Hummingbirds
Well, I brought out the big guns (f2.8 70-200mm) lens for my D750. Had some good light and was able to shoot some at 1/4000. Still a bit of wing blur, but that may be due to shallow DOF as much as speed.
My Bee Photo Made the Local Paper
My last post included some macro shots of bees on our lilac bush. Our local paper, The Gazette, has a photo-of-the-day, so I figured, what the heck, and submitted my favorite of the set. Well, today I received an email saying it would be published in today’s paper. On a related note, I figured I …
Bumble Bees – June 2022
Haven’t touch my camera gear in a very long time. The bumble bees were enjoying our lilac so I figured I’d break out my Nikon D750 with my Nikkor 200 mm Macro 1:4 D. I had to re-learn how to take and edit photos LOL! It was fun tho.
Don’t let PayPal translate your foreign purchases
Despite their name, PayPal isn’t always your pal. If you’ve ever purchased something from a foreign online store, you may have found the converted price ended up being a little higher than you expected. Not a whole lot higher, but for me, PayPal seemed to increase the price by around 2%+. The reason is PayPal’s …
Devious Machines Duck Tip for EDM Pumping Effect
A while ago, I switched from Cableguys’ ShaperBox to Devious Machines’ Duck for handling side-chain pumping in my EDM songs. They both basically could do the job, but I just liked Duck’s UI better. So in my current song, I noticed that the kick and snare just didn’t hit right, even though I had everything …
Origins of left and right-side driving
Great article on the origins of left and right-side driving. It’s roots involve horses, swords, and…camels 🤔 However, probably the “driving” force of a country’s convention is who’s in charge. https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/driving-on-the-left/
The Ultimate Sylenth Preset Manager
Ok, let’s all agree on one thing. Sylenth is one hell of a synth. It was my first VST instrument and I’ve been a user for well over 10 years. However, as much as I’ve tried, I have never warmed up to the interface and pretty much only use presets. And therein lies the problem: …
Ableton Sampler-Simpler-Drum Rack-Audio Sound Difference
I was playing around with a kick sample using the different playback methods in Ableton and thought I heard a subtle difference. Sampler sounded more like the actual audio clip and Simpler/Drum Rack sounded slightly thinner. So loaded them all in a project and used Blue Cat’s FreqAnalyst Multi to see if there actually was …
HBO Max Roku app – Signing off and changing account
I, like many, had a hard time figuring out how to sign off and then sign into a different HBO Max account on the new Roku HBO Max app. The app monkeys…errr designers…did an excellent job of hiding the sign off option, but the following tutorial should make it crystal clear. Before you start, please …
Live Enhancement Suite: Using OCR and Macro to Speed Up Menu Entries
I’ve been an Ableton Live user for about six months and have viewed countless videos and tutorials. I’ve been using the colored Collections feature in Live to organize my plug-ins, but with a maximum of just seven groups, it’s too darn limited to be truly useful. I’ve seen various tutorials on physically moving VST DLL …