Barn Swallow(s) Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Nisqually, Washington, USA July, 2023
Stellar's Jay Pinnacles National Park (East) Pacines, California, USA July, 2023
Dahlia, White Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Fort Bragg, California, United States July, 2023
73rd Annual John Olguin Fireworks Spectacular by the Cabrillo Beach Boosters San Pedro / Los Angeles, California, USA July, 2023
Fireworks Cars and Stripes Forever Event, LA Waterfront San Pedro / Los Angeles, California, USA June, 2023
Hyacinth Descanso Gardens Guild La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA March, 2023
Narcissus Descanso Gardens Guild La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA March, 2023
Camellias Descanso Gardens Guild La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA March, 2023
In case anyone is wondering, here's what I use and the gear in my workflow:
Capture:
Cameras: Nikon D500, Nikon Z7 ii, Nikon D800E (rip)– looking to get whatever succeeds the D500 and/or the next ultra-high res body (hopefully 60mp+); Tablet: Wacom 16 Cintiq
Presentation:
Monitors: Asus ProArt 328C, Asus ProArt 328Q
Edit:
Stills: Capture One, Video: Adobe Premiere, Screenshots/Other: Paint.Net, Adobe Illustrator
Preprint:
Photo Prints: Adobe Photoshop, Graphic Prints: Adobe InDesign
Print:
Epson Surecolor P800 (looking at buying a P5000 (speed) or P900 (color upgrade) soon)
Paper: Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag, Epson Ultra Premium Lustre
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Starting out, I used to be solely on Paint.Net and Nikon Capture NX, but exporting and editing TIFFs from NEFs was so painfully slow I eventually had to get Capture One just to be able to keep up. The first time I opened Capture One and it did 2,400 previews in 90s with hardware acceleration (on my old geforce 1060), I was sold.
Everything else after that kind-of snowballed. Almost all my hardware and lenses were bought used/refurbished from ebay, craigslist, and FB marketplace (vetted by private group, open listings are garbage). The only mandatory recurring expenses are the Adobe suite and Capture One.
Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) National Butterfly Center Mission, Texas, USA December, 2022
Audubon’s Oriole National Wildlife Refuge Mission, Texas, USA December, 2022
Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus) National Butterfly Refuge Mission, Texas, USA December, 2022
Sandhill Crane Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Socorro, New Mexico, USA November, 2022
Bald Eagles Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Titusville, Florida, USA December, 2022
Roseate Spoonbill, in flight (Platalea ajaja) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Titusville, Florida, USA December, 2022
Lupine Blue Sky Ecological Reserve Poway, CA, USA February, 2023
Daffodil Descanso Gardens Guild La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA March, 2023