Indecisive Movement

I have mixed feelings about this photograph. Sometimes I look at it and want to do a poster-sized print of it to place on my bedroom wall, other times I look at it and think about how badly blurred it is. The color draws me to it, but so does the motion. I am conflicted […]

Planning Fleet Changes

Yesterday I blogged that there was no new assignment for CMK5. That has since changed. CMK5 will very likely be assigned to replace CMK4 as the mail/file/print server, as well as maybe take some of the virtual machine burden off of CMK6. CMK5 is faster than CMK4 and is a lot more capable, even though […]

CMK7

Meet CMK7, the newest member of my fleet. This system is the direct successor to CMK5, my 5 year old, aging, desktop. Surprisingly, CMK7 was built to replace CMK5 because CMK5 was running too warmly, not because of any other issues related to speed or hardware problems. Physically, CMK7 stands about 6 inches shorter, and […]

New Schedules

The Department of Psychology at Fayetteville State University has finalized its course options for the Fall 2009 semester. As a result, I have altered my schedule accordingly and added courses that I need to my schedule. I did not get all of the courses I want, but I can’t really complain, since I have a […]

Speedlight Happiness

I received my new Nikon SB-600 on Monday. I have not had a lot of time to play  with it, but from what I have seen, it eliminates harsh shadows and allows me to adjust the angle of light in a very flexible way. The LCD on the back is a little intimidating at first, […]

Photo Storage Solutions

I have used a variety of photo printing systems to have photos printed in the past year. Now a year after starting most of my accounts with these printers, I am receiving emails stating that my photos will be deleted if I do not order from these places. I do not quite get this. I […]

Change of “Normal” Lens

After carefully considering my lens options for standard lens, I have decided to change from the originally selected Nikon AF 50mm lens, and have instead selected the Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens. I was originally going to obtain the 50mm, which is somewhat above the normal range for the purpose. The 35mm lens […]

Mounted 70-300mm

The Nikon AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VRII lens mounted on the Nikon D60. Its a bit of a monster and makes the camera a little heavy.

70-300mm

  Original, uncropped image. A bit of cropping to show detail.   Cropped for complete detail   Image shot at ISO-400, 1/1250s, 300mm, f5.6 I believe I am somewhat happy with my purchase.