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Fledgling bald eagles

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...22442951_n.jpg

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Nice shots guys!!

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http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s1...81765687-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s2...42501324-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s3...49506415-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s2...39037763-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s1...53445812-2.jpg

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http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s2...24416207-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s3...19390807-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s3...31435686-2.jpg

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s1...84072615-2.jpg

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All of those are great shots Edwin, but I really love this one.:tu

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Some great stuff Edwin!

This was a 5 picture panoramic I took during a storm at Indian Beach in Oregon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2b4b70f7.jpg

This one was printed and now hangs in my livingroom.

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Very nice guys!

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The part I like about the space shuttle one is the odd juxtaposition of the shuttle launch
and the bee going in for a taste of nectar in the next photo....it reminds my brain of some
kind of spacewalk where the bee is being guided into position....of course it is NOT THAT,
but that's what the position of the two photos rorshach'ed into my head.

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HAHA! Love that observation Brad, and it does look like that!!

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Can't we all just get along???

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...pscfe8b582.jpg

These two were literally at it the whole time i was around. Every activity had to be vetted first through this
pecking order battle...swimming, getting OUT of the water, walking over to the tree tangle. Always a very
small fight over who's idea it was or who went first. Just enough camera shake here at the long end of a 210
to make it less than crisp, but this was the one that best captured the agitation and also had the best relative
position. I have sharper ones, but not ones I like more. When they got out, it came to a head and the one
who was out of the pool splashed the crap out of his sibling and that one was a great shot, but its all water drops.

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This is why I should never have gotten the D700, which comes in tomorrow.
There is no way of knowing the shutter count at this point, and to llook at
this shot off of the D90, I am really wondering why I even went to the trouble
and expense of ORDERING a D700. This is my current best camera with about
my worst lens. But now I am torn....is it crap after all?
It is a Nikkor 70-300 G lens which is super slow, and all plastic (and glass)
but on the D90, it suddenly looks a lot less crappy. Once I took the D90 to
New Orleans for the first time, I finally realized what a super camera it was.
But seeing this shot, which is probably one of the best photos I ever took,
I am starting to think a bit better of that new-fangled G lens. It cost me a
whopping $69 refurbished. Hell, I'd give $69 for a poster print of the damn Lion shot.

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Waterfowl are about my favorite photographic subject, so those shots are really great for me.
They are TINY, but I can see the quality dripping off the shots...wonderful color and dynamic range in the
feathers, and of course, great captures of moments in time, especially the feeding Cormorant or Anhinga.
Great work for sure.

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Brad, the answer to the d700 thing is, just wait til you go shoot the streets of NO at night and u need to jack that iso up. You'll be glad you got the d700.

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I certainly am aware of THAT part of it, but the part that is making me go all wishy-washy
is the damn IQ. I KNOW the D700 has great IQ, and I KNEW the D90 had it too, but even though
I spent on the very bottom end of 'used D700 money', I am looking at that lion shot and thinking,
'damn.....I didn't need to spend even THAT money." If the thing has under 35k shutter actuations,
I will keep it and shut my mouth and just shoot with it. But it IS beat to hell condition-wise, so
I ain't holding my breath. :tu If it is much over 60k, I am just gonna ship it back and count myself lucky
to be dealing with a place that has a generous return policy.

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Fish theft in three...two....one....

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D700 expected shutter life is 150K. I say if it has under 75k keep it My :2

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But that's what they WANT me to do.....50k is my final offer.
Anyway, I'll know tomorrow. An really, for what I paid, even if
it was 80k, all I would really need to do is remember that I do not
have to treat it like its my only camera. I can use it when I have
to have the low light capability and use my very capable stable of
other bodies to take up the slack. I like what I get out of the D200
and the D90 both. Not enough to keep me off the sales sheets, but
you know what I mean, lol.

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While we are on the subject of photography, lol, does anyone know why it seems like Nikon pulled all their
old speedlights and is only selling odd-numbered ones now? Not sure if its a i-TTL issue or what, but all of
the major online retailers now seem to be out of the business of selling SB-200, 400, 600, 800 etc. Well, they
actually still sell a SB-400 for enthusiasts.

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New models? Why make old and new?

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Took a trip to the zoo today with the wife. Here's some of the keepers...


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/9...d3d2b59a_b.jpg
IMG_0331-2 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/9...ace1fd2b_b.jpg
IMG_0277 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8137/9...96152489_b.jpg
IMG_0346 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/9...cff0880e_b.jpg
IMG_0298 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/9...4c5b23ab_b.jpg
IMG_0377 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/9...9e8316ba_b.jpg
IMG_0373 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/9...5b58eec2_b.jpg
IMG_0327 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/9...974126cb_b.jpg
IMG_0339 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/9...34d008d1_b.jpg
IMG_0292 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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Nice shots Justin!

This was shot Monday morning as I was leaving for work. From the end of our driveway looking east. And it's been hammered on in LR :D
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5345/9...de82a64c_b.jpg
Morning fog by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

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Yeah, Justin, I think it is new models versus old models. So to Nikon I say.....

ITS A FU(&ING LIGHT! WHAT KIND OF NEW FEATURES CAN THEY COME OUT WITH?
High resolution LIGHT?
Increased SPEED of LIGHT?
More megapixels??
Bigger HOTSHOE fitting?

Gimme a break.

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Wife got a haircut and color. Chance to play with my portraiture software


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9...6d1a3f46_b.jpg
Crystal Hair 1 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/9...06d88868_b.jpg
1 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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the Green sand beach on the big Island of Hawaii and a water fall

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n..._4237607_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...34033489_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...15634945_n.jpg

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Justin I would rag you about your apparent new Canon point and shoot, but I live in a glass house.
So I will not rag you for your CAS.....My NAS went into hyperdrive last night. Ado put up another
D90 yesterday that was priced too low to leave alone....it was not in top condition, but as may be
apparent now to some, I am building a hedge against Nikon after the release of a 36 MP camera.

I have surrounded myself with bodies that are getting near what I consider a reasonable MPixel limit and
that all use the same battery. My embarassing collection of cameras now consists of EIGHT NIKON BODIES
that can all use the same battery. None of them are over 13 MP. It fits my idea of what a reasonable MPixel
limit is, as well as offering me total flexibility with power. While I would tolerate the 24 Mpixels of the D600,
the battery kills it for me. For an indefinite period of time, I can wall off progress and just take photos.
If a D200 or D90 dies, I have a sibling there to donate parts from should there be none available. From
what I hear, Nikon is no longer selling parts to repair dealers. Not sure if that is still true or not, but it
gives me pause. You have to send every repair that needs parts to Nikon. that is not WHY I have
2 D200s and 2 D90s, but its a comfort nonetheless.

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OUCH....look what I wrote in this thread 15 months ago.....

"As I told you all before, I am willing to own a DSLR, but I am not willing to own
a lot of lenses. I draw my mania line right there."

Wow.....what complete and utter Bull5hi+.

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:r:r

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Point and shoot brad?

The **** you say?

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That little Canon on your Flickr page isn't a new point and shoot? The amount of knobs it has
or how much control it gives you does not disqualify it for P&S status, might I remind you. :)

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Lol. I've had that. I'm selling it. That's why there are pix of it

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Any camera can be a point and shoot. Like when I hand the 6D to the wife and put it on Auto mode, then, it's essentially a point and shoot. :)

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I have yet to finish charging the battery so I can find out the shutter count on this
D700, but I did get to see just how bashed up a G-rated D700 looks. "Good"...not Very good.
This thing has been beaten to death, the first time I have SEEN such an abused camera
from them, so now I know how the other half lives. I think when you are paying over a
thousand dollars for a camera, you should TRY to factor in the spare 3-400 bucks it would
take to never have to SEE this kind of abuse. But there is a part of me that KNOWS that
abuse marks like this are NO MORE useful in determining how much a camera was used
before it was sold off. There are people, and I have said this before, who will use the
last ounce a camera has to give and still sell it for top dollar cause they were simply more
CAREFUL in the way they used it up. So without further ado, I need to stick a card in this pup
and see how bad it is. Hell, this person used the camera so hard that most of the buttons
can't even be read anymore. I had to look at a pic online to see what the hell was where.
Luckily by now most of them are second nature for me.

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good looking D700. Thats the way a properly used body should look. I used to own a 1D2 that look like that. I loved the battle scars on it

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**** that ****! I'd return it and sell some of you other camera bodies and buy something better

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No way Justin. You know what that sensor has seen! lol

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Way too ****ing much that's what!

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You wanna buy a mint condition D70? I can offer you your pick of lenses
to go with it.

As is usual lately, Ado sent me some bull5hi+ chinese wall charger for the battery.
RIGHT NOW I can't get the battery to charge on it. If that continues, I will likely
send it back and stop trolling the dregs.

Picked up a few stars, though....180mm 2.8 ED manual focus lens, a 105mm 2.5 manual
focus lens and a 85mm 2.0 manual lens. My D200 is fully capable of using those lenses
to their potential, so I am not cutting this thing any slack. But I still have so much to test
before I jump to conclusions. I am such a maroon....I thought last night to bring a fresh
batt to have with me today, but thought, "nah, they will send a charger with the battery
and camera." Which they did, but it ain't gettin it. Had I listened to my own counsel,
I'd already know the shutter count. I have a D70 and battery on hand, but of course, I can
use a D700 batt in a D70, but not vice versa.

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:r no i have 3 slrs right now. I'm good.

Photography on the net, ebay, craigslist

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whats ur username in Photo on the net... mine is same as here hit me up over there

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Same as here

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sold the point and shoot. used the money to buy a used 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens :noon

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Ahh, so that photo was stored there for sales porpoises.....
It specced out pretty good when my nosy instinct kicked in and I had to go
out and read about it. It would be nice to have in 2013. My pocket cam is
about 2002 vintage. And all the times I troll the Ado listings, I see great
cheap used pocket cams, but I guess I don't care how well I take pics in
places where I can't easily bring a DSLR....at least not enough to buy something
newer.

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man, I've heard of specialty lenses, but a lens just for making breakfast??
Now THAT is yuppie Americana.

As for selling off my D70, nah...I mean I would sell one to YOU HERE, but outside
that, I will keep it for family members that might want one. It has too little value
to even bother with all the logistics and rejection that selling and shipping such a
camera entails. Besides, the sucker has a 1/500th flash sync speed! I lent it to
a girl here at work to test drive before buying it, and this person is perpetually broke,
so were it not a spare D70, I would have thought that a bit useless....she took some
damn good pics with it, just family snaps, but VERY colorful and crisp and well exposed
in terms of both contrast and level. I bet if she could see them bigger than 1.5 inches,
she might buy it. Hell maybe she DID USB em out of the camera already before she
returned it. Both outdoors and inside with the flash, PERFECT exposure and focus.

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No brad :sl

http://www.seriouscompacts.com/attac...f40lens_3q.jpg

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Yeah i was just funnin ya. Wondering why you need a pancake lens in the
first place. Having trouble sticking the 6D in your pocket? Of course you
could ask me why I need half a dozen manual focus lenses for a auto-focus
camera......

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Makes it a light walking camera. Less intimidating take street shots of people. It also has great IQ. Silent focusing as well