Sigma 150-500mm (OS) Nikon Mount

I ordered a new lens today for my camera bag and it should be here next Friday. Thanks B&H for having it in stock and having great shipping rates. Saved over 15.00 on shipping by just one day difference in time and since I will not shoot with it till the weekend anyway, I would rather save the money on the shipping. Created a new group out there on Flickr for the lens. Will update once the lens gets here. Going to be used for the pika and elk shots I have been wanting to get. Probably won't get many pikas, but hopefully I will get plenty of elk during the rut season this year, plus the upcoming aspen season. Now I have the lens I need to get the shots I want.

New Trick

I am going to have try this and if it works, I am going to have to most definitely buy one to use when out in the field shooting. I was watching a youtubevideo just a little while ago and the photog was using a portable dvd player to review the shots he had just taken with the camera. All he did was plug an A/V cable from the camera to the dvd player and just like magic he had a 7" LCD monitor to look at the pictures with. Now I will wonder if works in a bright light situation or not, but hey, if it will let me the pictures I want to keep better, then I will make the small investment. Plus it can be recharged in the truck while driving back or to the next location.

Till next time....

Guanella Pass

This was taken up a Guanella Pass. Left Fort Collins at around 0230 and got there at about 0530 after having to go up a very rough road from Georgetown. The road is under construction and it really tells. Heavy wash boarding in areas and holes that would swallow small cars. Had two areas of single lane construction with traffic lights controlling the flow. Did not have to wait too long. Saw two beautiful small lakes on the way up. One, was a private lake and the other one looked like was used for hydro power by Xcel Energy. Got there early enough to plan out the first part of what I wanted to take pictures of and to setup my camera for the morning. and to just relax and look at the scene that early morning. Shot 100 photos while up there in the morning and did not realize that till I looked later at the camera. This is one of my favorites from that morning.

Well till later

National Weather Service - Hit and Miss

Definitely would not want the National Weather Service to do any work for me. They are so hit and miss on forecasts up here. Telling us the "heat wave" (see previous post) was over. Well it lasted for another day and might just now continue for a few more days. Not that I am complaining, but I would rather hike in 80 deg weather than 90+ deg weather. I guess that is why so many people headed to the mountains over the weekend. The I-70 tunnel is experiencing very high traffic counts. Makes lots of sense to me. Oh well. I will just go the park and hike up to Dream or Emerald for an early morning hike and still have a cool day doing it.

Till later...

The End of the Heat Wave

23 days of 90 degrees or higher is coming to the end. Forecast for tomorrow is the high 80's and maybe even mid 80's. Looking at the 50's for low's during the night. Sure am glad it is coming to an end. Now it is time to go hiking or shooting in the park working on my closeup photogrqphy with flash.

Till later....

Hot and Dry

Another hot and dry day in the Front Range. Every day we set a new record for the # of days above 90 degrees. Heck I will take the 90 degrees any day with the nice humidty we have here verses having 90+ degree days with 100% humidity down south. Dallas, TX is having it's share of days > 100 degrees, now that is hot, along with the high humidity. Sorry not into that kind of punishment.

Till later...

New Toy for My Camera

Went to Boulder yesterday to do several things, one of which was to find Mike's Camera. Finally found it after driving a while. Yes I know a map would have been simpler, but the fun of finding other places makes it fun looking for something. Browsed through the store. Typical camera store. Surprised to see lot of traffic in the store. Lot of it was looking for batteries and they were sending a lot of business to Batteries Etc down the street. Um missed dollars. Anyway, I saw that they had a SU-800 and I have been wanting to explore the CLS system of my D2x, so I decided to get it. It was priced about avg.

Now the fun part, learning it and using it. Have some really good plans for its use.

Till later...