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I shot these two bighorn sheep at the Phoenix zoo with the 600mm f/4 and TC-300. Their exhibit was quite large. But add my twisted sense of humor, and hilarity will ensue, this is like an episode of Married with Children!

"Prickly Pear" is a misnomer and a great understatement. These succulents, though beautiful, are the devil's spawn. Their spines are as sharp as a freakin' sewing needle but far more flexible. They embed themselves into your flesh and break off. I have yanked outs out of my shins which have...

The "Prickly Pear" is a gross understatement. These things are the devil's spawn. Their spines are a sharp as a sewing needle but far more flexible. I have yanked ones out of my shins which had buried themselves a half inch or more. But I will dig one up and bring it home with me to FL, the...

There is this beautiful Catholic Church coming into Cottonwood (just south of Sedona) that had twin steeples like this. The perfect symmetry of the adobe colored steeples against that perfect blue sky was too much to pass up. 80-200mm f/4 AIS around 180mm. This is but one rendition of it, but I...

The hospital has been busy switching over to a new software system so we have all been very busy trying to work out the kinks so I have been MIA from here for several days. Here is an image I took the next day from the last one I posted. I had to scale quite a steep "mini-mountain" to get an...

And to start things off, my Blackberry is lost somewhere in the Sedona wilderness. It came off of my belt without me ever knowing it. Fortunately for me I am not that kid of person who sees losing their phone as a cataclysmic event. For me it is more of an inconvenience. My wife "pinged" and...

What an amazing place this is!! I am staying in Cottonwood, about 20 miles to the south. The drive to Sedona is filled with amazing landscapes as well. The skies were absolutely cloudess an a deep blue. I shot this one about 4 in the afternoon just south of Sedona with the 300mm f/2.8 AIS on a...

It might be my last opportunity to photograph the American Southwest for a long time. I really wish I had the Hasselblad and a half dozen rolls of T-Max 100 but I guess I will have to settle for digital. In a perfect world I would also have a 4x5 with me, but unfortunately we live in an...

I know most of you do not speak German, but below is a link to the original version of the timeless Christmas hymn Silent Night. Even if you do not speak the language, you can appreciate the beauty of the words, an uncommon thing for German, which it is a very guttural language and when I spoke...

Phoenix Zoo around mid morning. D700 and 600mm f/4 ED-IF AIS and TC-300. A monopod was an absolute necessity with this combination. In fact, the monopod stayed attached to the "beast" the whole time. It is simply too heavy and unwieldy to easily hand hold and focus at the same time, most...

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son, and will call him Immanuel. -Isaiah 7:14 Enjoy your time with friends and family. I HOPE I don't get any patients today, or at least nothing serious!

I have added 15 images from yesterday to a separate library on Photobucket. I will most likely add more as I wade through all of the 170 images I shot. Most were shot with the 300mm f/2.8 and 600mm f/4 and at times with the TC-14B and TC-300 as needed . All shots with the 300mm were hand held...

I shot these on my way home from Phoenix today. I honestly think this part of the country has just as much grandeur and beauty as did WA state, it is just of a different kind of beauty. Some of these Saguaro cacti were at least 30 feet high and probably well over 100 years old. They don't even...

I shot these on my way home from Phoenix today. I honestly think this part of the country has just as much grandeur and beauty as did WA state, it is just of a different kind. Some of these Saguaro cacti were at least 30 feet high and probably well over 100 years old. They don't even get arms...

I went to the Phoenix Zoo today and shot about 200 images. These two Prairie Dogs were taking turns wrestling and grooming each other. I shot this image with the 80-200mm f/4 AIS @ 200mm and f/5.6. This is one VERY SHARP LENS. I lugged the "beast" as well as the D700, extra battery pack for the...

Short but very interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8v4T-dj7jI

My uncle Ed came down with aspirative pneumonia two weeks ago. His condition has waxed and waned for the as 2 weeks but this afternoon he slipped into unresponsiveness. In addition to pneumonia he has now tested positive for the flu. He is in his mid 90's and I am confident that this condition...

But here is a Springerville AZ moon with the D700, 600mm f/4 ED-IF AIS and TC-300. The moonlight rule of thumb, 1/ASA @ f/11 works like a champ every time!

This is more of what I am used to when it comes to a camera. I don't like menus, never have, I like dials. And 16MP is plenty. Nikon does not offer any additional focusing screens but focusingscreen.com offers about 8 of them. The shutter speed only goes to 1/4000. I don't think if I have ever...

"Sum Ting Wong Here!" We are only 1 hour behind NW FL and it was 17º here this morning at 5:30 when I left for work.