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A spectacular sunset in Arivaca, AZ. Date: 03/05/2007
Cool sunset! Date: 03/05/2007
Coyotes Coyotes Date: 06/30/2008 Coyotes
Deer Deer Date: 06/30/2008 Deer
Shot #1 in sequence. Date: 06/17/2008
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Wild Fires Wildfires near Arivaca Date: 06/25/2008 Wildfires near Arivaca
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Awesome lightning strike Date: 01/01/1980
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A building in downtown Arivaca. Date: 08/10/2008
A shot from the front of the Arivaca Artist Co-op toward "The Merc". Date: 08/10/2008
A shot from the front of the Arivaca Artist Co-op toward "The Merc". Note the cowboy in the background with a handgun Date: 08/10/2008
Remains of part of the old La Gitana I think). Date: 08/10/2008
Remains of part of the old La Gitana I think). Date: 08/10/2008
Remains of part of the old La Gitana I think). Date: 08/10/2008
Remains of part of the old La Gitana I think). Date: 08/10/2008
Shot of Arivaca road as it enters downtown Arivaca from the North/Northeast. Date: 08/10/2008
Shot of Arivaca road as it enters downtown Arivaca from the North/Northeast. Date: 08/10/2008
Shot of Arivaca road as it enters downtown Arivaca from the North/Northeast. Date: 08/10/2008
Some clouds to the west of Arivaca as we were driving home. Date: 08/10/2008
At the local grill, grandma eats her chocolate ice cream while Bill studies the menu and dad poses for the picture. Date: 08/10/2008
Dad and grandma, with Bill in hot persuit. Date: 08/10/2008
Dad and grandma, with Bill in hot persuit. Date: 08/10/2008
Dad and grandma, with Bill in hot persuit. Date: 08/10/2008
Dad and the owner of the grill. Date: 08/10/2008
Dad, grandma and Bill hanging out under the shaded area outside the grill. Temperature in the shade, approx 85F degrees...temper Date: 08/10/2008
Dad, grandma and Bill. Date: 08/10/2008
Grandma and dad. Date: 08/10/2008
Grandma and Laura, ready for the road. Date: 08/10/2008
Laura checking out the MG. Date: 08/10/2008
Me, looking stylish in my Bahamas tourist hat and Counterstrike shirt. Date: 08/10/2008
Me, looking stylish in my Bahamas tourist hat and Counterstrike shirt. Date: 08/10/2008
MG...slightly underexposed. Date: 08/10/2008
The MG driving off, probably glad to get away from the weirdo with the camera. Date: 08/10/2008
These first three pictures are amazing IMHO. This camera excels at skintones. Date: 08/10/2008
While at the grill, we ran into my dad's realtor (left). You see someone you know anytime you leave the house around here. Date: 08/10/2008
While we were picking up my grandma and Bill, some guy showed up with his dad in a bright blue MG. I had to take a few shots. Date: 08/10/2008
Alyx shaking hands with me. Date: 08/09/2008
Alyx shaking hands with me. Date: 08/09/2008
Godon loves to run through the fields and look for critters to chase. Date: 08/09/2008
Gordon comin' at ya. Date: 08/09/2008
Laura and Alyx. Date: 08/09/2008
Testing the macro on my 35-70mm zoom. These are flowers we brought with us from Florida. Date: 08/09/2008
Wildflowers....in focus this time! Date: 08/09/2008
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As we returned from town, we stopped at the top of a hill to catch these spectacular shots of the sun setting just below a storm Date: 08/12/2008
As we returned from town, we stopped at the top of a hill to catch these spectacular shots of the sun setting just below a storm Date: 08/12/2008
As we returned from town, we stopped at the top of a hill to catch these spectacular shots of the sun setting just below a storm Date: 08/12/2008
As we returned from town, we stopped at the top of a hill to catch these spectacular shots of the sun setting just below a storm Date: 08/12/2008
As we returned from town, we stopped at the top of a hill to catch these spectacular shots of the sun setting just below a storm Date: 08/12/2008
As we returned from town, we stopped at the top of a hill to catch these spectacular shots of the sun setting just below a storm Date: 08/12/2008
As we were driving in, it started pouring rain and I took this shot through the windshield in between windshield wiper sweeps. Date: 08/12/2008
This is the same shot as the preceeding shots, but it's overexposed so you can see the road. Not nearly as cool as the sarker sh Date: 08/12/2008
After I was done shooting the previous sequence of shots, I was getting ready to put my gear away when it decided to stop headin Date: 08/14/2008
Be sure to zoom way in on this one and see the lightning striking the mountain in the bottom center of the image. Date: 08/14/2008
Is this Jupiter or Earth? Date: 08/13/2008 This doesn't even look like planet Earth to me. The glow of Tucson makes these images look like some place on Jupiter if Jupiter had a surface.
Lightning south of Tucson Long exposures of lightning shot on a Nikon D700 near Tucson, AZ. Date: 08/13/2008 This series was shot with my Nikon 35-70 F2.8 AF lens. I got the lens from my dad when he gave me his old F4 and accessories. It's an older AF lens, which just happens to work great on the new D700. Unfortunately, it does't like to focus at infinity. When manually focusing, you have to set the lens to infinity, then back it off a hair to get it to focus just right, so it took a little practice before any of my landscape shots started coming out in focus. If you zoom in on the full size versions of these images, the detail and sharpness is awesome. Keep in mind that the lens is mounted on a somewhat flimsy tripod that was blowing in a 15-20mph wind. Most shots are between 15 and 30 seconds at about F5.6. Definitely log in and check out the full size versions of these.
More lightning Date: 08/13/2008 Be sure to look at the full sized version of these images to see some amazing detail in the lightning.
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
More lightning. Date: 08/13/2008
The lightning striking the top of the mountain overpowers the CCD here and makes it look like the sun rising over the mountain. Date: 08/14/2008
You can see a few filaments of lightning spilling out from behind the clouds at top left. Date: 08/14/2008
These shots were overexposed and fixed in NikonView during conversion to JPG files. Date: 08/15/2008
These shots were overexposed and fixed in NikonView during conversion to JPG files. Date: 08/15/2008
These shots were overexposed and fixed in NikonView during conversion to JPG files. Date: 08/15/2008
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A nearly in focus storm...it too me a while to realize the "infinity" setting on my lens doesn't actually focus at inf Date: 08/08/2008
A storm that nearly took out my wireless connection...again. Date: 08/08/2008
A sunset on the same day as the evening storms. The storms were approaching from the north, but this is to the west (obviously). Date: 08/08/2008
A sunset on the same day as the evening storms. The storms were approaching from the north, but this is to the west (obviously). Date: 08/08/2008
Alyx drinking from the bird bath. Date: 08/08/2008 This is image is another 1/20 sec handheld shot, so I'm surprised by Alyx's face being mostly in focus. I actually like this shot despite the flaws. Also keep in mind that these are RAW format images with absolutely zero enhancement or improvement. I simply used NikonView to convert them to JPEGs for posting here. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to manage RAW images, and I currently have no good computer monitor to use for color correction or other enhancements, so you're looking at raw images here. Some images were also captured as JPEGs on the highest quality setting. For anyone interested you can see all the original capture settings in the detailed EXIF data below each picture...just be sure to click "details".
Alyx looking happy while I test my built-in flash. Date: 08/08/2008
Alyx looking overexposed, but nearly in focus. Date: 08/08/2008
Dark and ominous evening storm approaching from the east. Date: 08/08/2008 ISO 65536000
Shutter Speed 1/60 sec
I've never even heard of something like ISO 65536000 until now. I just wanted to see how high the film speed setting on this camera would go. Now I know. This camera is so good I'm almost afraid of it.
Dark and ominous evening storm approaching from the east. Date: 08/08/2008 The interesting thing about this image, aside from the lightning strike and being slightly out of focus, is that this is shot at an ISO film speed equivalent value of 65,536,000 with a shutterspeed of 1/60 sec on a very dark evening. This kind of handheld low-light shot is simply not possible with a conventional film camera, but the full frame CCD sensor in the Nikon D700 is so sensitive to light it can perform some amazing photographic feats. The low-light photography characteristics of the D700 in general are much different than real film, but I am beginning to think they are much better.
Evening storm hitting Arivaca. Lightning afterglow at super-high film speed Date: 08/08/2008 Another crazy low-light shot. I was testing the speed of the shutter release to see of I could snap pictures of lightning at normal shutter speeds. My biggest complaint with digital cameras has always been that they don't take the damned picture when you press the button. Well, once you figure this camera's focusing modes out, that problem is no more. As you can see from this and several other pictures, I had no trouble with shutter release lag.
Evening storm hitting Arivaca. Date: 08/08/2008
Gordon drinking from the bird bath. Overexposed image of my dog (Gordon) drinking from the bird bath. Date: 08/08/2008 My sloppy technique is obvious here...I was shooting aperture priority and was still trying to figure out how to change the f-stop. Only minutes earlier I discovered that you have to set the lens to f22 (the red number) in order for the camera to control the lens...before that I couldn't even take a picture with the thing because it kept flashing an error message at me. Sigh.....the learning curve is a bit steep, but it will be worth it.
Gordon running. Date: 08/08/2008
More storms Date: 08/08/2008
More storms south of Tucon. Date: 08/08/2008
More storms south of Tucon...with daytime lightning strike! Date: 08/08/2008
More storms south of Tucon...with daytime lightning strike....very difficult to catch! Date: 08/08/2008
More storms south of Tucson...with daytime lightning strike! Date: 08/08/2008 Further proof that there is not much (if any) shutter lag on the D700. The more I use it the more I love it. It is definitely a big heavy camera though. The main reason I got it was because I wanted to be able to use my old Nikon lenses and I wanted to get back into serious photography without ANY of the compromises associated with digital photography. If you're not serious about photography, get a cheap 6 or 8 megapixel Canon point-and-shoot. The cheap Canons are an amazing value these days and produce phenomenal pictures for the money. Otherwise, I think the D700 is the best camera you can currently get for the money. Hopefully the images I will soon be posting will make that more apparent than this first batch.
More storms southwest of Tucson. Date: 08/08/2008
More storms southwest of Tucson. Date: 08/08/2008
More storms southwest of Tucson. Date: 08/08/2008
More storms southwest of Tucson. Date: 08/08/2008
Run Gordon! Run! Date: 08/08/2008 I love this photo, but I hate the fact that I messed it up. The camera did everything in its power to pull this shot off, but my lack of experience with the Nikon autofocus system is apparent. This is about the hardest kind of shot you can do with a camera though, so I don't feel to bad. Shooting a fast moving target, backlit by a bright sunset is really hard to do, and this IS the first day I've had the camera.
Storms west of Arivaca Date: 08/08/2008 Most of my shots from this first day were done on full program mode, where the camera decides everything itself. This is one such shot. I should probably enable "Active D-Lighting" as it would have brightened up the landscape. Usually I prefer to do that kind of postprocessing in Photoshop so it can easily be undone, but I'm starting to realize that the reason you want a great digital camera is so you don't have to waste hours adjusting curves in Photoshop. Getting to know this camera better should lead to a massive improvement in my images.
Storms west of Arivaca Date: 08/08/2008
"If only I had brought that piece of my tripod that attaches to the camera" I think to myself as I blast the hell out Date: 08/24/2008
...and coming... Date: 08/24/2008
...and coming... Date: 08/24/2008
...and coming... Date: 08/24/2008
...and coming... Date: 08/24/2008
...and coming... Date: 08/24/2008
...and then they stated coming... Date: 08/24/2008
...maybe just one more. Date: 08/24/2008
...we could hear the sqeaking, buzzing, chattering sound of millions of bats about to begin emerging... Date: 08/24/2008
A last shot or two for the road... Date: 08/24/2008
And another shot of the drive in. Date: 08/24/2008
And here are the pretty rocks without the g-friend. Date: 08/24/2008
And here is a place where standing water seemed to create a little oasis along the road. Date: 08/24/2008
And pretty washes with pretty algea. Date: 08/24/2008
And there is Laura posing for a picture with Ruby Road in the background. Date: 08/24/2008
And there's Laura taking more pictures. Date: 08/24/2008
Another shot of the drive in. Date: 08/24/2008
Bats are cool. Date: 08/24/2008
Bats are fun. Date: 08/24/2008
Bats are neat. Date: 08/24/2008
Here is my pretty girlfriend stopping to take a picture of the pretty trees and rocks. Date: 08/24/2008
Here's a big grasshopper on the caretaker's wall. Date: 08/24/2008
Here's Laura and Sun Dog on the way to see the bats. Date: 08/24/2008
Here's one done with more light, faster fillm speed and a flash. The bats are streaks in the long exposure, but then the rear cu Date: 08/24/2008
Here's some old mining equipment Date: 08/24/2008
Here's some wildflowers growing nearby. Date: 08/24/2008
I couldn't stop snapping pictures, but Sun Dog had to go check on his sick cat...it ate something it shouldn't have or was bitte Date: 08/24/2008
I hear it's good for the skin. Date: 08/24/2008
I just love the textures on this, which is why I uploaded it in higher quality than most of the rest of this batch. Date: 08/24/2008
Laura and I think it is great fun to take pictures of each other taking pictures of bats. Date: 08/24/2008
Laura and Sun Dog await the bats. My flash was cranked way up to illuminate the distant mine opening, which overexposed the hell Date: 08/24/2008
Laura suddenly realizes that light mist she feels isn't rain. Date: 08/24/2008
Me standing in front of the bat cave without glasses, but not without hat. Date: 08/24/2008
Me standing in front of the bat cave. Date: 08/24/2008
Mmmmmm....bat pee. Date: 08/24/2008
More bats Date: 08/24/2008
More bats Date: 08/24/2008
more bats at sunset Date: 08/24/2008
More bats. Date: 08/24/2008
More bats. Date: 08/24/2008
More bats. Date: 08/24/2008
Okay, two more...be glad I didn't post them all. Date: 08/24/2008
On the way to Ruby Mine we kept stopping every few hundred yards to get pictures of the landscape. Here's a pretty windmill in a Date: 08/24/2008
Once we got to Ruby mine we were greeted by this truck which I couldn't seem to get a proper exposure of on Program mode and was Date: 08/24/2008
Sadly, I was not able ot get the best possible shots without my tripod, but these came out pretty decent anyway. Date: 08/24/2008
So very cool. The stench from the bat guano was overwhelming, but it was worth the smell. Date: 08/24/2008
Sun Dog explained about the many different edible plants. Later that evening he served us dinner consisting of deer neck stew ov Date: 08/24/2008
The caretaker's name is Sun Dog and this is his hose. If you zoom in you can see hummingbirds near the feeders...there was a gag Date: 08/24/2008
Then just as the sun was setting.... Date: 08/24/2008
There were some pretty cows on the way there too. Date: 08/24/2008
This is a shot from the caretaker's house toward the rock outcroppings where the bats emerge at dusk. Other buildings in the for Date: 08/24/2008
We arrived at the bat cave with just a few minutes to spare so I took some shots of the empty mine shaft. Apparently this whole Date: 08/24/2008
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A rainbow. Date: 08/30/2008
Alyx posing. Date: 08/28/2008
And of course another storm. Date: 08/29/2008
Another storm nearby. Date: 08/28/2008
As the storm receeded I posed for a picture with the lightning. Date: 08/28/2008
For some reason I focused on Bill instead of me and Grandma. Date: 08/29/2008
Gordon running. Date: 08/28/2008
Grandma got lots of clothes for her birthday. Date: 08/29/2008
Grandma got lots of clothes for her birthday. Date: 08/29/2008
Grandma got lots of clothes for her birthday. Date: 08/29/2008
Grandma got lots of clothes for her birthday. Date: 08/29/2008
Grandma looking adorable in her new red coat. Date: 08/29/2008
Grandma looking cool in her new jacket. Date: 08/29/2008
Grandma's birthday. Date: 08/29/2008
I bought a bunch of used manual focus lenses. This was shot with a cheapie zoom. Sweet sky...tripod moved though. Date: 08/30/2008
I like my dad's face in this one. Date: 08/29/2008
Joy and Grandma. Date: 08/29/2008
Lara looking good in orange. Date: 08/30/2008
Lightning was rippling through the clouds all around me. Date: 08/28/2008
Look, more lightning. Date: 08/29/2008
Shot from the shelter of the garage. Date: 08/28/2008
Shot with a manual focus Nikkor 200mm telephoto. Date: 08/30/2008
Shot with a manual focus Nikkor 200mm telephoto. I love the clouds in this one. Date: 08/30/2008
Son and mother. Date: 08/29/2008
Son and mother. Date: 08/29/2008
This storm passed right over us and put on quite a display. Date: 08/28/2008
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DSC_2523.jpg I thought this was a bird at first because it was so big. It wasn't until I looked at the photos that I realized this was a huge grasshopper. Date: 09/05/2008 I thought this was a bird at first because it was so big. It wasn't until I looked at the photos that I realized this was a huge grasshopper.
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DSC_3046.jpg Laura posing in front of an eerie sunset rainbow. Date: 09/10/2008 Laura posing in front of an eerie sunset rainbow. The photo was shot a minute or two before sunset. This rainbow really looked like this, with dark blue sky on the right and pink sky inside the rainbow.
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DSC_3300.jpg Date: 09/10/2008 This was a very large lightning strike. I like it because it's in the shape of a pi symbol. This was taken through a dirty window.
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DSC_3305.jpg In this one, you can see a nice chain reaction strike with obvious strikes on the left, and a couple of subtle strikes at right, far off in the distance through the rain. Date: 09/10/2008 In this one, you can see a nice chain reaction strike with obvious strikes on the left, and a couple of subtle strikes at right, far off in the distance through the rain.
DSC_3321.jpg There's a lot of weird stuff going on in this picture. A car drove by, just as lightning struck, leaving an obvious light trail, and there's some faint red streaks in the lower middle that I think were caused by the passing car's tail lights illuminating Date: 09/10/2008 There's a lot of weird stuff going on in this picture. A car drove by, just as lightning struck, leaving an obvious light trail, and there's some faint red streaks in the lower middle that I think were caused by the passing car's tail lights illuminating the rain from below the crest of the hill after it passed.
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