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The wife and I are going up into the mountains to shoot waterfalls and such. Anybody else doing anything with their cameras?

Some baby ducks just hatched in our garden this afternoon so trying to get some shots of them!

Would love to see your nature photos when you get back from the mountains. Where abouts are you going?

We are headed up to a few local spots. Wild Cat Falls, Campbell's Covered Bridge, and Poinsett Bridge. No real hiking involved. The Poinsett Bridge is one of the most photographed things in the area, but I haven't shot it with my new camera yet.

I wish we had some good fowl to shoot, with the camera that is. Ducks would be cool, but the babies hatched a few weeks ago, and I wasn't able to get down there to do anything. I put a humming bird feeder up, but haven't seen one yet.

But I will post the better shots of what I get this weekend, and ya'll can tell me what you think.

I may shoot my garden - but nothing exciting is planned right now.

Just got back after having been oot of the house since 8am. Got a bunch of pictures to look through and edit. Hope to have then up this evening.

Look forward to seeing them.

I'm down at the beach and trying to snag some good images here. Also taking some for the photo workshop I am co-leading these days once a week; it helps to illustrate the lessons we are imparting.

Well, the editing probably will not happen tonight. Had a minor issue to deal with.

Well, I added the photos to the group instead

That archway photo grabs me. Which falls are in those pics?

The falls are called Wildcat Falls. There have been several people killed and seriously injured by climbing to the top of the fall. What the pics don't show is the pool, which is at the top of a tough climb on big pointy rocks.

A few pictures of the aforementioned ducks from a few weeks back.

Those are fantastic! Were you able to get close, or do you have a super high mm lens?

Thanks. I was using a 300mm lens for all the shots. For the first two I was able to get close. The third was taken from about 50 feet away.

Your waterfall pictures are really inspiring me to get out and do some hiking. If only it wasn't so darn hot! Just wondering, how do you comfortably and safely carry a DSLR while hiking?

Depending on the lens a lot of options spring to mind. I have a backpack but it's a pain to access the gear. There are some really cool harness systems out there that can clip the camera in place that seem to work well. Last but not least I have a "fanny pack" style case that belts around the waist (or some that clip onto a belt) that works well. These come in a number of varieties that include bags with longer lens options but my go to bag like this is more for a short normal lens or modest zoom.