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slowly,, slowly,, the lens disorder is starting to surface,, the one,, that thinks ... mmmm one more. I really like the 24-85,, but I really had troupble focusing in manually during the fireworks, those G style free floating focos rings are just so sloppy,, not in issue in daylight, but when...

Happy 4th of July for those in US, May Freedom ring.. speaking of which, it was so humid and such, that the fireworks were really really smokey,, very different than any I photgraphed before, Often they were buried in smoke, kinda cool, but not was I was expecting. kinda interesting...

Ah Fireworks tonight! Ill brave the crowds,, with the camera and tripod, find a spot, need un obstructed,, and such I leave it manual,, and then cover with my hand the lens, and and exposure the old fashion way, but lifting the hand, I'll even combine mutlipe bursts over time,, can be a...

My nephew is in seven heaven with the D7000 and his new 70-200 2.8 VRII lens, and I am like wow, such a package for a 16 year old! but he does work, and paid for the lens, so, more power to him, So,, I get to enjoy his progress, and continue to offer up gentle suggestions/hints, but got to...

on my viewer, this month's assigment winner seems to be formatted wrong, so it is covering up the blog entries.

Well, time sure flies, I just got my 1 year notice of being on Nikonites site for a year! Seems like yesterday as the song goes. I have enjoyed the first year, reading entries, tips, and now my daily blog. My gear has added a few things during the year, such as the D5000 (due to a tip here on...

put all my cameras in the storage shelf,,, they were lying around the house,, today is a cleanup day,, you know how it is,, clutter builds up, garage is a mess, outside looks like a jungle, and it starts to get on your nerves so,, no play day,, clean clean clean,, chop chop, hack back the...

So much rain,, starting to feel like I got to build an ARK, I dd get to see a loon, which I find to be such an wonderful bird, how sad the world would be to no longer have their soulful cry on a foggy day,, I got fairly close to this one,, used my 200 mm F4 lens for a quick photo, it...

I have begin to like the little Coolpix waterproof camera,,, well for those occasions that I just would not feel comfortable with my gear, like leaning over in a kayak,, taking macro pictures,,,, one slip,, and there goes 4K,, so,, the coolpix in macro mode,, 16 Meg, is not bad, won't know...

Yes,, another very cool number,, on well a fairly cool day,,, sitting on a beach,, internet might fail any second,, amazing to get any signal at all, I finnally got the elusive loon with my D800,, such a majestic bird, only one per pond,, so,, not the most common site, This time, I snagged...

Silly me,, here I have tripods lying all over the place, including small travel ones, and of course I did not have one on my morning hike, and wow,, with all the rain, the small streams were raging,, and the small waterfalls were big ones, plus with the overcast sky, perfect conditions to...

numbers,, 109,, wasn't there a PT boat called 109,, maybe's President Kennedy's boat if I remember right. I bet a lot of us built models back in the day, and the PT boat 109 was a standard build. Too, bad in some ways models building has gone the way of sniffing glue... just joking, but yielded...

Sometimes,, its just fun to be silly,, I took this Elvis picture,, and I like to add him in improbable places as potential Elvis sightings. Elvis,,, King of the Rock...... not really for anyone but my own fun,, who knows.... could be elvis on the Rock.... ​

My nephew has the photography itch bad now,, I got him started with a D70,,, the perfect learning camera, and frankly a very nice camera in its own right, the upgrade bug already hit,, as he took nicer and nicer pictures, and started to print, so,, he is so excited to move up to a D7000, as he...

So,, as an assessary to my Photo Gear,, here is my transportation to get me to the shoots ... the saddle back hold the camera and lens,, and can strap on a tripod on the rack,,, makes finding pictures a whole lot of fun. ​

Over the years, I have used and collected lots of camera bodies, and compared the size/comfort level. I suppose it varies by your personal hand size, but I have noticed that personally I really like the size of the current D7000/7100 cameras. I remember comparing my Olympus line to my Nikon...

Jpeg ... Raw a debate you can read about in so many forums,, on my D800,, I have been using JPEG a bit more often,, but when I really like a shot, I then edit the RAW, for the keeper files. Here is a quick comparison,, not a great shot due to crop (wish I had the D800 for 3X pixels) so here...

Waiting for my fresh ink from Amazon,, must be on the water canal route,, I ordered last Tuesday, and the outlook is this Friday! course, they did offer that 2 day Delivery Free upgrade ... If you sign up for Prime at like 49 dollars a year,, Not doing that ,, too many yearly fees already...

Back from the weekend fest,, ok,, Golf, Fishing, Photography, eating, and great company, what's not to like,, I was so exhausted when I got home,, that had fell asleep by 9:00. Because I was risking salt water, I brought my older D700 versus riskng the D800. Course I have to look at the...

ah Friday, if you have a conventional job,, a pleasant thought,, so much potential,, Just like a start of a photo / adventure trip,,,, which I happen to be about to go on.. Hopefully in about 12 hours,, I'll have a line in on an ocean side,,, waders on,,, catching the big ones,, oh,, and of...