Like Father, Like Son...

Look at that technique! And that's my F4 and 80-200 F/2.8 Nikkor. I could do w/o the tattoo, however...


Have Camera, will smile!

So What's the Going Rate for the Tooth Fairy???

My son lost his first tooth today. He's looking forward to the Tooth Fairy's visit...

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Indoor Supertelephoto Portrait

I suppose some people wouldn't call a 300mm f/2.8 a "supertelephoto" per se, but considering its size with lens hood attached, I sure do.

Since my D1H was handy, I slapped on the new-to-me Tokina 300mm f/2.8 that I bought yesterday from the same person I bought the 400mm from. It focuses MUCH closer (8 ft. vs. 14 ft.) and I was able to take the opportunity to grab a quick portrait of my son, cranking the ISO to 1600 and shooting wide open (and removed some of the noise in Neat Image). I had 1/500th at f/2.8, and this lens is a lot more hand-holdable than my 400mm, so I was able to shoot this with only the 15-watt compact flourescent my son was looking into as the light source. Fortunately, he was as willing as always to pose. I just wish he'd follow directions that well when I wasn't taking pictures...