Do they have room for two of mine. They can baby sit the griz cub for you.

Buy insurance on the X.

I just did one of does shoots.
One old trick is to turn up the heat in the room, so baby is comfy.

One of the results. "Little Bambino Toes Surrounded By Love":
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I have Nikon camera's. I purchased their WiFi camera adapter and the iPAD Nikon App Wireless Mobility Utility (WMU). I can now send pict's to the iPAD, View picts on the camera's SD card, use the iPAD as a view finder and trigger the shutter from the iPAD. It sure is a high tech world.

I have Nikon camera's. I purchased their WiFi camera adapter and the iPAD Nikon App Wireless Mobility Utility (WMU). I can now send pict's to the iPAD, View picts on the camera's SD card, use the iPAD as a view finder and trigger the shutter from the iPAD. It sure is a high tech world.

The end result could look like this if you add one more step of re-rendering the light source to a position behind the bird.
The process is worth learning and can be a lot of fun once you have the hang of it.

I've been there a few times. All of the above suggestions especially the copter tour around Crazy Horse monument. Also the badlands are a great place for panorama's. After my 1st trip out there I learned the early and late light is the best for shooting the landscape shots.

Thanks for the great links.

I just moved away from the 70-300 and into a 18-270 as my walk around lens. It has opened up a whole new hassle free world of not having to switch camera's or changing lens.

Hello,
I had one of these assignments a few years ago. Dad passed away and the son was in a hospital in another state. So the family wanted the son to have a memory of the whole thing.
I've had a lot a jobs through the decades but this one made me feel strange.
The wake, funeral, burial and lunch were going to be held at a nice country church that had low lighting so I needed my flash for the wake during the evening hours.
Everyone there understood why I was there so that helped me settle into the job.
I selected my 300mm for a lot of candid shots and I positioned myself in areas were I was not gaining a lot of attention (choir loft, behind columns etc.).
I then grabbed my backup camera with a normal lens and starting getting group and couple shots outside and in the back of the church away from the casket area so as not to disturb the visitation area.
The best I can say is relax, use the long lens so u can stay away from the casket and during the burial and shoot as much as possible during the entire event.
When the event was done I gave them a slide show set to his favorite song.
To this day when I see his wife she thanks me for the lasting memory I put together for them.
I think there is a niche business in this type of shooting but I never followed up on it.

I just found out how you feel about this same subject. Just this past weekend while I was visiting a friend also.
Good story with this bird. At first he was about 25 to 30 yards off in a tree when I first placed the 300mm on him. He was barely filling the frame. I made a comment to my friend that he needs to come in closer. Within a minute he flys over to the bush by the window. Now he's within 7 feet and hangs around long enough to shoot a dozen shots. I guess sometimes you just have to ask for what you what/need

This Bear was just simply playing in a deep pool of water. He put on a great show for my son and I and Yes this was shot with a long lens.

Nice capture of the kitty.
Not sure if this is a good comparison but here it is.
I captured this shot in Montana a few years back.

I just bought one of these in Dec.
It also shoots 70 frames per second of video, I have not played with vid part yet.
I do like the large format Picts and the low lighting is much better than my D80's.

I think it's a great bargain for the price.

Hello,
Great topic and it sure is a lot better that politics.
I agree with you completely. I started out in 1977 and have a countless number of shots that are right on the money straight out of the camera.
I also have tens of thousands that didn't make it.

In the last 2 years I bit the bullet and started altering my backgrounds on my shots.
At first I felt like a traitor to my profession and myself now I enjoy a new creative feeling that is emerging from my keyboard that is beyond just altering the lighting, cropping and contrast.
I guess it's true all things change and sometimes you need to just go with the new flow of things.

I have two D80's. They have been my work horses for years now.
Remember it's still the lens and the person behind it that makes the shot a wow moment.
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Recently I just purchased a new 24mp Nikon 3200.
I like shooting natural lighting and night shots so this helps to keep me more competitive in that area.

It will be my primary and the D80's will be used as my back-up's.
I realize this is not a high price digital but it moves me into a much larger quality format for printing big images.

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I also keep a Nikon Coolpix pocket with me at all times.
Sample: http://thomas-woolworth.artistwebsites.com/featured/dining-on-a-pink-zinnia-02-thomas-woolworth.html