Tacoma Waterfront, new camera, new lens

Tharhawk

New LOVE. What's a man to do? Well, a test run that's what! Went down to the waterfront for half an hour.

This is an upgrade from d200 to d700. Yay! Now I'm really, really broke, but at least I can take photos :ivar







I'm pretty stoked. I can't wait to get out (two long climbing trips planned). I've never owned a big lens. Sweet. Although I did figure out Nikon's NEF does not edit in Adobe CS2. Bummer.

dseidman

I love that feeling of having a brand new camera and taking it out for a spin. You made a great choice going with the D700.

As far as these images go, I think you did a great job. I look forward to seeing what else you produce with your new toy.

thapamd

Sweet! I know the feeling of having a new camera and wanting to shoot any and everything around you. At least you had some nice light. That 3rd shot is crazy good!

Congrats on that high-ISO king, the d700!

Tharhawk

Thanks guys.

Man oh man, this camera is a dream and so much smarter with exposures.

chrismoore

You nailed the light on #3, great job... enjoy the new toy

Miguel Delinquento

Hey Jason, that's one of my ferries! Nice light. Have fun with your new camera, Tacoma has a rich playground for shooting.

M

Tharhawk

dseidman and thapamd I've seen your sites many times before (love them), but never yours Chris and Miguel. I need to learn how to clean my own site up. It is a mess by comparison. You guys have done a spectacular jobs, not to mention awesome photography! I can get lost in daydreams looking at those.

Miguel Delinquento

Jason, thanks.
I hired a professional graphic artist for overall branding and design development. He has created sites for other photographers who I admire greatly. He also happened to have a Smugmug account so he was familar with the necessary coding approach.
I'm PM you with contact info--he's local.

M

thapamd

Tharhawk wrote:

dseidman and thapamd I've seen your sites many times before (love them), but never yours Chris and Miguel. I need to learn how to clean my own site up. It is a mess by comparison. You guys have done a spectacular jobs, not to mention awesome photography! I can get lost in daydreams looking at those.

Thanks, Jason! After years of doing this photography thing, I've managed to find a few keepers.

ront

thapamd wrote:

Thanks, Jason! After years of doing this photography thing, I've managed to find a few keepers.

A few.

Ron

thapamd

ront wrote:

A few.

Ron

coscorrosa

Tharhawk wrote:

dseidman and thapamd I've seen your sites many times before (love them), but never yours Chris and Miguel. I need to learn how to clean my own site up. It is a mess by comparison. You guys have done a spectacular jobs, not to mention awesome photography! I can get lost in daydreams looking at those.

Don't ask me for advice on that, I have so many crappy photos on my gallery, but I don't have the time/energy to sort through them, I just take new ones that I don't have time to sort through either

Anyway - congrats on the new purchase! You're going to love that camera. Nice series too, fantastic light on the third.

MrBook2

Tharhawk, I have to ask, since you have made the transition (from d200 to d700) that I am thinking of making, what put you over the edge? I *really* want to make the leap, but since I don't really do this for a living, I can't quite convince myself (or the wife for that matter ) to do it.

Do you miss the extra reach that DX gave you? Have you yet found a good "walking around" lens? I have the 18-200 VR on my D200 right now, and despite its faults, it does pretty well.

I really do envy you on this one. Take a high ISO shot in low light and think of the rest of us... :cry

Tharhawk

MrBook2 wrote:

Tharhawk, I have to ask, since you have made the transition (from d200 to d700) that I am thinking of making, what put you over the edge? I *really* want to make the leap, but since I don't really do this for a living, I can't quite convince myself (or the wife for that matter ) to do it.

Do you miss the extra reach that DX gave you? Have you yet found a good "walking around" lens? I have the 18-200 VR on my D200 right now, and despite its faults, it does pretty well.

I really do envy you on this one. Take a high ISO shot in low light and think of the rest of us... :cry

I would love to say I had good reasons. One main one is that I have time now to get outside and after 100's of mountains, I really want to get the best photos I can. I worry that my knees are getting old and my desire to push myself waning. Plus photography is something that makes me feel better about taking it easy. Where as it allows me the satisfaction of exploring and going into the mountains without the risk I've put myself through to ski steep very challenging and enjoyable lines, but very committing ones with such risk I'd like to minimize, even though I know I will probably always ski them...to some extent.

For instance:

MrBook2

So it was just general overall improvement of image quality that drew you to the D700? It wasn't that you specifically needed higher ISO or wider angle?

Nice mountain shots. I look forward to seeing more now that you have the D700 in hand!

Tharhawk

MrBook2 wrote:

So it was just general overall improvement of image quality that drew you to the D700? It wasn't that you specifically needed higher ISO or wider angle?

Nice mountain shots. I look forward to seeing more now that you have the D700 in hand!

Yeah, now that I have it, definitely. Both are way better with this camera. And I do love the wider angle and look very forward to night shots in the mountains. The d200 was not very good with those.