I got up at 4:30 this morning and drove out to Boxley, Arkansas, to get some sunrise pictures of elk before they moved off into the woods. I got a new 75-300mm lens, and I thought it had auto-focus, but I can’t seem to get the auto-focus to work with my Nikon D3000. Manual focus is difficult. What looks well-focused in the viewfinder turns out to not be so well-focused on the LCD after taking the shot. I don’t think this is the greatest lens, but it might be me. It’s a Tamron 672D. Maybe I’m doing something wrong with the auto-focus. I’ll have to research it further. For now, enjoy this gallery of elk. Comments are appreciated.
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Nikon D3000 = AWESOME
I am completely head-over-heels in love with my new camera. I want to do nothing but take pictures now. I’ve started a Panoramio account and I’ve been uploading to it and Picasa. Here is some of my latest stuff. It’s Lake Overcup in Morrilton, Arkansas.
I was happy that the water was very still. Here are some more photos I took today. There was a tornado in Scotland, Arkansas, last week and I headed over there to see what I could see.
Thanks for looking.
Photography
I got a Nikon D3000. It’s my first DSLR camera. I think it will be awesome once I learn how to use it well. Here are a few examples of my first attempts. It’s obvious I need more practice. I also messed around with the pictures in Gimp. I think I probably messed around with them too much. But it’s OK.









