Wow, Kulvinder, beautiful pictures. There were so many favorites I
didn't see all of them yet but so far the two I liked the best, wished
I had taken, were the Chinese Junk in the Hong Kong Harbor and the
picture from Amsterdam. Both of them got me up in my chair. There
were lots of others too but those are the dramatic ones that I will
remember. I also loved the panoramics of the Falls.
I looked at your painting and it's very interesting.
After seeing your pictures of Afghanistan I was going to buy the Nikon
AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF ED. I have the older non VR version.
Those pictures were terrific but then I read you really didn't have it
for Afghanistan but I may buy it anyway because of all the other
wonderful pictures. Borneo was great too.
Alan
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:57:39 +0100, Kulvinder Singh Matharu
wrote:
I've just returned from a trip around Afghanistan and have put some
of the more decent photos online here using a Flash-based engine:
http://www.ninjatrek.com/
You will need to select "Album" from the menu and then click on
"Afghanistan". From the "View" option you can adjust the
functionality of the presentation.
I took the following equipment:
1. Nikon D700 camera + 2 x 32GB CF cards + four batteries
2. Nikon AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D IF ED
3. Nikon AF-S VR 105mm f/2.8G IF ED Micro
4. Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF ED
However, I soon dropped my 70-300mm lens into the bottom of a lake so
was left with the 17-35mm lens and the 105mm lens for most of my
shoots which was a bit of a challenge; I just had to re-adjust my
photographic mind set and use my feet a bit more!
The dust was incredible. It was constant and it was everywhere. Had
to be very careful with keeping the sensor clean, but I guess the
only real problem suffered was getting some dust into the lenses but
that was easily dusted off. I just need to clean the camera and
lenses now as they're looking in a bit of a state.
The camera performed well and I had no reliability issues with the
camera, lenses, batteries or CF cards. It was only the stupidity on
my part which resulted in the loss of the 70-300mm lens...I should
really use a proper lightweight camera jacket that can securely carry
these lenses. Any suggestions?