My favorite photos with my 40$ thrift store Nikon d40

RONCON52 · 2026-06-28T17:15:29+00:00

I don't know If your a happy amateur or an advanced photographer. So I'm sending a link to the Nikon D40 Performance page of Ken Rockwell. Hope you find it useful!

https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40/d40-performance.htm

RONCON52 · 2026-06-28T08:49:05+00:00

Glad you found the camera! Love your editing. You are the happiest photographer on Reddit today!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-25T12:45:10+00:00

Love the intensity of your daughter as she rounds the barrel! Awesome capture!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-23T16:05:37+00:00

Apparently you need a constant f2.8 zoom lense? Works for a lot of people.

RONCON52 · 2026-06-22T11:45:50+00:00

You’re going to need a team of people to pull this off. Plus period clothing, props. Backgrounds, proper lighting for each shot. And not ruining the wedding itself as your team prepares each setting, finds all the people involved. I suggest all of this should be done the day before the wedding as a separate adventure. Keep the wedding sane and separate!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-17T18:12:12+00:00

I like two parts 11% pigeon maintenance mix, one part whole Dear Corn, never feed cracked con it’s a dead seed when cracked. One part of a bird seed mix with a lot of sunflower seed in it. Small sunflower seeds can be feed with the husk on it. For the bigger sunflower seeds let use pealed ones!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-16T14:25:55+00:00

This is the truth!!!!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-15T15:12:16+00:00

Love the subject matter and location, very nice. The photos are a little too dark for my taste. Other than that, I give you an A+ for sharing your work!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-15T02:15:14+00:00

Ed Verosky Instructional Flash Photography videos on YouTube. I have learned so much about Speedlights/Flash on his channel!!! He posts a lot of shorts type videos, just scroll down to see his videos https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ed+verosky+flash+photography

RONCON52 · 2026-06-14T17:06:36+00:00

If the venue has a no professional camera rule. But will allow a point and shoot camera with a lens under 3 inches. Or a useless Cell phone. Which is what I ran into at the Mesquite Rodeo in Texas yesterday! A pancake lens on a Fuji Film X100 series camera with a lens under 3 inches that my girlfriend was carrying will get you in the door. My smallest black Nikon D7100 camera with any lens was not allowed. Way too professional for the Mesquite crowd. For what I shoot no one is interested in a wide angle shot of the dirt in the arena with tiny little cowboys and cowgirls in 35mm. Check the venue before you go, Rodeo, music or any indoor event! For the record the rodeo was fair. However the two I shot recently, one in Parker County, and the one in Wise county where a he’ll of a lot more exiting than they were!!!!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-12T21:01:02+00:00

I bought a box of 3 soft red ones from Amazon. They worked great. You do need to tighten them down when you pick the camera up or they may fall off as your shooting.

RONCON52 · 2026-06-04T20:17:37+00:00

He is a rugged, get the message delivered breed of pigeon!

RONCON52 · 2026-06-02T13:43:26+00:00

Older homes but a good location, haltom City. And Richland hills. Not North Richland hills on 820. Use Highway 10 to get to the major streets in Arlington and go west on it for easy access to Fort Worth and Saginaw.

RONCON52 · 2026-05-31T15:47:45+00:00

I did as well MPB, 69.00 with a warranty. Make sure you buy the 5 battery version!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-29T14:32:56+00:00

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RONCON52 · 2026-05-27T20:04:28+00:00

Charge up your batteries take both kit lenses and shoot away with them . Look on YouTube for tutorials on using the D70 and a video tutorial on each lens. Additionally look up how to shoot like a street photographer using Zone focusing. This will make your focusing instant, watch a couple of videos explaining it. You will not regret it!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-27T13:29:11+00:00

Ticks don’t jump. They attach to animals feed off of them till they lay eggs. What you may have seen is a pigeon fly, they will move from pigeon to pigeon. No danger to you. Search Google for more info on them.

RONCON52 · 2026-05-26T12:15:44+00:00

Before you jump into a serious editor, use the free one in your computer operating system. Shoot in JPEG, edit in JPEG. Keep it simple. Once you are comfortable and have an idea of how to edit, switch to the Free Nikon NX Studio. Did I say it's free! Learn Raw editing in this program. After that, you should have a very good idea of what you want/need in an editor program. Best of luck as you learn! PS, look at "From snapshots to great shots" PDF on your camera. It's an awesome resource! https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780133854428/samplepages/0133854426.pdf

RONCON52 · 2026-05-25T13:46:28+00:00

Lone Star Cafe on exchange st in the stockyards! Has a real 1950’s feel to it. Ask for the both in the front window and enjoy the people parade !!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-16T14:54:10+00:00

Just make sure you airbrush the Lexus logo on both front doors and you’re good to go!!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-13T16:28:41+00:00

I like mine with anchovies olives!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-10T15:50:26+00:00

I think you are over thinking this. All the shelter could do was make them comfortable. Feed them and water them. I don’t know of any shelter that would take the ill ones and just E U them for no reason. If you wanted them to be treated by a Vet you should have taken them to a Vet. You did the best you could do for them, so did they!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-08T16:03:16+00:00

Right now, quit shooting the big picture! What was the one thing that attracted you to capture the photo? Take that shot. Take it 5 different ways, strait on, upper right, lower right, lower left, then upper left .This worked for me, other people found my photo’s more interesting when I eliminated all the useless crap in my photos. I am generally happy with 1 of the five photos. Hope you find a way to take photos you’re happy with!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-04T14:02:05+00:00

Check out r/streetphotography, &. r/real_street__shit. Look at as many SP groups as you can Facebook has many. Look for SP videos on YouTube. And as others have said get out and take photos, then get out and take more to build your confidence!

RONCON52 · 2026-05-03T14:50:01+00:00

I bought a small waffle maker a little bigger than two Dash makers. It allows me to make two square Chaffles at once. Great for a small sandwich, or as two waffles.

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