Kenneth Wong

@elinlaxdal Thanks, I really appreciate your opinion.

There are a growing number of American companies which manufacture their products (or are in the process of bringing manufacturing back) here in the U.S., Breakthrough being one of them.

This is what they say on their site:

We’re based here in the states alongside only one other US-based filter company, Singh-Ray, the makers of s…[Read more]

@admin-2 I believe it’s the same for most people who are serious about their photography. I frequently go to places knowing that I probably won’t find anything but use the opportunity to scout the territory and plan for future shoots.

Thanks @elax.

@patography The bubbles in the center of the image almost look metallic.

Did they appear that way naturally or did you perform any processing which lead to that effect?

Thanks @patrickw-2.

Very interesting exercise. I tried converting a few of my images just to see what they would look like.

Welcome @heaterography.

@loki Nicely done.

Thanks @paul-3.

The halos only bother me a bit because to some people it might look as though I did a really bad job of burning down bright spots in the picture.

I always try to produce very natural looking images and because of this I tend to do very little work to my pictures beyond basic exposure fine-tuning, color/white balance fine-tuning…[Read more]

Thanks @patrickw-2.

Thanks @elinlaxdal.

Nikon has never made an optically bad 105mm macro.

But then I don’t think any other manufacturer — including third parties like Tamron, Tokina and Sigma — have either.

I’ve heard that some people have experienced compatibility issues with Sigma 105mm macro lenses, but I’ve never used any Sigma products and don’t know anyone with Sigma macro…[Read more]