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<p>Some of today's early entries are so good as to be rated as "revelations" to me (esp. Roberta, Daniel). Last night I worked into the wee hours of the morning playing with (free download through today) Photomatix Essentials. I'm deciding to be more open. With moderation this could be good.</p><div></div>

<p>Thousands of Canadian geese are migrating through now, on the western shoreline of Lake Michigan. Also, leaves are all gone on our yard's trees.</p><div></div>

<p>The 40 is designed for better flat field performance at closer focus. Otherwise the 35 seems to be better for the people from whom I've seen posts on other gear sites. I love my 35. Very sharp and contrasty, with some chromatic aberration and distortion. Both are easily corrected though.</p>

<p>Roberta - stunning!</p>

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<p>A number of our city properties are rented to grain farmers. On Monday afternoon as the sun was setting the combine came by, just beyond our yard. I went out with the D3300 and 18-55 for a couple of its rounds.</p><div></div>

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<p>The season has ended for tours at the Kenosha, Wisconsin 1866 Southport Light Station on Lake Michigan. This is a view of the tower building last Sunday, in late afternoon.</p><div></div>

<p>"Snaps" or "snapshots" were the rage back in the twentieth century, when roll film was a new technology. The term seems to have become a pejorative for bad, hastily-shot photos. Perhaps seeing H-C-B use the term out of the past rattles a bit, because he was such an esteemed photographer.</p>

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<p>Might it be chemical residue, perhaps fixer? To the left of the arrows it appears as a rounded edge left by evaporating liquid.</p>

<p>The implications of this case are huge beyond imagining.</p>

<p>From our grand daughter's school Halloween party, last Thursday</p><div></div>

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<p>Thanks, for the memories of a great culture mostly disappeared.</p>

<p>Many photographers are sharply observant, and know how to work quietly and unobtrusively, in the background. That might encourage modesty over flamboyance. I've been in three camera clubs over the years, observing that many of us seemed to be introverts.</p>

<p>Your 70-200/2.8 is most likely far better than either the 18-105 between 70 and 105, or the 18-140 between 70 and 140. As I understand, the 18-140 is a later model designed to be the standard kit for the higher resolution requirements of more recent Nikon bodies.</p>

<p>Thanks, Landrum. It was my D3300's Auto defaults all the way.</p>

<p>Last week I was invited to be the volunteer grandparent photographer for an outdoor school masquerade parade, followed by an indoor party in the gymnasium. I usually shoot raw, but our granddaughter's teacher wanted to download the files into her laptop for same-day social sharing. So I went jpeg, in Sports Mode. Am very glad to have gone that way. Nikon's presets did a marvelous job both indoors and out with many telephoto shots, leaving me free for just concentrating on framing and timing. Everyone involved was happy with those images. When I think back thirty years to doing some of the same volunteer sessions for our daughter's school activities, I marvel at where technology has taken us. Kudos to all of the aficionados who insist on high degrees of manual control at all stages. In my case, an "idiot mode" was just recently smarter. (Sample uploaded was chosen to protect privacy)</p><div></div>