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Thanks for the stroll through Luneburg. I'll be sure to visit if I ever go back to Hamburg. That is a nice combination of lenses. I keep thinking that I should replace my 70-300 with the 70-350, ...

All with the 18-135 Nasturtium growing along a path Great Blue Heron along the bay shore Brewers blackbirds were everywhere Pescadero beach - about 20 minutes south of HMB Rookery with Brown ...

Lovely set! You have a lot of patience! There's more than 30 minutes between the first and fifth shots! Do you use a tripod?

Do your kids roll their eyes at your jokes? Never mind, I found it funny. Nice set!

The dahlia has such subtle coloring! I like the gradual focus fall-off up to f/4. With the f/5.6 pic (pink aster), the background looked a bit busy to me. Does it feel that way to you? It could ...

Interesting! I agree with previous posters that it must be dust. Sensor dust usually results in darker spots than the image and are more pronounced with smaller (larger number) apertures. Don't ...

Wow! That's quite the trip. No issues at borders? Hope you share more pics of your trip.

Thank you. 5 images. I used a tripod and focused on different spots. Stacked in PS.

Focus stacked.

Lovely set. Love the Parulas and who can resist those wood ducklings?

I am a big fan of the 18-135 and recommend it without reservation. It is a very useful focal range, has excellent image quality and is quite light for its range. I don't own the 16-55 f/2.8, but ...

...and when they shut up! :)

A lovely set! I like how you've captured all the subtle colors in the male grackle.

Lovely! Looks very much like the chickadees here which are related to tits.

Beautiful set! I love the picture of the Coot & its feet. Smoky atmosphere here due to the wildfires in the states west of us.