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Nice Brandon. You'll get use to it in short order. I owned one until I switched to the prime. Its a very versatile lens

Nice Brandon. Like the perspective in the 1st. J

The last few weeks I've been stalking White Tails at first light. Literally arriving just as the sun get above the horizon, around 7:30am and have been back in the car between 8:30 and 9:00am. Light (imo) is everything. Then it was off to some local tribs to get some practise in on an unfamiliar subject matter People Made even tougher as I'm avoiding taking Lift and Grins. Bascially trying to record events and incorprate a sense of "being there" versus the cliche "look at this fish" shot. Hope you enjoyed the mini series.

It depends on what you mean by alot Some shots/sequences can be as little or no more than 1 to 3 images, others I might choose to keep 1 frame from a 8 frame burst. Some days I go out and struggle trying to decide which 100 to keep from 500. Others days I struggle to to take 50 for lack of subjects Either way, yes when you use a high speed body like the 1DmkIIn at 8.5 frames/second and a 24 image buffer *and* you shoot wildlife in action. There are days when I'm filling 2 and 4 gig cards. Heres 3 of 4 images in sequence which represents a half second in elapsed time. In sequence 1 2 4 ( 3 isnt available) So as you might imagine on a good outing where theres alot happening blowing through 300,400,600 images is not all that hard. The hard part is deciding which ones to keep. Typically if I got a good sequence of 3 to 6 frames Id only keep 1 or 2.

Very nice. Used to catch that show occassionaly.

yeah, I like the 1st as well mainy due to the sand. Nice shots Brandon

My true love gave to me. 7 White Tails a leaping. Finshed about half my WT images from this past weekend. Heres a selection. reposted teaser Looking pretty. Kinda a wish I had my recurve. Cue Music. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lastly a little PS experimentation

Nice series Brandon. Of them I'm partial to the steps, the clouds above add a moody sense.

The last 3 weekends I've made a point of getting down to Lake Os shoreline for first light, in an effort to build something of a series comprising winter blue skies, first light, Ice and water. Its made for some cold fingers at -10 or so and some frozen pants when ive ventured too far below the waterline but it's fun if not always comfortable This shot I (and my camera) got soaked. In trying to capture some wave action, this one which seemed to pretty mild, broke right beside me catching me by surprise as evidenced in the lower right corner. By the time I got out harms way and got my balance after slipping on the iced over rocks, the spray droplets were frozen on my lens hood, barrel and body . Id have deleted the shot but decided to keep it as a reminder that there are limits. Undaunted after the near mishap I went back out the next weekend. Once the sun was too high I went stalking some Whitetails. Thats for another post but heres a teaser.

Nice Pano brandon

Thoughth I'd add another small collection of one of my favorite subjects. All of these are from the archives, shot over the last year or so. Snowy Owl Long Eared Owl Barred Owl Red Tail Hawk American Kestral Osprey Thanks for looking. J

Id love to have that kind of scenery around, nice shots Brandon.

Hi Mistyjr. Most of my wildlife pictures will have been taken with a 400mm f5.6 prime Lens, usually wihtout a 1.4 TC, as I prefer the fastest possible focus speed, but sometimes when reach is more important I add the TC. The body I'm currently using is Canons 1DMKIIn, although alot of my older stuff like the wolves and stuff would have been taken with Canons 30D. When wildlife shooting I always have my gear mounted on a Bushawk. It makes shooting Birds in flight alot more intuitive and adds some support when at low shutter speeds. Heres the 400 and 30D mounted on the Buhhawk

I know some people on various boards have trouble linking photos that are hosted on photobucket. While I dont know the solution I do know theres one out there.

That would be me on Hippy's Fireball. Thanks for the welcome.