Monday in Nature Weekly Photo Dec 7, 2015

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Greetings,<br>

New stuff is fun. New toys are cool. We work hard and save for them. We watch as other photographers have a great time with the toys we're waiting for. We see their images and hear all the stories of how much better it is, how fast, how good in the dark, how quiet in the woods, and the anticipation just builds. We visit the new stuff on line or worst yet, in a store. Oooooooo.....aaahhhhhhhh, hold it, it fits like a glove. Give in and rent it for a week just to take the edge off, only to confirm the desire and realize that...... jeez, ya just gotta get one. It's The Force with a shutter!</p>

<p>Then, the price drops to the floor and you quickly look around the room wondering if it's some internet ploy or joke, some misprint tease...................but, noooooooo, it isn't too good to be true. Haven't you been GOOD this year? Well........yes. Hit the buy button NOW, it will be in hand the next day. No muss, no fuss, no joke, and even gets delivered before 3pm. NICE. Then the reality hits and work demands too much to even open the box beyond making sure all the pieces are present and accounted for. Then the box sits for days while the cats look at it wondering if it would make a nice new place to take a snooze. They know better. The moment does come to really open the box , slip in a battery, and make it your own. Load up a lens and head outside because nature is there, always.</p>

<p>Nature doesn't know or care if our toys are new or well used. Grab your gear and be one with the forces in nature......Monday in Nature that is.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>A very (scarily!) recognisable and good description of GAS Laura. Another route to satisfying GAS is to want, really want, something old and particular, and then hover on the websites of your usual used suppliers until the gear and the price are right.... this old (well 1968ish) Nikon 50/1.4 is probably now my favourite lens, sharp stopped down and full of lovely aberrations and shallow DOF wide open.</p><div></div>

[cegeiss]

<p>Laura, I always knew you had superhuman powers - leaving a brand new toy in the box for more than five minutes ... impressive. My old toy got a firmware upgrade this weekend: automated focus stacking. I spent plenty of time figuring it out by taking pictures of my messy desk (too much, or maybe way too little "hand of man" considering its messy state), but on Saturday morning I tried it hand-held in the backyard. Not bad. Imagine what a tripod could do...<br>

I hope you all have a great week!</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Egret went fishing...</p><div></div>

[sallymack]

<p>New enough camera that I'm still figuring it out, but the pictures are sharp and clear.  --Sally</p><div></div>

[biomed]

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18138452-md.jpg" alt="IMG_6251" width="680" height="510" border="0" /></center><center>Canon S100</center>

[Mary Doo]

<p>Delightful red in the dolrums of late fall.</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Canada geese (<em >Branta canadensis</em>) in flight, Nikon D7100 with 200-500mm zoom @ 500mm, f5.6, 1/1000 sec and ISO 200.</p><div></div>

[randy_cooprider1]

<p>Laura, these weeds are so numerous and contrasty that they are fun to look at when walking.</p><div></div>

[colin carron]

<p>Laura, I recognise the symptoms you describe but I do not think there is a cure :-). Lovely shots again. I always like to see what in nature sparks peoples interest. The variety is wonderful! Just a rocky coastline from me this week, taken at Hartland Quay, Devon, UK.</p><div></div>

[Dieter Schaefer]

<p>Nikon D7100 with 200-500/5.6E VR at 500mm, 1/2000s, f/5.6, ISO220<br>

<a title="snowy in flight" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/744/23524531425_e61f68c315_z.jpg" alt="snowy in flight" width="640" height="427" /></a></p>

[dcstep]

<p><strong>Coyote Hunting</strong></p>

<p><a title="Leap 1" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/664/22831326513_1c542f4eab_c.jpg" alt="Leap 1" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

[bnelson]

<p>This makes up for the northern shoveler/pintail from last week. I believe this is a genuine northern pintail. When I interviewed them, they assured me it was so.</p><div></div>

[tombest]

<p>There were a team of 3 hummingbirds working the feeders on the porch of a cabin we were staying at a couple of months ago in South Carolina. It rained almost the whole time we were there but fortunately the hummingbirds would still hang around and even light from time to time within reach of my 70-200. This was a dreary day and the falling rain just emphasizes the mood.</p>

<p>Tom</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>Just a walk in the park.</p><div></div>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>Sally, very cool algae shot.</p>

<p>Christopher, nice use of photostacking to create a dead leaf landscape. Love it.</p>

<p>Laura, your shot of the snow geese, "Crowded Departure" popped up at the bottom of the page - member's photos. Pretty amazing crowd and shot!. The noise must have been equally amazing.</p>

<p>David, another excellent coyote capture. I hear them frequently but don't see them that often.</p>

[User_6502147]

<p>These apples (wild grown) are nice visually, but they don't taste all that great.</p><div></div>

[dcstep]

<p>Thank you Edwin.</p>

[paul_de_ley]

<p>It's bottoms up for this argentinian bracken.<br>

Personally I tend to get more excited by old toys than brand new, all the more if they cost only a pittance compared to their newest counterparts. I must admit though that makes little difference in terms of money totals spent: there's soooooo many cool/intriguing old toys to try out!</p><div></div>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>Well at one time the gear was new and I defnintely couldn't wait to get it out of the box. None of this waiting for days stuff. Nikon F3HP with short mount 105mm on PB-4 bellows.</p><div></div>

[Andrew Gosden]

<p>Laura - Congrats on the new gear. Usually my first photos are whatever happens to be in the room when I put the battery in.<br>

It was a little frosty when I went out to get the paper Saturday so I went back in and grabbed the camera.<br>

<img src="https://akgosdenphotos.smugmug.com/Nature/2015/i-gW9WPx6/1/700x700/20151205-IMG_8036-700x700.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>Canon XSi, 18-55 IS</strong></p>

 

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/18133001" alt="" />Mine is an apple from Rougemont Quebec. And it is a Macintosh</p><div></div>

[roman_p]

<p>Laura, congrats on your new 7D. But you’re right: Nature doesn't know or care if our toys are new or old. No matter where the technology goes, it never replaces your vision and your passion.</p>

<p>Stony Creek of Adirondacks. Contax 645 (11 yrs old!)</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>New toys are indeed cool, as are new things growing. There is a giant tree in the next yard close to the fence line which showers our yard with sticks and small yellow flowers (and I mean tons of them) but it does provide nice shade for our balcony so on balance it's a case of live and let live. About 15 feet up, just about eye level from our balcony, there is a creeping plant on the tree that until just recently, was nothing more than a few green leaves. Turns out it might be a Monstera Deliciosa, although it does not have the characteristic holes in the leaves (possibly because it is still quite a young plant). So seemingly overnight, it has made it's presence known.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>I meant to also say that it seems there is something weird going on with the dates for this forum - there are two MiN's for November 30th (one of which is this one) and all the other MiN's are not correctly listed by date. In other words, up near the top of the list of threads is August & then September and then November is about a third of the list down. Just thought I should mention it :)</p>