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<p>Laysan Albatross Chick - Midway Atoll<br>

Nikon d300 70-200/2.8 at 174mm f5.0 1/640</p><div></div>

David,

 

Yellowstone in winter is beautiful. I have been twice including last February and would highly recommend it. Some of last years pictures can be seen here http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=696102.

 

Your best bets are staying at the Snow Lodge near Old faithful and/or staying at the north end of the park and working the road through the Lamar valley which is plowed all year and you can drive your own vehicle on. You can spend several days at either location without getting bored and get lots of good pictures. The other option is to join a photo tour. There are a number of outfits that provide yellowstone winter photo tours at prices that aren't outrageous. Just google yellowstone winter photo tour/safari and you will find a bunch. Oh, and if you go, get yourself a pair of Yaktrax or similar devices to put on your shoes/boots when walking around. The ice on the boardwalks can be tricky. Best of luck.

 

Steve

This is my quick fix. Change to LAB mode and then a quick curves adjustment on the a, b, and L channels followed by an unsharp mask on the L channel only. convert back to RGB and done. Only took a minute or two.<div></div>

I use www.ezprints.com. They do panoramics of both 6" and 12" heights with widths in increments of 6". The other alternative is to just change the canvas size of your image in photoshop to add space to your panoramic so that the resulting image dimensions fit what is offered by your preferred printer and then cut off what you don't need when you receive the prints.

Kenneth,

 

I see the blue in the eyes. The easiest and quickest way to fix her eyes is to open the image then do a quick selection around the eyes with the lasso tool and then use the select-color-range and the eyedropper to get a better selection. Then go to image-adjustments-selective color, choose neutral from the drop down and remove black and a little cyan and then choose white from the drop down and remove black and cyan as well. You can check the actual color of the eyes using the info palette. The R, G, and B channels should all be equal and a fairly high value to be a nice bright white. You may have to play around a bit to get what you are looking for.

 

I did a quick modification to the photo you posted.<div></div>

For those who aren't as familiar with these devices, you need to keep in mind that most use the smaller lap top hard drives (which are more expensive) and NOT hard drives from desk top machines.

Black Browed Albatross, Falkland Islands<div></div>

These actually exist commercially although I don't know how common they are. Here is a link to one.

 

http://www.thecamerahunter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TCH&Category_Code=SFN

Scott,

 

I visited Yellowstone in Feb 2002 and would highly recommend it (http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=235077). The only road open to cars is in the far north end of the park so if you really want to get around you need to rent a snowmobile or use the parks snow coaches. The parks snow coaches are limiting because they have set schedules and stops. The best bet is to go with a tour that is set up for photography and has its own snow coaches or snow mobiles dedicated for the time you are there. Here are some links to tours in Yellowstone in winter.

 

http://gerlachnaturephoto.com/Yellowstone.html

 

http://www.photosafaris.com/ultimateyellowstone.asp

 

http://www.tmurphywild.com/docs/tours/WinterTrips.html

Southern Vermont - Nikon F100; 80-400 VR; Velvia; Circular Polarizer

OK. To continue along with Gloria's bird theme, this image has the bird located NOT on a rule of thirds location, walking away from the camera, and facing out of the frame. I still like it anyway. To me, it looks like a bird with a lot of attitude.

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/980033&size=lg

Mike,

 

If you are looking for wildlife and your "other half" is more interested in landscapes, you should consider visiting Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks (they are adjacent to each other). September is a good time for both wildlife and scenics in this area as fall colors will be starting and the large mammals will be in rut. For information on all of the national parks, go to the national parks foundation web site and look at their park profiles at http://www.nationalparks.org/PlanYourParkTrip/ParkProfiles-select.asp.

 

Steve

 

Steve

Joel,

 

Joseph Van Os (http://www.photosafaris.com) runs tours to Antarctica dedicated to photography similar to the Cheeseman tours. I have gone on several of their other tours (but not the Antarctica tour) and have found there tours to be extremely enjoyable and very professionally run. I have also talked to people who have been on one of their Antarctica tours and enjoyed it very much. Hope you have a good time.

 

Steve

Jamie,

 

I have an N2020 that I purchased new back in 1987 and I still use. I have never had a problem with it. It is small and lightweight and combined with a good prime like the 50/1.8 is great for hiking and backpacking. Here is a link to a page that has detailed specs on the camera http://www.nikonlinks.com/unklbil/n2020.htm.

 

In answer to your specific questions with regard to the N2020:

 

1)It does not have mirror lock up.

 

2)5.8 x 3.8 x 2.1 in and 21.3 oz

 

3)I've never used the N2000 so I can't compare the two.

 

4)Yes. The N2020 can support type B, E, or J focusing screens.

http://www.nikonlinks.com/unklbil/screens.htm

 

5)Shutter speed settings are from 1/2000 to 1 sec and bulb.

 

Hope this helps.

Shun,

 

I have experienced this same problem. Here is a link to an earlier forum thread where this was discussed. http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=003s6H. Gary Loo and I have since exchanged several emails. I've just about given up on getting an answer to the real problem.

George,

 

I have had the lense for a little more for than a year and am basically satisfied. The image quality is very good and the zoom range is very useful when you don't want to carry a large number of lenses. BUT!!!! The autofocus is incredibly slow (don't bother trying flying birds) and the VR function, although it does work, isn't all it's hyped to be. It takes a while for the VR to lock in so you can't just point and shoot without waiting or else you will get worse shakiness than if you had the VR turned off. It's better to just use a tripod. Many of the pictures I have posted here were taken with this lense (especially the Galapagos and Yellowstone pics) if you want to look at some examples.

Gary, I too have had this problem on my F100. It doesn't seem to be isolated to any one lense. I doesn't happen all the time and I haven't been able to justify sending the camera back to Nikon because I can never seem to find a period of time when I think I could do without for a few weeks. If you get a reasonable answer and fix from Nikon I would love to hear about it.