Nothing today. Yesterday my wife and I did some trail maintenance in our local mountains with some Boy Scouts. Kind of fun to have all that young energy available to work the trail.
After that, we all met back at camp to enjoy a great lunch provided by the girlfriend of one of our volunteers. They have been together 21 years and yesterday he proposed to her. What a great moment.

She Said Yes.

Thanks for the welcome, Erv and Rivernan.

I have the Nikon 105mm macro and it seems to have enough reach for insects and other skittish subjects. The VR feature is nice, but I rarely use it or AF when shooting macro (on, or off, tripod). It also seems to have enough reach to double as a telephoto (I'll use both VR and AF when using it as a regular lens). If you are shooting a crop sensor, you are really at around 150mm anyway. I haven't read up on those longer Tamron and Sigma lenses, but are they true macro? Meaning 1:1 reproduction?

New member here. I'm in San Diego, Ca. Father of grown twin sons. Married 30 something years to a wonderful woman who understands my need to take pictures. I'm looking forward to checking this site out.

Sunset from Hotel Del Coronado