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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...

You're very welcome! Here is another example of just how a little bit of flash can really add some snap to the image. Same setup, D700, 180mm f/2.8 ED AIS Nikkor @ f/4 with the single flash in the umbrella. Just the right mix and you barely realize any flash was used at all. It was a late winter...

Of course it is too late now but if I might make a few suggestions. First off, I love the shallow depth of field. I wish I had a dollar for every good portrait I have seen ruined by sharp and distracting backgrounds. I also like that you did not have the sun in their faces. This is a portraiture...

I guess since all of my lenses are AI or AIS I really don't have anything that would qualify as a "kit" lens except the 50-55mm "normal" lens that often came with cameras in the 70's and early 80's. This is my 50mm f/1.4 AIS with an PK-13 extension tube on it. I focus stacked a total of 12...

The Beast in the bushes. Camouflaging myself and tripod and gimbal head is easy, it is another matter with that 160mm front element. Fortunately, it is so well coated it is essentially a black hole. I should have stuffed more grass in the helmet band on my boonie hat oh well. I actually DID want...

The Nikkormat FT3 would be in this image too but it is in the shop getting CLA's after FIFTEEN years! Between these 4, at least a MILE of film through them. L-R FA/MD-12, F4E, F2/MD2 and Nikonos V An this does not show the ultimate in film camera porn........the Hasselblad 500CM with PME 90º...

Another from Lake Apopka, this one not long after sunrise. I had to pull out all of my optical tricks out of my bag to get this one because it was so far away. D300, 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS and TC-300, for a total of 36x!

A Snowy White Egret at Lake Apopka, FL.

You can go that way certainly but here is the problem you will run into if you use a lot of blur. When you just make a duplicate layer and blur it, be it with the standard blur, or box blur or Gaussian blur, it blurs EVERYTHING. If you do a lot of blurring you will get a 'halo" around the...

Heron Early Morning, Lake Apopka FL, 600mm f/4 ED-IF AIS and TC-300

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...

There is no real "correct" way to this, as everyone looks at an image a little differently. I chose to make the mood in this image a little more somber. I would blur the background a good bit, it is somewhat busy and draws your attention away from the main subject. I just did a couple of areas...

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...

I really have not picked up any camera since December but I am hopeful that will change soon. I am REALLY getting the itch!

I have not had much in the way of opportunities to do any photography in Nantucket, and let's face it, there is not really all that much to photograph here. I am leaving here in a week and a half and headed back to the Sunshine State. I have a contract in Tallahassee that begins on Feb 15. Talli...