Hi, Everyone.
This is my first post on the Nikon forum. I have been using Nikons for about ten years now, starting with a D80 and moving on to a D5500. I love the Nikons. Versatile, quality-built, great images. You really can’t ask for more.
I use my cameras professionally and personally. Though I work a regular job most of the time, I shoot weddings, etc., when I can. In the autumn, I spend a fantastic amount of time taking foliage pictures here in New Hampshire and in southern Maine. This year was a tough year, though, as the foliage came later than usual and seemed to pass peak roughly a day before it got to peak. That, or I was in the wrong place at the wrong time all the time.
I took an hour’s drive up to Lake Winnipesaukee in mid October and was there at a “scenic viewpoint” as the sun came up. When the sun did in fact come up, I was flummoxed to find the wind-churned lake so choppy it did not reflect the sky. And I was horrified to see that the foliage was not even quite half engaged. That is just not right. I spent the rest of the day circumnavigating the lake, racing the sun all the way and just loosing the race at every turn.
I live in the greater seacoast area of New Hampshire. The rule is that the best foliage starts in the north and works its way south. That’s the rule. Thinking that the Lake’s Region would look spectacular (since my area was quite good at about 75% engaged), I took a day off and drove up there. Hence my horror when I saw more green than orange or red or yellow. That’s how it went this year. I had taken time off for my great photo adventure about a week early, even though it should have been right on time, given that I had planned to shoot “up north”.
In the end, I decided to shoot what I could in my general area, and I got some OK stuff. The one I post here is probably the best of the lot. It was taken in New Hampshire but the colorful trees are across the water in Maine.
And that is my introduction. Other than a quick note to say I was given a film camera for my 16th birthday (decades ago!), went through photojournalism/videography courses for my (former) job as a U.S. Navy journalist, shot for local newspapers as a beat reporter when I was out of the Navy and branched out to event photography after that. I take pictures, I write stories, I paint digital paintings. My wife and I raise three sons. “Busy” is not strong enough a word.
I came into the forum because a friend of mine asked me to sell an old camera for him, since he is not familiar with cameras, and I thought the best place to do so would be on the various Nikon forums on the internet. So check out the classifieds when you get a chance. There is a great old Nikon s2 Rangefinder for sale there. It is pretty darn cool.
Thanks for the time, folks!