More Horsing Around

Spring is here

Spring is in the air and that means that there are some new and exciting photo opprtunities.

Auburn University vs. Georgia

I have finally gotten around to getting some of the shots loaded from the Auburn vs. Georgia Equestrian meet. This was the last home meet of the season for the Auburn Tigers. The result based on wins was a tie with Georgia coming out the winners by less than 2 points. The tigers maintained their number 1 ranking even after this loss.

Canon Announces 5d Mark III

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Canon announced the 5D mkIII  today. I just thought that you should know. Even though I am not the worlds greatest Canon enthusiast I do think that Canon made an excellent call on the business end in waiting until Nikon had announced the D4 and the D800 before making the news of this body public. If you want more information on the 5D read about it here. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Canon-5D-Mark-III

Camera Choice

I think that I have finally narrowed it down to either a Nikon D300s, D700 or a Canon EOS 7D. Any of these three options will allow me to shoot at the faster frame rate that I will need for the majority of the the sports situations that I find myself shooting these days. It is looking like it will take me a while to pony up the dough  and make the transition. Tax return here I come. I am still at odds about whether or not I am really in need of a Full frame sensor DLSR. I do like the idea but it is hard to justify its expense to myself right this second.

Wishlist

I am working on a new wish list of photography gear. I think that it is finally time to sell the old 1Dx and D100. I am most likely going to try my hand at sport photography and I believe that I will be better served with a body that shoots closer to 7fps. I am not extrememly worried about having huge megapixel numbers like on the new D800's 36 MP. I also need to deversify my collection of glass. I will most likely get my hands on a few primes in the 30, 50 mm arena. That and maybe a 70-200mm telephoto. My real question now is do I go with Canon or Nikon?

From the Navy Days

These are some older pics from my time serving onboard the USS San Jacinto. I like the sky in the picture with the colors most of all.