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I have a D500 with a 24-70mm, an SB700 plus a YONGNUO YN560 IV speedlight on a small tripod for fill lighting against a white backdrop, and trying to create a basic headshot. The YONGNUO flash is set as a slave to trigger on the SB700 flash. The SB700 is set to 1/2, although I've tried many...

Hello everyone, I found a used D500 for 580 dollars. The seller lives in the same city as me, and claims the camera is fully functional. It has a shutter count of 371000. Normally I would not be able to afford such top of the line camera for a long while, but this seems like a good...

Hi, I have an opportunity to take this picture over again on Saturday. What can I do differently to improve it? It's not really an environment for bringing my Forcepoint XPLOR 600s. I do have an SB700 and a YONGNUO YN560 flash I could use. I was thinking more light on her face would improve the...

My first attempt at this post failed to get posted properly for some reason (despite "draft saved"). I have a D500 with a 14-24mm f/2.8 and an SB-700 in TTL mode and trying to figure out the best way to navigate environments with very low light. This picture was taken in manual at f/4 ISO 1250...

Hi everyone, there are two problems with this picture. The first is that, somehow in the process of changing from my 24-70mm to my 70-200mm VR2 lens on my D500, the Qual button was pushed and the shutter speed dial rotated, changing my RAW+Fine to NORMAL I was nearly entirely through the shoot...

Hi, I have a D500 with a 24-70mm and I'm trying to set up an environment for taking profile pictures / headshots for a few friends. I also have two Flashpoint XPLOR 600s with two Glow 36" octoboxes and an SB700 flash for lighting the background. I purchased the Fovitec 14x62 strip softbox with...

I have the chance to upgrade some of my camera gear. I do a little bit of everything, We travel a lot so I like to do a lot of nature/landscape/wildlife/flowers stuff. I do some sports action stuff and of course the standard people portrait shoots. I am looking for honest opinions on a new...

1. Dunnottar Castle early morning by Mark Coull, on Flickr This morning my alarm went off at 03:30am for heading up to Dunnottar Castle for a sunrise (05:15) attempt with a friend. Unfortunately the weather apps lied as it was raining and the sun would be smothered in a thick wall of cloud. So...

1. Fowlsheugh Puffin by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Seated Puffn by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Puffin amongst the grass by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Puffin in the morning sunshine by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. RSPB Fowlsheugh Puffin by Mark Coull, on Flickr Last Saturday morning I visited my...

1. Northern Gannet by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Razorbill by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. RSPB Fowlsheugh Puffin 1.1 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Guillemot by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. Northern Gannet by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. Common Guillemot by Mark Coull, on Flickr 7. The double stare...

1. RSPB Fowlsheugh Puffin 1.2 by Mark Coull, on Flickr This is my 2nd year visiting RSPB Fowlsheugh in trying to get that well lit puffin shot, well after many attempts it finally happened on Sunday afternoon! A puffin appeared on the slope below bathed in the glorious sunshine. Roughly 2-3...

1. Life on the edge life on the edge by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Common Guillemot Guillemot by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Razorbill speeeeeed Razorbill speeeeeeed by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Free falling into next week Free falling into next week (Explored 07/06/2018) by Mark Coull, on...

1. Robin Robin by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Yellowhammer Yellowhammer by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Starling Starling by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Juvenile Starling Juvenile Starling by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. Great tit Great tit having a feed by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. Male Black Bird...

On Saturday got invited up to photograph the U18s sevens tournament. Gorgeous day, was the only one in the shade, sun was at my back...Sometimes forget my lens is a f/4. Need to try it out at that aperture next time. Settings 1/1250 f/5.6 Auto ISO 1. DSC_7329 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2...

1. Puffin in flight by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Isle of May Puffin by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Isle of May Puffin by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Couple of bickering Arctic Terns by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. Shag by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. Puffin in flight by Mark Coull, on Flickr 7...

1. St Andrews Cathedral by Mark Coull, on Flickr St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined Roman Catholic cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was built in 1158 and became the centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland. I visited this place at the weekend.

1. Puffin in flight by Mark Coull, on Flickr Took at trip to the Isle of May on Saturday and was blown away by how awesome the place was, I could of easily spent the whole day there and If I had the time the whole week! So much to see and explore and the Warden and his team do a fantastic job...

1. DSC_4780 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. DSC_4455 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. DSC_4899 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. DSC_5075 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. DSC_4749 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. DSC_4674 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 7. DSC_4525 by Mark Coull, on Flickr Managed to get along to...

1. P1 Sunrise at Stonehaven harbour P1 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. P2 Stonehaven harbour at sunrise P2 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. P3 Stonehaven early morning P3 by Mark Coull, on Flickr Finally managed to drag my sleepy self out of the house at 04:30 am to head to my harbour for sunrise...

1. Fulmar portrait by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Northern Fulmar in flight by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Puffin by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Little Razorbill by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. Northern Fulmar by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. Poser by Mark Coull, on Flickr Some images from my recent...

1. Sunset over Seaton, Aberdeen by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Sunset over Stonehaven by Mark Coull, on Flickr Trying out bracketing with a sunset at two different locations, I think no.1 is my favourite of the two purely because I've caught those shadows that the tower blocks are casting...

1. Male Chaffinch Male Chaffinch by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Male Chaffinch by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Blue tit Wee blue tit by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Wee blue tit by Mark Coull, on Flickr working on my small bird photography at the weekend, pretty pleased with these, hopefully I can...

1. Sun kissed top by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Dunnottar Castle sunset by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Dunnottar Castle by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Dunnottar Castle by Mark Coull, on Flickr Thought I would give bracketing a try on the fading sunset last night. These hdrs are made up of 5...

1. Mating pair of toads by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. Muir of Dinnet Toad by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Muir of Dinnet toad by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. Robin by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. Northern Lapwing by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. Northern Lapwing by Mark Coull, on Flickr Took a trip to...

1. Northern Fulmar by Mark Coull, on Flickr Took my first trip (Sunday morning) to RSPB Fowlsheugh this year. Not seen this place since last August. Think I am a couple of weeks too early as there were only Fulmars, herring gulls and the odd Greater Black-backed gull. Took heaps of Fulmar...

1. DSC_1108 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 2. DSC_0986 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 3. Forgot to sort the horizon on this one (woops) DSC_0774 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 4. DSC_0712 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 5. DSC_0648 by Mark Coull, on Flickr 6. DSC_0945 by Mark Coull, on Flickr Now that I've...

Hi, I was invited to be the photographer for an event involving some dignitaries here in NJ. It took place in a high school auditorium, similar to a movie theater, and with poor lighting. I have a D500 with an SB-700 and a 24-70mm 2.8E ED VR. I'm interested in ideas on how to improve group...

Hi, I have two Flashpoint XPLOR 600s, each with a 36" octobox and a D500 with a 24-70mm and plan on using it to take pictures at an event for a non-profit to be held in a fancy ballroom. I took a few practice shots today with my wife and can't figure out the proper lighting arrangement to avoid...

Hi, I'm an avid amateur photographer and photoshop enthusiast but not very experienced. I have a D500 and was experimenting with the "Multiple exposures" option in the camera that allows you to combine multiple pictures automatically. I was using this feature in preparation of a photoshoot...

Hi, I have a D500 with a 24-70mm f/2.8 VRII and I have an opportunity to take pictures of a woman doing yoga poses on a pier off the shore of a small lake. I normally use matrix metering, but it's possible I'll be shooting into the sun, so wanted to make sure I chose the proper metering method...

Hi, I have a D500 and was trying to take some profile pictures today with my Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII. I was also using my new Flashpoint XPLOR 600 with a 38" octobox. I have lots of questions, but the main one is that the pictures were not sharp and I don't know why. This one was shot at...

Hi, I'm hoping to take a few portrait pictures today with my D500 and the 24-70mm lens. I expect to shoot at either f2.8 or f3.2 and trying to determine where I should stand with respect to where the subject should stand to get the best picture and blur the background (trees/greenery). There is...

Hi, I have a D500 with a 24-70mm and just got a Flashpoint XPLOR 600 with an 38" parapop and a Sekonic L-308S-U Flashmate. I was doing some testing with a subject to try and create some basic profile pictures. Is there any expectation to be able to use this combination outdoors, during the day...

Hi, I'm interested in the Manfrotto MPMXPROA3US, which is a 3-part monopod for my D500 with a few lenses. Only for photography, no video. Would you recommend a ball head for this, or is it okay without? I have a Manfrotto Q5 magnesium ball head on my tripod and like it a lot. I was thinking of...

Hi all, I'm an amateur photographer with a D500 and a few nice lenses. I occasionally do photo shoots for money, but this time I'm working on pictures for a wholesale pet products company that involves a much more professional position than previous times. I need help with figuring out a fair...

Hi everyone, I have a D500 and just got a Sekonic Flashmate L-308S-U light meter and having some difficulty figuring out how to use it. The first time I'm going to use it will be in a somewhat dimly lit room where I plan on taking portraits of people on a couch. I expect some ambient natural...

Hi, I have a D500 and a 24-70mm 2.8 and trying to take some product shots of pet toys. I'm not a complete novice, but working with light is where I need the most help, and also haven't done much product photography before. I recently bought a basic two-light CFL reflective umbrella setup along...

Hi, I have a D500 and was using my 24-70mm 2.8 and my SB700 last night to take profile pictures. I dialed back the flash output, to between -0.7 and -2.3 but some of the pictures looked like the light was too harsh. (I wish I was better at reviewing the pictures in the field, but can't always...

Hi, I'm getting closer to my goal of being able to get involved with product photography and have some questions. I'm attempting some product photography using my D500 with a 24-70mm and need some help. The products I'm shooting are balls and other things that roll, so I believe I need to...

Hey everyone! I have been messing around with photography for about 2 years now and mostly do automotive photography. My first dslr was a Nikon d5300 and I just recently purchased a D500. I'm loving it so far. I am self taught and have never really got any criticisms from anyone that knows what...