The birds and the bees - pictures

[sabre]

OK, get your mind out of the gutter

Just a couple of pictures I took a few days ago:

I've been getting back into photography and haven't been hanging out here as much as I used to, but thought I'd share these

Bill
PS - you can spend almost as much $$$ on cameras & lenses as on S&W's!

 

[sabre]

OK, get your mind out of the gutter

Just a couple of pictures I took a few days ago:

I've been getting back into photography and haven't been hanging out here as much as I used to, but thought I'd share these

Bill
PS - you can spend almost as much $$$ on cameras & lenses as on S&W's!

 

[sprscientist]

VERY nice.

 

[SJshooter]

I didn't take this photo, but it's a favorite. Just amazing detail. Thank god this thing isn't 6-feet long.

 

[BarbC]

How close did you have to be to the bird? It didn't fly away.

 

[cincinnatijim]

Those are great. Thanks.

 

[sabre]

Originally posted by BarbC:
How close did you have to be to the bird? It didn't fly away.

I was about 7 or 8 feet away from the hummingbird. He seemed quite content to sit there for several minutes and I approached him very carefully to keep from spooking him.

Bill

 

[Bandersnatch]

I dunno, the bird has a "dont start no trouble and there wont be no trouble" look in his eye.

You mighta been about one step away from getting whooped on.

 

[deadin]

PS - you can spend almost as much $$$ on cameras & lenses as on S&W's!

Actually I think I have more tied up in my camera, lenses,and gear than I have in guns.
The really sad part is the camera stuff keeps getting worth less and less

while the guns appreciate.

 

[glypnir]

I want one of these:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...-of-All-L-Lenses.jsp

You could buy a lot of Smiths for what that puppy is worth.

My piggy bank isn't quite up to the $99,000 they are asking, so feel free to buy it if you want it. B&H is run by orthodox Jews, though, so you'll have to wait until sunset today to order. Passover is still going on.

 

[glypnir]

And I've always wanted to look through this one:

It's the 107 incher at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas. Probably the equivalent of a 16 inch battleship gun, rather than a S&W, though.

$6 million in 1969.

 

[RonJ]

Sabre,
What camera & lenses did you use for these?

 

[sabre]

Originally posted by RonJ:
Sabre,
What camera & lenses did you use for these?

Ron,

Both were taken with a Nikon D300. The bird was with a Nikon 70-300VR, the bee with a Nikon 60mm Micro AFS.

Bill

 

[Wheelgunner840]

Those are great photos. Thanks for sharing.

WG840

 

[roundgunner]

love the photo's

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This lens is for taking photos of the ladys on the beach!

Originally posted by glypnir:
I want one of these:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...-of-All-L-Lenses.jsp

You could buy a lot of Smiths for what that puppy is worth.

My piggy bank isn't quite up to the $99,000 they are asking, so feel free to buy it if you want it. B&H is run by orthodox Jews, though, so you'll have to wait until sunset today to order. Passover is still going on.

 

[RonJ]

[/QUOTE]
Ron,

Both were taken with a Nikon D300. The bird was with a Nikon 70-300VR, the bee with a Nikon 60mm Micro AFS.

Bill[/QUOTE]

Bill, I own both of those lenses but I have a D80. I've heard some criticism of the 70/300 but I don't have any problems with mine either.

 

[DJINCO]

We need to wait for a few days. It's starting to snow and the news says that it's going to be some significant accumulation - a couple of feet.

Sunday it's supposed to be in the 60's.

 

[LOBO]

Stunning pictures!!