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<p><strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0-L</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> <strong>Looks like summer’s molting phase was kind to this Female Northern Cardinal.</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> <img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7773/29706370791_17dc23cfa0_z.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 200/4.0 Macro<br /></strong><br> <strong>Monarch Butterfly on Lantana Flowers</strong><br> <strong> <img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8347/28958325423_5503b2d657_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></strong></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 80-200/4.0-L</strong><br> <strong>Not the most technically accurate shot but I thought rare enough to share...</strong><br> <strong>Whitetail Doe nursing Twin Fawns</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> <strong><img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8439/29158740470_1e9d1945d1_z.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></strong></p> <p> </p>

<p>That's an imposing silhouette Alex</p>

<p>Totally agree with you.<br> The new photo.net website is a disaster.<br> Their decision to arbitrarily discontinue the Canon FD forum identity is equally as bad.</p> <p>In fact, I was surprised to get this alert from your post as my 'short-cut' no longer takes me to the Canon FD Forum.<br /><br /><br> Bill NC</p> <p> </p>

Not much activity this month for sure...

<p><strong>Canon FDn 80-200/4.0-L<br /></strong><br> <strong>Portrait of a big bodied 7 point (Whitetail) Buck.</strong><br /><strong>Velvet is beginning to dry & shrink off the tips of the antlers.<br /><br /></strong></p> <p><img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8564/29084993302_8175d4748c_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0-L + Canon FD 2x-A tele-extender</strong><br> <strong><br />Finally got a break from days of clouds & rain for last night's 08/10/16 waxing Half Moon</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> <strong><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8076/28827221401_f240c1c491_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></strong></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 200/2.8<br /></strong><br> <strong>Sleek / elegant looking Whitetail Doe on alert</strong></p> <p><img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8616/28166351293_102e2ce3a9_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>She was about 15-20 feet away...FDn 35/105 @ 105, then trim-cropped the edges</strong></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 35-105/3.5<br /><br />This summer's Juvenile Female Northern Cardinal starting to get it's adult colors...caught it doing what is called 'sunning'...sitting with feathers fluffed out for the intense afternoon sun to drive lice out of them.</strong></p> <p><img src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8130/28700594426_7c5bbbe9ed_z.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 70-150/4.5.....I just shake my head at what an amazing little lens this is.<br /></strong><br /><strong>Whitetail Doe on full alert is 75 feet away and you can count her eyelashes.</strong><br> <strong><br /><img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8711/27924307213_3cbbb6f828_z.jpg[/img]" alt="" /><br /></strong></p>

<p>As an update:</p> <p>July 20th<br />Sent the seller an EBay message mentioning that sometimes the older hoods like that had so much wear / deterioration on the plastic nubs that the hood no longer detented firmly in place when rotated on...asked if he'd verify that the that the hood still detented firmly in place.</p> <p>July 23rd<br />No Answer<br />Resent the same EBay message.</p> <p>July 25th<br />Still no answer.<br />I won't be following up any further, but thanks again for letting me know about it.</p>

<p>Thanks...I've sent the seller an Email.</p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 70-150/4.5</strong><br /> <strong><br />Matched set of twin Fawns in a good pose<br /></strong><br /> <br /> <strong><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8586/28443653985_86296bc239_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></strong></p>

<p><strong>Have no idea what happened to the 2 photos I posted earlier in the thread.<br />Reposting the same link here.</strong> <br /><br /><strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0L</strong><br> <img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7318/27775687150_99a2e56a59_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> <img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7402/27954009972_341ceec3a8_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0-L<br /></strong><br> <strong>Setting sun filtering through trees on this Whitetail Doe seemed like tailor made conditions for a B&W shot.<br />( Her throat looks like it has a larger than normal white throat patch, but it’s just intense sunlight hitting it ).<br /><br /></strong></p> <p><img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8594/28377740805_04d564f873_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 70-150/4.5<br /><br />Whitetail Mama Doe and new twin Fawns at a breakfast snack<br /></strong></p> <p><img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8881/28221951052_438ca622cf_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 70-150/4.5<br /><br />Black & White for a change of pace.<br /><br />1st photo - very light pink flowers.<br />2nd photo - dark red Hibiscus flower.<br /><br /></strong><br> <img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7579/27889348440_ea65338d2b_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /><br> <br /><br /><br> <img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7391/27889364980_9081c09708_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" width="800" height="640" /></p>

<p>LOL...thought the same thing about a couple of fledglings in this last brood</p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0L<br /></strong><br> <strong>Eastern (USA) Female Bluebird feeding one of her fledglings<br /><br /></strong><br> <img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7318/27775687150_ea9d1e4b9a_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p> <p> <img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7402/27954009972_aff72918a8_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /><br> <strong> </strong></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 80-200/4.0L<br /></strong><br> <strong>Very young Whitetail Buck with small antlers in velvet, strikes a pretty majestic pose. <br /></strong><br> <strong><img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7470/27931158471_79ba7ce772_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></strong></p>

<p>Thanks...I've already got a metal screw-in hood for one of them. Was hoping to find another Canon style due to its physical size & strength...plus the way the Canon mounts vs. screwing into front threads...strikes me as being more robust in terms of protection but that's just an assumption on my part.</p>

Thanks, but the size and stiff rigidity / strength of the original Canon hood is what I had in mind

<p>"...It's almost always better to use a piece of cardboard or one of those adjustable sun shade thingies to shade the front of the lens. I hardly ever use the hood, as a result..."</p> <p>Thanks and I agree they offer little actual shading. Been using the 17 & 20 more and more lately and as you know, the pronounced nose of those SWA and UWA lenses really stick out there. While recently going after the Milky Way in the dark I accidentally bumped one into something...it happened to have the large strong Canon hood on it and I suspect that hood prevented damage to the front of the lens...got me thinking about getting one for the other lens. </p>