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shark 03-11-2015 03:35 PM

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Chickadee!

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azar 03-22-2015 09:15 PM

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Yep it's a rock! Been quiet on this thread for awhile thought we needed something to get it moving again.

shark 03-28-2015 02:57 PM

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Tame squirrel:

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shark 03-28-2015 02:58 PM

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shark 03-28-2015 03:00 PM

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And a downy woodpecker:


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shark 03-28-2015 03:01 PM

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Goldfinches and a cardinal

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shark 03-28-2015 06:23 PM

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And the pesky pooping geese are back

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dman4505 03-30-2015 07:06 PM

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Went out to central Nebraska this weekend for the annual Sandhill Crane migration.

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357 04-02-2015 07:52 AM

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Great pics of the cranes. We started seeing more and more of them up by me too. They sure are big birds.

shark 04-02-2015 05:49 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 357 (Post 2026733)
Great pics of the cranes. We started seeing more and more of them up by me too. They sure are big birds.

And loud. If you have never heard their call before, you wonder "WHAT the HECK was that?

MarkinAZ 04-04-2015 09:37 PM

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Great bird photos. We have those Canadian geese hanging on our local golf course here. Their "business droppings" left on the greens make for interesting tactical putting;)

A friend of ours, Steve Petz, of Saugus, CA, set-up his telescope and camera body around 0400hrs/PST in Central Park, and took the following of the eclipse this morning:

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...pscn16iust.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...psjrsw2xrm.jpg

Mr.Maduro 04-08-2015 07:13 PM

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MarkinAZ 04-17-2015 05:49 PM

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Nice looking orchids Patrick...

Getting off the commuter bus at Fifth and Flower downtown Los Angeles in the wee hours of the morning revealed the following artsy combination of elements:

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...psz5lqs8p7.jpg

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stearns 04-21-2015 11:05 AM

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That's awesome Mark :tu

A couple obligatory cherry blossom sunrise pictures:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ci...=w1294-h712-no

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P...415_065028.jpg

shark 04-21-2015 07:01 PM

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OLS 04-28-2015 10:56 AM

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I have a RACE on for today.

Two orders
Both Used equipment.
$160 approx. Value each
One Adorama, TWELVE DOLLARS SHIPPING for one item
One B&H, FREE shipping.
I GUARANTEE YOU the free shipping, which has every excuse to drag along, will ship today.
I can also guarantee you that the $12 I had to pay to ship my order by Adorama will NOT get me the kind of
service you'd think paying for shipping would get for you and it will ship MAYBE Thursday. MAYBE.

Unknowns? Will Adorama screw up a THIRD SUCCESSIVE order? Find out Next week.

OLS 04-28-2015 12:10 PM

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They fixed the first screw-up, but I don't really have the time it takes to participate in the unscrewing process.
The second one I just flipped out, and decided just to sell the lenses involved rather than deal with all the red-tape.
Your mileage may vary, I have years of successful orders there myself. But lately it seems like the wheels are
coming off up there.

dave 04-28-2015 12:11 PM

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Curious as to why you're ordering from Adorama if you have no faith in them AND they've screwed up more than once? They're far from the only game in town.



Note: I've ordered no more than twice each from KEH, Adorama and B&H and been happy with all....except a little confusion and delay when I ordered over a Jewish Holiday weekend from one of them.

OLS 04-29-2015 07:48 AM

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Well I have to both report and answer that, Dave.
It simply comes down to money. It is easy to fall into the assumption that everyone is the same in the NYC Camera trade.
The two big dogs, both Hassidic Jew-run outfits, and TO THE PENNY, they will both have the lowest price on new, legit gear.
It is when you talk about USED stuff that Adorama runs away with the title. They demolish KEH and B&H on used
gear. And by demolish I really just mean they are 10-15% lower, lol. Sometimes more. But after you factor in the
shipping I griped about, it starts to get a little closer. But I needed a mic mixer the other day, and no one had the one
I wanted, and new they were $250. I had a choice between principle and price and I fell down. AS I have EVERY time I
have had a gripe with Ado. They are like a girl you just can't quit even though you know they are poison and they stick
you good every chance they get. But I have done two things in response. I have cut my purchases WAY BACK so that my
exposure is down, and for new stuff I am back to B&H. It's a tangled web. I got a lens early this year, it was a "E-"
grade, and it had a gouge on the front element and what felt like sand in the helicoids. I thought "Who on earth would
grade this excellent minus?" But it was so cheap that I just took it as a sign to stop using them......for a week, I think,
lol. I use it on a video camera as a wide angle lens. My feeling is that SOMEONE there was just not paying attention
anymore. Ordered a plain Stick mic and I got a wireless stick mic (but no receiver). Ordered a Nikkor 28mm f/2.8
and got a Sigma Mini Wide for Nikon. A dead cell on the occasional DSLR body deal was one thing (three times in 2 years,
all replaced without question or cost) but pure, avoidable mistakes tend to make me a little madder. I used to open boxes
from them like a kid on Christmas, now I open them like there might be a snake in em, "lordy, what will be wrong this time?"
They'll get it figured out, this can't be a general slippage company-wide, this is an individual or two in a large Used dept
that need to be found and fired.

------------------------

BUT THE NEWS IS GOOD for them today, as both packages shipped last night/this morning, so I guess I am just
going to have to call it a tie. What's in the BOX might change that, but they also might get it right. I have found out
as you have that ordering ANYWHERE near one of their holidays is asking for trouble. When the staff returns, they do
not seem to be entirely on their game. And granted, they are usually long holidays, so I am sure the backlog is intimidating.

shilala 04-29-2015 08:48 AM

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I always check B&H. They rock.
I wish I hadn't seen this thread. Now I want another camera I won't use.
This one Sony HX400V/B 20.4 MP Digital Camera.
B&H price is $398. Free Shipping.
Amazon price, $398. Free 2-day shipping, but that's because I have Prime.

Real question...
How's come most of these prosumer cameras don't shoot macro?
More accurately, when they do, why do I have to be 18" off the subject?
I keep an old sony dsc-r1 just for macros because I can pound the lens right down on the subject like a microscope. Takes STELLAR macros.

shark 05-03-2015 01:38 PM

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shark 05-03-2015 01:42 PM

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OLS 05-04-2015 11:57 AM

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Looks like a Grey Rat Snake, there Ron ole boy. Amazing that it let you shoot, although I doubt Michigan is
ready to have snakes dancin in the streets yet.

And Scott, I would almost think that 'with a tripod', 18 inches of macro standoff would be GOOD for lighting.
And for NEW stuff, B&H and Ado both have identical prices or within a dollar of one another. Its the used
stuff where the conundrum breaks in. But the thing I would really say is to avoid any kind of small sensor
DSLR-shaped Point and shoots. I was transfixed by them in olden tymes because the used prices were
conducive to that over a DSLR body. But I would think that you'd do better with THIS CAMERA and a decent lens.
(oops, before I typed it all out, that $389 Nikon D7000 got snatched up)

Then you look at that zoom range and it all starts to get cloudy. But until they make one of those that can
stand up to the low light I use em in, I can't go that route. But I imagine in good light and if you can stand the
shutter lag, they just get more feature-packed every year. The image stabilization alone makes some of
my concerns go away.

ucla695 05-08-2015 08:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stearns (Post 2030319)
That's awesome Mark :tu

A couple obligatory cherry blossom sunrise pictures:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ci...=w1294-h712-no

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P...415_065028.jpg

Great pics. Love the reflection.

What lense, body and settings did you shoot with?

MarkinAZ 05-09-2015 05:28 PM

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Sterns and Shark, great looking photographs:tu

My wife and I were on our way home this afternoon, when we noticed a Hawaiian fair going on at Hart Park in Newhall, CA. We stopped in and I noticed a beautiful looking Chevy station wagon parked:

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...psu3kw5nbn.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...psp7xqfgda.jpg

The photo's were taken with a new Galaxy S6 16mp lens...

shark 05-10-2015 08:43 AM

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Station wagons from that time are pretty rare. Nice!

MarkinAZ 05-10-2015 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by shark (Post 2033826)
Station wagons from that time are pretty rare. Nice!

That Chevy is looking great for being 62 yrs old:D

shark 05-12-2015 03:26 PM

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How about a few more:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7674/1...9f8e2254_c.jpg


https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8838/1...e53026af_c.jpg


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stearns 05-12-2015 03:34 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ucla695 (Post 2033594)
Great pics. Love the reflection.

What lense, body and settings did you shoot with?

those were just with my cell phone, I have some from the dslr but I was lazy. I'll see if I can dig a couple up to post

MarkinAZ 05-12-2015 04:44 PM

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Great looking rides. But...

Where are the booth babes?;)

Blueface 05-12-2015 05:13 PM

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Sweet looking cars.

shark 05-13-2015 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkinCA (Post 2034390)
Great looking rides. But...

Where are the booth babes?;)

Oh, this show was much too upscale for that, unfortunately. It was a Concours D'Elegance. :D

shark 05-24-2015 01:33 PM

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Some sandhill cranes that I encountered:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8880/1...96a00c52_b.jpg

shark 05-24-2015 01:35 PM

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And a pretty brave little chipmunk.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5454/1...3b155e35_b.jpg

shark 05-24-2015 01:36 PM

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shark 05-24-2015 01:39 PM

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Swan and her cygnets:

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shark 05-24-2015 01:40 PM

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How many herons can you count?

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shark 05-24-2015 01:42 PM

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One of the blue herons in flight:

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shark 05-25-2015 09:25 AM

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OLS 06-04-2015 02:15 PM

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Anyone looking for a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 can safely go back to those crazed lunatics down at Ado,
they jacked up the prices $30 (used), I guess because I would buy them as fast as they
put em up at $54 each. I could sell em on cameras or singly at that price and still make
a little bread. But then they jacked em up, and you can tell that no one even looks anymore
because they are up there hanging and rotting in the sun, one $54 and one $64, just
waiting for that person who doesn't have a fast prime yet. Naturally I can no longer
recommend Ado all that much, but this is news, at least to me. I have been watching
that price stay high for two years.

shark 06-14-2015 11:59 AM

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shark 06-14-2015 12:00 PM

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shark 06-14-2015 05:18 PM

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MarkinAZ 06-14-2015 07:46 PM

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Nice series of photo's Ron:tu

shark 06-14-2015 08:54 PM

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gbum 06-15-2015 02:14 AM

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nice shots ron!

OLS 06-15-2015 06:01 AM

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SOMETHING makes me think Ron might have something new in his bag.

shark 06-15-2015 07:34 AM

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No, still using the same stuff. :D

OLS 06-22-2015 08:00 AM

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Excellent, you are gaining so much control over it. Your work is more impressive each time I see it.
I have been doing diddley. That's not true, I am way over-worked, but I had to move from stills to video
and sound board now that my friend and I have opened a music venue in Memphis. AS much as I tried
to help musicians with some kind of higher-quality stills to aid them in promotion, now I do video for the
same reasons. It is NOWHERE NEAR as satisfying as photography was. But the guy I taught how to shoot
with a DSLR zoomed past me in the fast lane in skills, and I just realized there was no more need for me to
shoot stills. I get in the occasional dozen here or there, but it is just sad.

shark 06-26-2015 09:55 AM

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I'm generally not too keen on sharing personal pics here, as related to family, but here are a few that I took at my niece's wedding a few weeks ago (notice how the maid of honor (her little sister) looks like she's going to start bawling at any second? LOL!)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/369/18...944f90d9_b.jpg


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