Post Your Best Nature Shots!

[Chuck Lee]

Dang Nate....


I hope you have a gallery of these printed and for sale somewhere.


I'm still trying to scrape my jaw off the floor.


I feel like Jacob Marley!!


Obviously, this is your divine calling.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Thanks Chuck, and everyone else for your compliments. I'm just fortunate to live in an area where there are some wildlife reserveswithin15-30 minutes of drivingand I also have a job that gives me a lot of free time to enjoy photography [:P], so I shoot a lot and geta few nice shots here and there. Regarding printing and selling my photos, I have never thought of that and honestly I don't think my photos are worthy of making money yet [], so for now I just enjoy nature photography as a hobby, it relieves stress, gets me outand keeps me active.


Nate,

[Rodger]

I don't think my photos are worthy of making money yet

Can I kindly disagree? haha Excellent work Nate!


-Rodger

[Joel Eade]

Thanks for the compliment Rodger.....here's another with the 300mm 2.8L + 1.4x extender, f/4.0, iso 320, 1/160 sec.....I'm really lovin' this lens. Thanks for looking, Joel.[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.32.28/IMG_5F00_0989.jpg[/img]

[Oren]

Joel, when I saw this shot I said (loudly) exactly this: "wooooooooooooooooooooow what the heck!!!!" []

[jnort002]

I second that. They could sell that lens solely off the back of pics like this

[Joel Eade]

Thanks for the compliments guys! I decided to get the 300mm 2.8L based on Bryan's review that it was perhaps the sharpest Canon lens made and I thought using it with extenders would be more versatile and less expensive than the 500mm 4.0 or the 600mm 4.0.....it's doing a great job so far. These are backyard birds. I haven't had the time to travel very far to take pics since I got the lens earlier this year but I'm looking forward to trying it on different locations in the future.

[George Slusher]

I second that. They could sell that lens solely off the back of pics like this

If you'd like to have your very own Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS, with the hard case and everything, check this auction on eBay. (The auction ends at 8:18 AM PDT, 10/14/09.) Starting price is $3,950 + shipping (which isn't cheap). Alas, I won't be bidding. I really don't need to get a new mortgage on my house. (The old one was paid off in 2005.)

[wickerprints]

Seems overpriced given that (1) it's an eBay auction (2) purchase date was in March, basically wiping out the warranty period; and (3) shipping is an additional $125.


I want a new EF 300/2.8L IS so bad I can practically taste it. I could buy one new if I sold my three L lenses, but that would be too painful. [U]


mmmm.... coated optical glass... delicious. [:P]

[Joel Eade]

I purchased mine from B&H and used Bill Me Later to make monthly payments with no interest....If I remember, the price was $4100...took me 6 months to pay it off...I'm glad I did it though, I've really enjoyed it so far. Certainly seems like the one Ebay is overpriced to me.