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<p>Spring Mushing. Heading home on sunday after a night out in peaceful surroundings.</p><div></div>

<p>@Rodeo Joe. Thanks for the kind words. Great bird photos!</p>

<p>Spring is here...</p>

<center><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/Friluftsliv/spring%20camping.jpg" alt="spring camping" /></center><center><strong>D3s & 35mm 1.8 DX @f2.5</strong></center>

<p>Patrick S. Thanks for your comment! I hope your dog makes a speedy recovery. <br>

Shun, I´ll try to be a more regular poster, but can´t make any promises ;-)</p>

 

<p>Thursday evening my son and I took turns training the dogs. Here are a couple of snaps of him riding the sled.</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Friluftsliv/hundekjoering.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="469" /></p>

<p align="center"> D3s with 200-400 VRII. ISO 12800, 1/250, f4.</p>

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<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Friluftsliv/hundekjoering3.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="469" align="middle" /></p>

<p align="center"> D3s with 70-200 VRII. ISO 12800, 1/100, f2,8.</p>

<p>Looks like the grey version of the D5300 to me. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1024155-REG/nikon_1524_d_5300_slr_with_18_55mm.html</p>

<p>Thanks Edwin. Had not heard of Rin Tin Tin, but I just googled it. Found a picture that certainly bears a resemblance :-)</p>

 

<p>This is Solan, one of my Siberian Huskys. Picture was taken in early July during our summer vacation. </p><div></div>

<p>Seems you are both right. At first glance the aperture diaphragm seems to open and close perfectly when I move the lever up and down, although there is a tiny delay, or stickyness, in the closing of the blades when I let go from fully open. It´s only just noticable, but would indeed be enough of a lag to effect the exposure. I saw it more clearly when I compared it to a newer lens. <br /><br />Thanks for your help. </p>

<p>I just got back from an easter camping trip in the mountains. Before leaving I decided to take a lens and camera combo I didn´t need to be too worried about getting thrown around in the tent or getting wet in the snow etc... I was only going to be shooting holiday snap-shots so I wasn´t too concerned about the quality of the pictures. So I put an old cheap 35-70mm 3.3-4.5 AF on my D3s and went about taking pictures. Before long I noticed that the lens was overexposing as I increased the f-number.<br /> The aperture ring was locked on f22 and in the display everything appeared normal. The aperture number increased as I rotated the sub command dial and the shutter speed subsequently decreased. I was shooting in A mode with matrix metering. There was no exposure compensation applied. The combination of shutter speed and aperture displayed should have given a correct exposure, but it didn´t. <br /> This led me to believe that the aperture was in fact not changing as the shot was taken, although it was changing if I pressed the preview button. Pictures taken at the max aperture of 3.3-4.5 were always correctly exposed, but by the time I reached f11 the overexposure was just horrible. At f22 the picture was almost completely white. <br /><br />Puzzled by the fact that the aperture wasn´t physically changing I began exploring solutions to the problem. I found that I was able to get the correct aperture if I did any of the following...</p>

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<li>shot in Mup mode</li>

<li>activated exposure delay</li>

<li>locked focus, pressed the preview button and fired a shot</li>

</ol>

<p>This in turn got me thinking that maybe the aperture lever in the camera wasn´t closing the aperture blades fast enough, so I took a picture of a dark scene, where the shutter speed fell to around 1/3 of a second for an aperture of f16. Guess what? I got a correctly exposed picture! <br /> Anyone else ever experience something like this? I know most people don´t bother putting cheap old lenses on their newer cameras, but maybe someone has tried?<br /> I tested the lens on a D300 and a D800 when I got home and the results were the same, so I was able to rule out the D3s as the problem. I should add that the aperture lever on the lens appears to be working normally and is not abnormally stiff. So what am I doing wrong? Surely the camera should stop down the lens before the shot is taken, regardless of the shutter speed?</p>

<p>Our neighbor lost his barn to a fire last week. <br />Due to a 5 week drought and strong winds there is a ban on open fires at present. In nearby counties many families have lost their homes and livestock to the recent fires. Hundreds of acres of land has been scorched. The fire brigade was therefore more concerned with spreading than anything else. After a few hours they fortunately had this under control. </p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Landscapes/fire1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Landscapes/fire2.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Landscapes/fire3.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>A damp night in the mountains.</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Friluftsliv/sommer%20night.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Took this one last wednesday evening, one of very few clear nights we have had this autumn. </p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/Landscapes/upside%20down%20moon.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="471" /></p>

<p>Some portraits of Shira (our lively 1 year old Siberian husky) taken a few weeks back. </p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/shira4.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/shira3.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/shira5.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

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<p>Self portrait. Taken in the summer holidays. Spent a week in the mountains. Just me and my dog. <br /><br /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/Friluftsliv/molladal.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="499" /></p>

 

<p>Roberta, thanks! I would of course prefer to take pictures of living bugs, but I can rarely get them to sit still for 30 seconds :-) These were taken with a 105mm af-s and a reversed old 50mm Ai stuck on the end of it, somewhere between f22 and f40 in available light, so I´m forced to use long shutter speeds. <br /><br />Love your pictures too, and your zenfolio page is full of so many breathtaking pictures. Incredibly inspiring! </p>

<p>Cleaned out the lampshade dishes on saturday and found some interesting volunteers for a photo shoot. </p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/bug1.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="700" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/fly4.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="700" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/bug2.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="468" /></p>

<p>Not everyone is thrilled about the mild november weather. Some of us are desperate for more snow... :-)</p><div></div>

<p>Snow fun. </p><div></div>

<p>This is Shira, the newest addition to our family. This was taken on Sunday. Here she is 14 weeks old and full of life.</p><div></div>

<p>Taken on Sunday morning on the summit of Norways 32nd highest peak - Snøhetta.</p><div></div>

<p>Sunset in the mountains as our friends set up their tent beside us.</p><div></div>

<p>Lisa E. and Chris Wick, thank you very much for your comments.</p>

<p>A township taken last week.<br>

D3s & 24-70.</p><div></div>

<p>Sunday evening.</p><div></div>