He Gave Away His Nikon 400mm

saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
edited August 17, 2006 in Wildlife
Today I met an interesting man who recently gave away all of his Nikon camera gear inluding digital lenses... amongst them a 400mm never used even once. I took some shots while on my lunch hour. The rest of the shots, along with a short story, are in this gallery:

http://saurora.smugmug.com/gallery/1776795/1/88279665

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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Great story, It is sad to see the trees turning so early, it fits well with the gentleman's own mortality.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Nice story & shots saurora. Odd you mentioned the trees turning...as you know we are upside down way under here in australia. Yesterday i could feel a change in that it was getting to be a hot day.

    Winter is gone for us.

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  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    a beautiful story, beautiful photos and i bet it was a beautiful lunch break! enjoy many more (and share them here)!
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Thanks, everyone. Yes, I'm afraid we will have little to no color change this fall due to the extremely hot summer we have had. I guess the trees are "burnt" and not going to hang on to the leaves in time for cooler weather. We didn't have hardly any rain this year, either, so that does not help. I hope I'm wrong!!! It's my favorite time of year and California does not get much seasonal color compared to the rest of the states. :cry
  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    gus wrote:
    Nice story & shots saurora. Odd you mentioned the trees turning...as you know we are upside down way under here in australia. Yesterday i could feel a change in that it was getting to be a hot day.

    Winter is gone for us.

    Tag ..your it ! rolleyes1.gif

    It always blows my mind, Gus, to think that other parts of the world are experiencing winter while we are cooking away!!! You're right, it's your turn for summer! However, we still have the equally volatile month of September ahead of us.
  • LCDLCD Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    What a wonderful story! I sat and read it on my lunch hour today. I had decided not to go to the park I usually go to with my camera as it is overcast. So, I enjoyed your lunch hour shoot instead. Wonderful story too, and a bit sad.

    I grew up in So CA, and I only remember brown leaves in the fall - tho this seems really early. We had more rain in the East this summer, so I hope we have nice color. Our earliest tree to turn is just starting to get some red in the leaves. Fall is so bittersweet. A great backdrop for your story.
  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Stan wrote:
    Great story, It is sad to see the trees turning so early, it fits well with the gentleman's own mortality.

    Cheers
    Stan

    Funny you should make that association, Stan. Fall is my favorite time of year...I love the colors and the change in the light and weather. But it also has a very melancholy feel to it. It always feels to me like a time of endings, rather than beginnings. So somehow I always feel nostalgic this time of year.
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    saurora wrote:
    Fall is my favorite time of year...I love the colors and the change in the light and weather. But it also has a very melancholy feel to it. It always feels to me like a time of endings, rather than beginnings. So somehow I always feel nostalgic this time of year.

    Me too...exactly as you say.
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Well done on the story and the pics.

    I hope everything will turn out just fine for them.

    Thanks for sharing the story and the pics.

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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Nir wrote:
    a beautiful story, beautiful photos and i bet it was a beautiful lunch break! enjoy many more (and share them here)!

    Thanks, Nir! It was an unusually pretty day and with the leaves turning and meeting Sheba and her owner, it was a really fantastic lunch hour!
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2006
    Why can't I have a grandfather like that?:D
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Why can't I have a grandfather like that?:D


    You can take Harry out of New York, but you'll never get New York out of Harry. :D
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2006
    ...also, a beautiful, moving story. thumb.gif
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited August 17, 2006
    beautiful and touching. Thank you saurora. thumb.gif
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