As a pilot I would say - runway, we don't need to see no stink'in runway! :-)

Very nice subject matter. I would love to see the same shot with the sun shining off the rocks and light house from the other direction. Looks like this is either a morning or evening shot since the sun angle appears to be low on the horizon. If the light were 180 degrees the other side then the light house and rocks might be more prominent. Just a thought, but overall I love this photo.

Thank you. I am always open to suggestions on improving shot taking. I am still getting used to the myriad settings available for the D600. To match the proper settings with the wild life at hand can be a bit daunting, much more so than a still life scene.

Red Tail on the hunt


Patient Quail waiting for me to shoot the shot


Setting sun brought the color out in this turkey in my back yard

Thank you. You live in a very nice place. We live in a wild life refuge that is also 36 hole golfing community. Frankly most of my photo experiences are located right here since I can walk to the photo opportunities.

Yes, truly feels good to both get back into photography AND get back into the out doors to capture the beauty of these wild creatures!

I have gotten back into photography after about a 50 year hiatus. Too much work and not enough play. All of these photos were shot here in Rancho Murieta, CA

A local coyote that looks like he just got groomed


Eagle on takeoff


Eagle making a short field landing


Owl giving the evil eye at my Nikon


Eagle on the hunt

Who do I contact, Nikon Customer Service? I can at least find out the process and then consider it. Thanks again for your considered thoughts on this matter.

As a retired aviator with over 14,000 hours of flying I was served well by the personal philosophy over the years - if it is not broke don't fix it. I always would prefer to fly with what is working than to throw an unknown into the mix. Every part has a mean time between failure, but if you insert a new part into the mix to seemingly improve the performance you then must assume the new part has a better MTBF (at least you hope it does) and you are now relying on some human to put it in correctly. Two unknowns to fix what MAY be a problem.

I followed your 'test' and found nothing out of the ordinary. I have taken 2248 photos with this camera in the last 14 months. I would hope that I have purchased a camera that is exempt from this problem since I would think after a couple of thousand photos this issue would have reared its ugly head by now. Thanks for the suggestion.

Wow. I have owned my D600 since Jan 2013 and have had zero problems. I would say I am lucky, but luck is not my strong suite. Can one of you who are experiencing an "oil spot" problem post an example on this site so I can see what to look for?

And thank you for your patience.

Still learning the ins and outs of this great website, so I accidentally put my response in twice.

There is a button on the front left side of the camera that if I am in a mode other than full auto seems to induce the flash when I want to fill in darker areas of the subject. I have been taking photos of incredible boulders covered with multi-colored lichen. Boulders are not flat uniformly lit objects so the flash fills in and heightens the colors. The most important feature of the digital age of photograph is the delete button. This allows learning by doing with no permanent consequences. Ah, if only life were like that!!

Thanks, I believe I have it figured out now! I appreciate the patience with my aging loss of brain power. One needs to exercise this mental matter in the hopes of keeping it sharp for as long as possible.

In Program mode, I.e. P, S, or A how do I "tell it to?" thanks