Well, the 70-300mm lens got here today...

Oh man, this thing is absolutely HUGE!

Here it is on my N90s.



Gonna be taking some nice long shots with this one. With the D100 essentially having a built-in 1.5x teleconverter, this'll give me 112.5mm-450mm of range.

Now I just need to get myself some extension tubes for those macro shots

sweet! can't wait to see some shots

yeah i can't wait to see that either. How much did that lens run you approximately

I actually got a GREAT deal on it. Was only about $150 from http://www.KEH.com

wow that is a good deal, have fun with it. What are you going to shoot first?

Yeah, was a great deal.. It retailed for about $400 or so I believe before it was discontinued. It's extremely heavy (weighs about 2lbs - nearly double the weight of its 70-300mm successor). the 70-300mm AF D-ED lens costs about $350 new, but from what I've been told, this is a much better built and better quality lens.

First subjects I think are going to be birds, or that pesky Black Racer that keeps eluding me in the front yard

lol, my lab used to chase those things when they popped there head up. The first time I saw one I about freaked out. I thought it was a carolina cobra or something

hehe, there's one young one in our front yard... one of last year's hatchlings. Its mother was the front yard resident for about a decade up until last year. This year I've not seen her.

I've not been able to catch this lil guy yet to see what sex it is, but I saw him a couple of days ago eating an anole. I ran back inside to grab the camera, but when I came back out he'd already gone...

I thought all hope was lost, then I saw his tail hanging down out of a palm tree. I looked up and there he was, coiled around the tree..



I SLOWLY slipped closer, and managed to snap a few more...

I managed to get this one before he slithered along to the end of the branch, dropped onto the grass, then scurried off under a thick bush...



That may look like a close-up photo, but it's actually a tiny crop of a huge (3008x2000 - 6.1MP) photo.

These were taken with my Nikon 28-80mm AF-G Lens. Now I've got the 75-300mm lens, I can get some nice big shots, without getting so close that I spook him.

cool, looks like you will catch him yet, but those photos look great

Nice Axe glad you got lens man, cant wait to see what your gonna shoot with that

I'm just waiting for the subjects to be cooperative

The birds around the house have been pains in the butt the last few days, never hanging around where they should be, lol. So, I've not had a chance to really let loose with it yet.

Hopefully within the next couple of weeks I should be planning a day at Myakka State Park. A Friend of mine has a Canon DSLR, and I keep trying to convince him to switch to Nikon. He wants to see how his camera stands up side-by-side against the D100 (although, I'd feel more confident if I had a D2H, lol).

sounds good i think nikon is a good fast and practicle camera and as long as you have the 40 X lexar cards when you say shoot the camera is right there with you.

nice work mate i also look forward to seeing more