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Got me a new long lens - a Nikkor 200-500 F/5.6e Hope to shot more birds, they are starting to show up for spring - even though spring has not yet sprung in these parts - had some wicked snow storms this past week. But a few hardy ones stick around through the winter. Like that blackbird...

I suck at reflections. This is a week late because each reflection trick I tried failed. Wasn't trying for one this time but in reviewing my bird hunting efforts with my new long lens (200-500 Nikkor) I noticed this one had a reflection - Close enough.

Well I didn't think I'd end up in this club but here I am. Went to McBains Camera in Edmonton to look at 150-600mm lenses thinking I'd upgrade from my vintage Tamron 200-400 5.6. That lens got me hooked on shooting long - only had it a year and a bit, but I only paid $140 for it. (It is...

Retired my Tammy 200-400 and Nikon Corp. get's my tax refund this year in exchange for this 200-500 F5.6. Just learning to shoot with it - twice the lens of my old Tammy (and 5 times the price). Even the filter came in at $200 (I got the Nikon one - which turned out the be the lowest priced...

Picked them up cheap from a fellow member of a local photography club, she had never opened the box. Always wanted to try using an N.D. Filer - now I have one. And can always use another protector. And I had a 58 circular Polarizer but I suppose now I can do a comparison of the Kenko vs...

Suffer a little NAS and 'needed' to get this And it was on the Nikon FX sale. Tried it out with my most compliant model - Kiwi my parrot Love the soft background.

WEEK 10 "Portrait: Environmental Show a subject in their natural habitat. Their place of work or hobby is a great start. Tell their story with the environment" This is a self portrait on me in my 'natural habitat' - in front of my PC with my parrot by my side.

Really thinking I need a 2.8 70-200. Prices range from about a grand (CDN$) for a Tamron without VC to $2400 (on March sale) for a Nikkor VR2. Currently Sigma is about $1600 vs $1750 for Tamron (both with vibration control) Siggy offers the option of a USB port that can be used with their...

I told her she had to put in another 20 years to qualify for the diamond, forty years is supposed to be a ruby - but I learned many decades ago "Happy Wife - Happy Life" and she's very happy today with her new Canadian Diamond ring. Macro with 60 Nikkor plus the smallest of the Kenko...

WEEK 9 Artistic: Shadows The opposite of light is dark, the absence of light is shadow. Interpret this into a masterpiece. This one took some thought and tinkering

My 52 Pic Challenge this week was "Shadows" Tried some trees with long shadows later in the day - was not happy with the effects. Today the IT tech at the office pulled a dead graphics card from a computer and I thought - it has potential. Had to fiddle a bit to get what I wanted. Here...

A panorama - well I do these all the time, bit tricky this week because my main PC was not accessible. Used MS free ICE to do this one. Shot with my old 200-400 Tammy while out bird Really downsized 56% to get under 10mb about a dozen FX images stitched into one. Taken at the L.A.R.A...

What would be more natural than a fisheye view of a fish tank? Shot with my Lensbaby fisheye

Week Seven A photo story without showing the face .... This one had me stumped. Running late and not happy with any of my efforts There is a story here. My grand daughter playing with a new set of building blocks I made for her. . . . not exactly "nailed it" but sometimes one goes with...

If you can't pet it - is it still a pet? Searched for Fish and for Aquariums in the forum and didn't see a thread for this type of image so here it goes.

Brilliant think of the savings in cards and gifts over the years.... could be lots of gear with that.

Repost one of my Dogwood 52, but I really like how it turned out. B&W landscape panorama

Week Six of my Dogwood 52 Challenge was an Sweet Artsy shot (with a chance of macro) This is my 'sweet adventure' with candy photography. I played with a bowl of Jelly Beans (my granddaughters favourite sweet - Papa always has some on hand now). Dug out my LED lights that go on my...

Shot a few km's from my house.

I have a 50 1.8 AF-D - the cheap one. But I love it, use it and would not part with it (well unless I upgrade to a better model like the Siggy Artsy 1.4 - but that's more than a grand). One of the biggest upsides is it's size. Fits into the front pocket of my kit bag, heck it fits into the...