What A Day!  Walking through the wet and muddy woods was almost twice
disastrous!  Climbing wet and slippery hillsides brought me to my knees
twice, but I was able to save the D3 and Formidable 500!  Talk about luck
and I'm not even Irish.

The beautiful end of another perfect Aussie summer day.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2170841635&size=l
and having a play around with HDR
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2170908903&context=photostream&size=l

Heres one for you Troy!
www.members.optusnet.com.au/mjwyllie/On_The_Fly1.jpg

While I was out shooting the sandhill cranes today I noticed this
eager Nikon shooter flaunting her big glass.
http://members.aol.com/annika1980/nikon.jpg
Gotta love the use of the pop-up flash while shooting telephoto!

All be damned!  Even on a holiday you can always find professionals and
craftsmen working away.  I'm glad I had the old D3 to catch a craftsman in
action.  Using old world tools and techniques he can quickly shape a piece
of wood into a beautiful work of art.

Whenever the 40D goes out to shoot on a rainy day, it always
attracts some stares.
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/90922173/original
That is an actual size crop, BTW.

Well Rita, you won.  I have moved over to the dark side.
Here is my first D3 pic ever.
http://members.aol.com/annika1980/d3.jpg
Man, I gotta admit you were right.  This thing takes real photos, not

It's been a very exciting day!  I'm glad I had my trusty D3 with me.  Even
under Baltimore's harsh and poor lighting I was able to catch this biblical
event at ISO 6400.  Word on the streets is the D3 is the second coming of
Christ.  With this level or performance I believe it!

Went back up on the hill today to do a few more comparison shots.
It was much hazier today than yesterday, so much the better to test
out the power of the infrared.
Here are two comparison shots (cropped and resized):

i've got the 68mm 92nm ir filter on the is 18-55 but i see nothing even in
live view what do i have to set up to get ir???????

Who is that MI5 c.nt ?
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Australia Mining Pioneer
Discoverer of Telfer, Nifty & Kintyre mines in the Great Sandy Desert

I thought this would be of interest to some who enjoy this really old
process of film and thought it was not in use anymore.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290194238364&ssPageName=ADME:
B:FSEL:US:1123
Helen

OK, geeks, listen up.
Here is my current computer system right now.
Windows XP Pro
3.2MHz Pentium 4

Here's a rather boring shot I took off the mountain today.
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/91112475/original
It is notable only because the mountains in the distance are usually
not visible and lost in the haze.  But today was a clear day.