Yes, I did. This shot was taken into the sun and with the sun still above the horizon. That is why it is such a fast shutter speed. I took another shot (also posted in the gallery called shoreline that is a much slower shutter speed. Like I mentioned, I'm trying things that are a bit outside the lines for me just so that I can improve and learn what works and what doesn't. I actually like shoreline even though it is a bit dark.

That time of day the light seems to change by the second. Interesting shot.

Looks like you had a good time.

I like it. There are a lot of elements coming together to produce a pleasing result. I like the deep focus and the tree at the point where the walk turns. I also like the building in the background. This is a nice photograph.

Seems that sometimes, when we really aren't trying very hard, good things happen.

Very impressive. I love the effect. Amazing.

First shot 1/4 sec at f20 ISO 100
Second shot 1/500 at f20 ISO 100

I've had mine for about a week now. I bought it with the 28-300 lens. I can't wait to get home from work and go out and shoot something. I've done some early morning work and some evening shots. I have also done flash shots in my living room in the evening using my dog as a subject. I'm, of course, still learning the camera; but I like it much better than the Sony a230 that I was using. I bought Darrel Young's book "Mastering the D7000" and I think it is well worth the price. He goes into more detail than the manual, but references the pages in the manual for each topic that he is discussing. I recommend this book highly.

Having read so many posts on the importance of evening and early morning light, (I agree) I decided to try my hand at it at a lake near my house. I set up a tripod and waited for the sun to start going down. While I waited, I shot the picture of the of the dam about 20 minutes before sunset.

I shot this with a Nikon D7000. 28-300 f 3.5 Data on the photo is: 1/10sec exposure at f22 ISO 100. I used a tripod that was on fairly soft dirt. (shoreline) My question concerns the shoreline in the middle ground. The histogram shows that there are dark areas that are completely clipped against the left extreme of the histogram. Is there a technique that I could use that would give me more detail in the shoreline? Is this shot underexposed? When I shot at a wider opening and shorter duration, the sky did not show the level of detail and color that I was trying to achieve. Any opinions and ideas would be greatly appreciated. I would like to learn to be better and I won't be offended if you see that I'm doing something wrong and tell me. Thanks, Camera set at Jpeg fine.

I really like the light in the photo. I also thing the pov is perfect.

I'm very interested in taking pet pictures myself. It is always enlightening to see how other people do it. Thanks.

Nice, Good photos and interesting looking bird. Thanks for the view.

There is something inherently romantic about square rigged ships; but I don't think life aboard them back in the day was really all that romantic.

Yes, I know. That can be a problem when the park is crowded. I've had several overly-zealous rangers admonish me about just that thing. I guess I'm a poor listener. But I don't let the dog bother people simply because not everyone likes dogs as much as I do and I understand that.