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To all who replied thanks for the advise.

I am looking for books that go into aesthetics and artistic expression. Camera angles and there symbolic

meaning and things like that. If anyone knows of a great book that talks about these things let me know.

Thanks for you help.

I did get Bob's comments but I had already posted that comment. Strangely enough I already ran across those books and do planned on reading them. Spent a lot of time on Bob's page as well. No worries mates I am doing it all. I am reading and practicing a lot. I take my camera out and play when I can which actualy has been everyday for the most part. I do appreciate the advice. Keep it comming.

If you tell me to read something please give me suggestions on what to read. Thank you.

Before this goes much further know that I know more about photography than some give credit. I also know that my interests are in wildlife I have been studding it since I was very little I want to get into animal behavior.

 

To answer some questions I am traveling to Africa, Thailand, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. I want no more than 2 bags. I am not planning on taking to much scuba equipment just my fins and my mask. I have a 70-300mm f/4-5.6 and a 28-70mm f2.8-4 both are made by sigma. I use them both regularly and I would like to upgrade so that I can get better results. Given this new info how you can help me? Also just so you know I am reading 3 books on photography at the moment and reading a lot online with the use of this website and everything points towards having a good zoom with a high speed lenses. I was asking because I was curious to know what some of you use and maybe what you would like to use if you had the choice.

Sean Shelton

 

I am interested in 2 things.

 

Macro shots?

 

Nature shots?

 

I am flexible on what I can spend but I want to know what lenses I should buy

for $2000 or less and then what lenses I could buy for $4000 or less that would

better my photography in this area?

 

I know that an achromatic close up lenses could help me but should I go that way

or should I find a better method for shooting things up close?

 

For telephoto I am not sure should I get one that is flexible like a 100-400mm

or should I get a fixed lense, like a canon 400mm? I am trying to keep my

payload light because I will be traveling for a year or more around the world

and I will have climbing gear and scuba gear with me so any suggestions on what

a well rounded photographer would carry on him would be I could use the help?

 

These questions are important to me and my understanding of photography. I am a

little vague, I know, because I don�t want anyone to know what I have been told

or read up to this point I want my answers to be as free as possible from

anything I know so that I can see and compare and find the best one for me.

Thanks to all that answer and give me some incite into the photo world of nature

and macro.

I am trying to get all the equipment that I need together for a big trip around

the world that I am taking and I want to have diversity but the opportunity to

get the best pictures I can.

 

What I am trying to ocomplish.

I love nature photos so I know I need zoom.

I love the small things so I need macro.

Then there is general landscape and people sceens so wide angle.

 

My plans are to get.

1 canon 16-35mm f/2.8

1 canon fixed 400mm f/2.8

1 achromatic

 

Few questions are thier better alternatives and am I way off base? What would

you do and what would be best?

 

With the Achromatic filter and really the lenses too, where should I purchase

them to save as much money as possible because as a man fresh out of coledge I

dont really have alot of money? What would be the best brand?

 

For those of you that do wonderful nature shots what do you think I should get

if you only had 2000 dolars for a lens? What would you get if you had unlimited

money for a lens?

 

All of these questions are important for me so please help, whatever you can

answere would be nice? Also think of this entire post as a question even my

coments are questions. Thanks to all that help me?