Pics from Busch Gardens today (large)

Had a very good day with my 2 boys, even rode all their roller coasters! Something I haven't done in 20 yrs! Here's a variety of pics from today.
ALl shot with D70/28-200G "travel lens".

 

thnx chris,

wished i could string together all 3 shots of the whole set of cars, but since i didn't use tripod, i thinkk it might be too hard to match em.

 

i was a little disappointed in my flights shots,

taken in a small amphitheater, focus lock was just too painfully slow, and so were the shutter speeds. we went to a bird exhibition which was cool, but no good flight shots. guess you can't have everything in a 1.5 lb pkg. more to come!

 

ya todd, 82 & sunny is much better than IN's weather

I actually felt hot for the 1st time in 6 mo!

 

Thanks everyone,

Having fun with this very lightweight rig, although it's low light limitations are rearing it's ugly head. Often I'm either getting blurry shots, due to slow shutter speeds, or I'm forced to go to very high ISOs to maintain speed., if I think about it. Got new stuff up so check them out too.

 

Thnx Pat,

I'm still amazed at how good that one turned out. I believe that's called a Roseatte Spoonbill.

 

Ahh, Florida!

Yes, the photo ops here are quite abundant, aren't they?
Re the little lens that could. You do need good light for it, and ya gotta try to keep that shutter speed up, and, of course, having some seasoned post processing skills helps too. That siad, I do miss my D2H/X, with their much easier access to the various camera settings, and the vert shutter release, but not for it's wieght. Been shooting 90% of my stuff in portrait orientation. Miss my 70-200 too!

 

Thnx Catz,

When I saw that big fella, I thought of that classic line "My what great big teeth you have"!