Grizly Bears From Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Grisly Bear, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver

On a recent trip to Canada I visited Grouse Mountain, Vancouver.  On the mountain there are several Grizly Bears in a very natural environment, which had recently came out of hibernation.  The bears were very active in their environment and it was a great venue to get many natural images of these magnificent creatures. The… Continue reading Grizly Bears From Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

An Astro Image From Red Rock, New South Wales – A Stitched Panorama Of Single Images

Astro, Milky Way, Red Rock

Quite often with my images I like to go back and look at images I took a few years ago and reprocess them.  Generally the processing software has improved with much better noise reduction and other enhanced processing actions.  Also with time, our processing techniques may also have improved significantly with improved skill level. With… Continue reading An Astro Image From Red Rock, New South Wales – A Stitched Panorama Of Single Images

A Catalogue And Specifications Of All The Current Nikon Z Mirrorless Lenses

NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S

The information below summarises all the available Nikon Z lenses for the Nikon Mirrorless Z range of cameras.  As new lenses become available I will add to the list to keep it complete. Nikon have not published what the S stands for on their S lenses but I believe it stands for Super, Spectacular, Stunning… Continue reading A Catalogue And Specifications Of All The Current Nikon Z Mirrorless Lenses

Sample Images and Review of the Nikon Z50 DX Camera

Adenium (Desert Rose)

The Nikon Z50 is a wonderful small camera, it can almost be called tiny, compared to some of the larger Mirrorless and large Digital SLR cameras. It has a huge resolution for a small camera, 20.9 million effective pixels and has a capability of a wide range of ISO settings, from ISO100 to ISO51,200 which… Continue reading Sample Images and Review of the Nikon Z50 DX Camera

Review of the Nikon Z50 DX Camera and 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR, 50-250mm f4.5-6.3 VR Lenses

Nikon Z50 Camera

The Nikon Z50 Camera is a very small, high quality camera, in some respects I would say it is tiny compared to some of the larger Mirrorless and Digital SLR cameras, the size of this camera is comparable with some of the larger mobile phones which people are using for their everyday camera.  But being… Continue reading Review of the Nikon Z50 DX Camera and 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR, 50-250mm f4.5-6.3 VR Lenses

Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f4.5-6.3 VR Lens Review with Sample Images

Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f4.5-6.3 VR Lens Extended

This lens from Nikon is the first of the Mirrorless DX lenses.  It is retractable so that it is quite small for a 50-250mm lens when retracted and approximately increases by one quarter in size, when it is extended for operation.  The lens is a very compact lens for a 250mm zoom telephoto lens. The… Continue reading Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f4.5-6.3 VR Lens Review with Sample Images

Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f3.5-6.3 VR Lens Review with Sample Images

Desert Rose (Adenium)

This lens from Nikon is the first of the Mirrorless DX lenses.  It is retractable so that it is very small when retracted and approximately doubles in size when it is extended for operation.   The retractable lens is a great idea to keep the overall size of the camera lens combination to quite a small… Continue reading Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f3.5-6.3 VR Lens Review with Sample Images

Nikon NX Studio Software – Full Video Movie Editing Review

NX Studio - Edit Video

The new Nikon NX Studio software has a very useful addition to the still image processing and that is processing and editing video/movie files.  I have recently reviewed the still image processing part of this software and will now review the video image editing functionality. Thumbnails Once your video captures have been added to your… Continue reading Nikon NX Studio Software – Full Video Movie Editing Review

Some More Sample Images Processed in Nikon NX Studio Software with 200mm f/4D IF ED Micro Lens

Adenium, Desert Rose

This Blog is both a review of sample images processed with the new FREE Nikon NX Studio Software and a review of some of the images from the Nikon 200mm f/4D IF ED Micro Lens. The Hibiscus Flamenco The Hibiscus Flamenco has been processed in NX Studio using the following adjustments: Adjust Composition/Crop Tool –… Continue reading Some More Sample Images Processed in Nikon NX Studio Software with 200mm f/4D IF ED Micro Lens

Some Sample Images Processed in Nikon NX Studio Software

Sunset

I am finding that The new Nikon NX Studio is very nice to touch up and post process my Nikon D810 files.  The package is somewhat basic as it does not have the layers and masking type of settings, but you would not really expect those types of settings in a free software package such… Continue reading Some Sample Images Processed in Nikon NX Studio Software