i bought a 300mm lens in may. i haven't given it the type of use that i'm excited to yet, although i did play around in nairobi national park in kenya on friday, which was nice. so far, i have mostly used it to shoot rabbits and landscapes and other such things. i have often wanted to have the patience and commitment to be a good wildlife photographer, but i'm not sure that i do. and if i did want to be such a thing, i would maybe want a lens faster than f/. 4--maybe even one with autofocus. but let's not get greedy here.
when i first used it, i was in oklahoma for the weekend. i shot flowers and grass through gaps in a fence.
i drove back to boulder through sunday night--arriving at around 5am, and then i went to the class i was teaching, which met from 9-noon. naturally, i was rocked by a 36-hour migraine starting that night. by friday i was still feeling a little wobbly, so of course i relaxed by making a quick jaunt up mount sanitas on a drizzly evening. there were adorable deer on dakota ridge during my descent.
i took my lens for a stroll in a wetlands reserve east of town. "wetlands reserve" means "retired gravel quarry" that has been converted to ponds and bogs. some animals like rabbits enjoy the place. mountains are in shadow while trees are in evening light.
it was a late snow year here. on a hike of green mountain, Melanie an i saw the indian peaks in awesome clouds with low snow hanging on.
i didn't use my telephoto when Bianca Gordon hosted a movie night. Bill Murray. Bill Murray. Bill Murray. Bill Murray forever.
