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<p>If you buy the 60D with the kit 18-135mm lens make sure the lens is the STM variety as that is a better lens than the non STM one. Most of the 60D's I've seen come with the non-STM 18-135mm lens. So be sure to check.</p>

<p>With cold overnight temperatures comes frost in the early morning.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17617557-md.jpg" alt="five" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>From a couple of weeks ago. Late afternoon light on foliage.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17610802-md.jpg" alt="PM light" width="680" height="544" border="0" /></center>

<p>Here's one taken a couple of weeks ago.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17595108-md.jpg" alt="60D 151" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>From my local park. With Fall coming to an end the leaves on some trees are almost bare. While others have a way to go.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17595107-md.jpg" alt="5D 274" width="680" height="418" border="0" /></center>

<p>A spider among the foliage.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17586508-md.jpg" alt="spider'sfoliage" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>Autumn's palette.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17579570-md.jpg" alt="_MG_7863" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>Finally we've got some nice Autumn colors in CT.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17566555-md.jpg" alt="autumnpainting" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>Autumn in morning light.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17559040-md.jpg" alt="autumnclors" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>Haven't been out much this past week but managed to take this photo at the local park just before the rainy weather set in which lasted for most of the weekend. The Fall colors are just beginning to show up here in central Connecticut.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17550767-md.jpg" alt="fallcolors" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

<p>As a side question, are the newer Sigma lenses with OS optically superior to the older versions? I know that the OS is good to have but if one always uses a tripod would it still be worth getting the newer Sigma macro lenses over the older ones?</p>

<p>Fall webworm caterpillar (Hyphantria cunea). Shot this yesterday on my morning walk. Very common here in New England.</p>

<p><a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17543714&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17543714-md.jpg" alt="caterpillarhairs" width="680" height="528" border="0" /></a></p>

<p><a href="/digital-camera-forum/photo?photo_id=17536936&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17536936-md.jpg" alt="s100_caterpillar" width="680" height="510" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon S100</p>

<p>Tiger Moth Caterpillar<br>

<a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17536910&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17536910-md.jpg" alt="hairycaterpillar" width="680" height="639" border="0" /></a></p>

 

<p>Shot a few weeks on vacation in Durban, South Africa. Saw this on a roadside and fortunately I had my Canon S100 with me to take the shot.<br>

<a href="/digital-camera-forum/photo?photo_id=17528656&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17528656-md.jpg" alt="butterfly2_durban" width="653" height="680" border="0" /></a></p>

<p>Shot this backlit butterfly yesterday morning just after sunrise.<br>

<a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17528655&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17528655-md.jpg" alt="backlitButterfly" width="584" height="680" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon 60D, Sigma 18-250mm.</p>

<p><a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17522712&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17522712-md.jpg" alt="salamander_durban" width="680" height="408" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon S100</p>

<p><a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17518019&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17518019-md.jpg" alt="grasshopper" width="508" height="680" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon S100</p>

<p>B&H has a new Canon 60D for $599 (USA warranty) for the body plus a 16GB card and another battery pack. Great price. Includes free shipping. I bought a refurbished one myself about 6 months ago and paid $549 so this deal is even better. Check B&H's website or try this link: <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/732047-REG/Canon_4460B003_EOS_60D_DSLR_Camera.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/732047-REG/Canon_4460B003_EOS_60D_DSLR_Camera.html</a><br>

With the 70D having just been released the 60D is going for half it's original price. You can also buy the kit lens, 18-135mm, for another $200 but I would personally recommend buying a better lens separately. The 60D is a terrific camera.</p>

<p>Vervet monkey in Durban, South Africa. This one was sitting on the wall of the Durban Country Club.</p>

<p><a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17509937&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17509937-md.jpg" alt="durban_monkey" width="680" height="607" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon 60D, EF 70-300mm IS</p>

<p>oops! Sorry, I pasted the thumbview instead of the actual image. Here is the larger one:<br>

<a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17501222&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17501222-md.jpg" alt="durban_1" width="680" height="480" border="0" /></a></p>

<p>Just returned from a trip to Durban, South Africa and shot this at the Durban Botanic Garden.<br>

<a href="/photo/17501222"><img title="durban_1" src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17501222-sm.jpg" alt="durban_1" width="200" height="141" border="0" hspace="5" /></a><br>

60D, 70-300mm IS</p>

<p><a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17437925&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17437925-md.jpg" alt="dragonfly2" width="680" height="540" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon 60D, Tamron 90mm macro</p>

<p>Morning light.</p>

<p><a href="/nature-photography-forum/photo?photo_id=17427148&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17427148-md.jpg" alt="seven-falls_60d 057" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></a><br>

Canon 60D with Tamron 90mm macro</p>

<p>The Magicicada Spetendecim (17-year cycle) cicada are presently in full force in the eastern US from Georgia to Connecticut. They emerge in their millions and even small trees can house as many as a few hundred. Here's a photo taken this weekend in Hamden, CT showing one of the nymphs shedding its exoskeleton.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17420266-lg.jpg" alt="cicadas_hamden 202" width="541" height="700" border="0" /><br>

Canon S100</p>