Monthly: August 2007

This month I got a 135mm f/2.8 Q non-AI lens. It's a pre-AI lens that won't mount on any Nikon SLR manufactured in the last two-odd decades -- except for the D40. It cost me next to nothing,and while it weighs a ton and takes a superhuman effort to turn the focus ring, it's optically capapble, and lets me get some shots I couldn't get with either a 50mm f/1.8 or a 55-200VR. Most of the most interesting bird shots have come with the addition of a 2x teleconverter, and these will show up in the September set.

In comparison with the images from July, August seems less visually busy; simpler shapes and occasionally more interesting angles. Simple is good, although it makes it much easier to notice technical flaws and poor choices in editing, as you can see.

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items are from between 27 Jul 2007 & 29 Aug 2007.