Nature Photography

Never did get to Muir Woods when I was out West, but I got to play disc golf in the redwoods near Arcata. Those massive trees make it pretty difficult to find the baskets! Very cool though.
 
A few new ones...





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i'd like to thank each and everyone of you for sharing these wonderful pictures, you each have a gift thanks for sharing.:goodjob :wow:
 
This guy cruised by Saturday when I was working on my car. Shot with my D300 and 18-200 Nikkor lens, which I'd accidentally left on manual focus. The crow just happened to be in focus here.



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I love it. It's so nice not to have to change lenses all the time and the image quality is quite good. I had been using my dad's 17-35mm 2.8 which is an incredible lens, so I was skeptical on the image quality of the 18-200. As you can see, it's quite sharp. That's basically a 1:1 crop shot at 200mm. If all my photography was in a fairly narrow range, I'd think about spending the cash on a 17-35mm or whatever lens in that class would give the range I needed. This is quite respectable though and I don't need a bag of lenses all the time or the risk of dust on the sensor.



The D300 is fantastic. I've had it since they first came out, I think it was from Berger Bros' second shipment of them. Now it has well over 18,000 exposures on it without missing a beat. Built like a tank, magnesium body and pretty reasonably weatherproofed. Certainly not waterproof, but I've shot in light rain and snow with no issues at all. It's only real downfall is the cropped sensor, which the D700 takes care of, but for a significant price increase.
 
DigTheRide- Thanks for the response. Good to know the image quality is OK on the 18-200, that's quite a range for them to get things right. Glad you like the D300, seems like a lot of camera for the $.
 
Accumulator said:
shine- Wow..how did you deal with *that*?
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Thankfully we have a neighbor with experience in beekeeping. He came over and smoked em' and more or less shook them off the tree into his containers--not something I can see doing without the proper protective gear! (which he had). The sight and sound was quite amazing as they were flying into the tree.
 
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My dad at Ecola State Park, Oregon



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Damselfly on a bullhead pond lily (Nuphar variegata) flower



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Long-eared owl...just taken this afternoon.



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Now shooting with a Canon SX10 IS and all kinds of filters.
 
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