Recent content by bigNeil

Very nice set, and I am happy it is working well for you :)

I like the last one, really nice simplicity and colour.

Yes, they always fly away when I open the car window, so well done for not spooking him.

I was there last year, you had better light than I did. The deer are cool there, although get bored quickly when they see your food has run out! For me, there is no focal point in this shot with just an antler and half an eyeball in focus.

My friend used to have an Nikon 18mm f2.8, although he sold it a while back. Worked ok on film, though I am not sure if it does as well on DSLR's.

Love 5 (even better straightened), have to visit there sometime :)

Yes, the second one is great, do you use a filter on these, or any PPing?

Second one is lovely, muted colours and really natural looking.

Yep, really great shot with the green backdrop.

Totally great for pointing telephoto at water for 3 hours waiting for a dolphin to jump out, holds the camera at right angle, and fast to rotate side to side.

If your main camera is the D300, then maybe a 17-55mm Nikkor or 17-50 Tamron would be a. less expensive and b. a more useful range. I found my 24-70 on DX to be great but usually wanted wider for walking about, general stuff. Great for portraits on DX, but not as good as an 85mm 1.8 for example.

Tried a 300 + 2x TC briefly, it focussed on a bright sunny day with a little stuttering, but the image quality was so-so. Would imagine it wouldn't focus on darker scenes.

The Western Digital one is the most popular I think, search for WDTV. A new version out recently. Don't have one, but seen my mates one briefly and seems like quality.

Buy from a good seller, plenty of 2nd hand bargain bodies out there. They devalue so quickly when new, that it makes total sense to buy used and buy better lenses.

Weather was that bad?! Not bad for 1st attempts. Personally, I prefer ones that light up some background or environment, so it looks like a 3d object in a surrounding. Saw this on Gizmodo a couple of days ago, maybe give some inspiration, some amazing photos -...