, IS...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - September - Fun with perspective

Somewhere around the port of Barcelona, April 2010. The building on the left is the Hotel W; the clock tower is obviously much shorter.

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A Procuring a lens cover for large (133mm) lens?

I'm not quite sure how to make one that will be as resistant to impact or scrapes as an engineered one. Many large lenses are sold with fabric "socks" as their only protection, so you may be worr...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A How can I take better pictures of the fish I catch?

...it's always kind of awkward to hold a slimy fish in one hand and a camera in the other. If you put the camera on a tripod pointing down, you free up a hand. This would also potentially let you...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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