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It has been ages since I posted here, work has kept me so busy it is has not left much room for photography. I got a mint condition 105mm f/2.8 AIS Nikkor for about $200. It is a steal, it looks and feels brand new. Like all older AIS Micro Nikkors, it requires extension tubes to get to 1:1 but...

You have to love that good old Florida Gulf Coast summertime weather. No fewer than FOUR waterspouts were kicked out by this line of thunderstorms. Fortunately, just like this one, they usually break up as soon as they hit land. This is why FL leads the nation in the NUMBER of tornadoes each...

I don't think I have posted this image before, if I have forgive me. Beresford is little more than a crossroads in the heart of the South Dakota farmland. I passed this old abandoned farmhouse on my way back from Sioux Falls one weekend and had to stop. I have no idea when it was abandoned but...

I got into a discussion over on Photo.net with a guy, no doubt a member of "generation digital" who has never picked up a film camera, about old vs. new Nikkor glass. His presumption was that newer Nikkors were "so much better coated" than older Nikkors which had bad ghost problems. I...

I was out behind our Koi pond this afternoon and lo and behold what do I see? Three Brown Widow spider webs. When people think of Widow spiders they pretty much think of the ubiquitous Black Widow. But the truth is that there are also Brown and Red Widow spiders as well. We do not have any Red...

It was really her first photographic foray using the gear I got her last year for our anniversary. She did take some good photos! I don't know why I bothered to take along all of the gear I did, the only two lenses I used were the 300mm f/2.8 and 600mm f/4. Most of the time I was shooting...

Gotta love B&W for images like this...........

I got my 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor P back from the camera doc today (oil on the blades, an easy and inexpensive fix) and I decided for grins to do an A-B comparison with my 105mm f/1.8 AIS Nikkor. In every review I have read, and by my own comparison, the f/1.8 is slightly better than the f/2.5 AIS. I...

Boudoir shoot with Lauren today. She is a natural and simply drop dead gorgeous. D700, 85mm f/1.4 AIS Nikkor

Taken this afternoon with the D700 and 85mm f/1.4 AIS and weak (20%) fill flash. The last time I photographed Lynnsey and Brooklyn together, she was three weeks away from delivering her. 45 minutes later a wicked storm came in from the north and spit out a half dozen water spouts! If you don't...

After 4 days out at the nests and about 200 frames, I finally got the shot I was after. I wish the sun had been to her face rather than her back but I guess you can't have everything. Maybe I will go back one late afternoon when the sun is in the west and try again but for right now I am pretty...

I am looking for a small, lightweight and inexpensive ringflash. I don't expect it will get a whole lot of usage so I am not looking to drop a lot of money on it. I am assuming for the price that it is NOT a dedicated unit, but I could be wrong I plan on using it more for fill than as the...

I have found 2 places where I can get within about 100 feet of 2 FL Osprey nests. I sat at one today for over 2 hours waiting for something interesting to happen. In that entire time, Mom got up one time to stretch. I managed to get 5 images in the 1.25 seconds or so she spread her wings. The...

Nesting time for the Osprey's on our beaches. I shot this yesterday, I could only see one chick in the nest but that is not really an indication of how many there are. This chick only looks to be a couple of days old. I wish the image were sharper, most likely some camera movement, but I was...

72 years ago thousands of brave American Soldiers stormed Omaha and Utah beaches on the coast of Normandy. Many never left the beaches alive. I have two second cousins lying beneath crosses in the cemetery there. They were indeed our greatest generation. I spent 23 years of my life in the US...

I got a PM last night from a fellow Nikonite in response to a comment I made about blurring the background on the following thread: http://nikonites.com/photo-feedback/36518-how-can-i-improve-photo.html#post559067 I mentioned that since it was just a "quick and dirty" recommendation I just...

All of this and it is less than most DSLR's and looks to be immaculate! Nikon F2 de 1 Prism Motor Drive MF 1 28mm Lens | eBay

There are times I really regret getting rid of my 500mm f/8 Reflex Nikkor. There seems to be little middle ground with this lens, you either loved it or hated it. I was definitely amongst the former. It was very sharp and very compact for its size and had zero CA and worked quite well with a...

I got up before the chickens and got to Lake Apopka as the rangers were opening the park. It is open from sunrise to sunset. The pickings were kind of slim this morning, not a lot of activity, though many of the gators were sunning themselves on the roads. I did manage to get a few decent...

This has really been my first opportunity to do any photography in almost 6 months. Lake Apopka is the 3rd largest lake (freshwater) in FL and is a 20 minute drive west of Orlando. There is an 11 mile long Nature "drive" which runs along the shore, wetlands and canals. It is open from sunrise...