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sure wish we could lasso the sun,, and slow the days. but heads up! full moon night is August 10th,, and a Harvest moon,, told its the largest looking for the year.. so.... actually,, also just nice to get night shots, go find some nice old barn or site,, low light pollution and take an...

I mentor my nephews in photography,, and jeesh,, they are getting better equipment then me, My 17 year old nephew just informed me that a 3K lens is showing up at my house for him this week,, mmmm 3K I would guess a 300 mm 2.8,, but wow,, 3K for a single lens,,,, fussy My most expensive lens...

sometimes I like candids people shots,, especially when I am out and about, as long as the person nods or is clearly in a public event, still, I always like to say hi, and give them my email address to mail them an example .. why people, because people like looking at people, its our way I...

so,, I see the upload function works today so,, I am quite happy with the sharpness of the D200,, and here is two examples. Darn,, I was able to post on the previous blog, but now complaining again! anyhow,, seems like hit and miss on uploading ah but getting out,, and back in,, it...

oops,, wow,, days are flying by! been so busy,, barely been on the computer,, but have been taking photos! Just loaded up 350 shots from the last 3 days,, so ,, not bad,, since these were not dedicated photo shoots, just doing stuff, and including photography, one never knows,, what one...

today,,, I was at a place with lots of people,, perfect to have my new old D200 camera so,, I grabbed a few shot between drinks,,, I have more, just have not even started editing, just grabbed one, this is a 3 shot merge, but the overlap was so much that more like a 2 shot merge.. so...

Why have more then one camera, lens,, and use at the same time well,, because they produce a different look for the same scene, same exposure almost,, its interesting, but close so,, for example,, here is two shots,,, one from the D800 and D200 same type of lens, shot within seconds of each...

My "new" D200 arrived! and wel, its like NEW! the listing said it had like 2500 shots, and so,, I immediately took a few, and the uploaded up to shuttercount .... and yup,, the camera really only had that many shots! only at 3% shutter life. and I am like holy cow! Now some may wonder...

yesterday I was at the water,, and a storm cloud came in,, I was not really capturing it with a single image, so I used 4 shots and then merged, its funny, because there really is not a lot of detail, so I would think the single image would had been fine, but even without much details it...

Well first week of Day 3 done,, and its back to the future! I was just not seeing how I could get my hands easily on a 810,, so..... laughs, I went totally in the opposite direction and got a bargain old camera... A D200! now you might ask why! a few reasons,, first,, the body is...

Well,, the prices have really really come down on used D700s and even D800s,, and I mean down! I was thinking of selling both in the hope of getting the D810,, but I am seeing prices of D700s now reduced to around 900 dollars between 850 and 1100 dollars... and then used D800 prices are now...

I was sitting on my couch,, long day,,, and then I thought why the H.. am I sitting on my couch,, and so,,, rushed and caught the last light, really just drove in a direction looking for a shot, laughs any shot,, as the sun rapidly sunk so,,, in the last moments I grabbed this old tractor...

just got a nice ebook for my tablet,, and a photo book ! nice, now I can take my photo book on long trips,, and read at my own pace, nice to read another perspective on editing and technique of shoots,, this one is called from Basics to Fine Art by Anna Gospodarou and others,, when I first...

and so year 3 continues,,, and summer is halfway over! hard to believe, so many photo projects, I have been as busy as I could,, but haven't even done any flower pictures,, oh but I did on a pinch used my long to take some flower pictures, which shows how on can use a tele in place of say a...

today I played with my new tablet,, as i get it set up to carry my portfolio, while I consider tablets mostly a toy,, for the convenience of mobile displaying of the pictures, very hard to beat. I got the 11 inch ASUS Tablet, with a really nice crisp clear display, and i must admit the...

Glorious summer day,, blue ski heat,, burn the winter away! and yes I took pictures this weekend, first,, equipment,, new D810,, so,, need to decide,, maybe sell the D700 that collects dust, sell the D800, which has been my workhorse,, a few years ago,, I decided that holding onto cameras...

Year 2! completes,, and I thank the community for this opportunity to write this daily blog,,, And what a year it has been, with 2 wedding gigs, a dedicated 10 day photo trip out west,, and continuation of teaching my seminars,,, Equipment additions were limited to the 14x24 lens,, but what...

the moon was pretty thru a clouds,, I like how it can look like a sun almost,, depending upon for the time of day,, and some clouds. so,, here is a shot from tonight I like the streams of clouds,, interesting, almost like a sun rise.

ful moon! full moon,, and actually out when I like to photography it,, right before sunset,, ,that way I can include the surroundings,, and control the look,, Now if only the clouds stay away! often them seem to show up just at the wrong moment,, when I have my camera! and then the one time...

my,, 3 days to conclude the second year of Why Not a Blog... lately, I have been doing more 3 shot merges,, just for that extra wide angle,, and this is with my wide angle 14-24,, so one gets a ton of width with just 3 shots, course, I overlap a lot,, to get a smooth transition,, here is an...