Not long ago, the range of telephoto lenses across brands was boringly uniform. Regardless of camera brand, you had the option to choose between a few classics like the 300 and 400mm with a maximum aperture of f/2.8, and the 500 or 600mm with f/4. But today, the situation is very different. A whole range of interesting telephoto lenses have appeared, and it’s no longer easy to find the right one. Which lenses do I consider the best for Nikon cameras? Read on to find out!
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One of our favorite and longest running traditions in Click Community is our forum photo contest, which is open to all Click Community members.
In our November/December contest, our talented members shared their interpretation of the theme “Complementary Colors”, and we’re excited to highlight this collection of our favorites.
Congratulations to Amanda Barrick for this winning image (above)! Amanda won a self paced course of her choice from Click Photo School.
You can win, too! Enter this month’s forum photo contest with your favorite image representing the theme “REFLECTION” for a chance to be featured here on the Click Community Blog, printed in an upcoming issue of Click magazine(!), and win a self paced course of your choice!
But first, please enjoy this collection of some of our favorite and inspiring images from this past month:
Do you want a chance for your work to be featured on the Click Community blog, published in Click magazine, and to win a self guided course of your choice at Click Photo School?
And if you’re not yet a member of Click Community, we’d LOVE to have you come join us! As a member, you get access to photography tutorials, video demos, Q&A threads, image critiques, photo challenges and contests like this one, and so much more! Become a member today!
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The Nikon 500mm f/5.6E PF VR is one of the most popular lenses for wildlife photography among Nikon photographers. It’s also my primary telephoto lens, and I’ve used it for more than four years of rigorous field work. Today, I’m reviewing the 500mm f/5.6 PF and sharing my full experience.
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Heading in the fall to the Saguaro Desert near Tucson with my dear friend Bill Fortney. We’ll be teaching together at the MNLP-Masters of Nature and Landscape Photography. The title of this symposium weekend is surely true of Bill. Given the pandemic pause in all our lives, we haven’t seen each other for some time. But I hark back to when he helped me out.
I’ve always loved to photograph industry. How do they make stuff? Is the factory cool? Unusual? Sparks, steam? Heavy industry has always been the stuff of fascinating photography. And the camera has always honored labor. Hard work, and the people who engage in it. First time I went to China, in the late 80’s, it was a highly controlled visit, as I was representing an American magazine, Sports Illustrated. The Chinese authorities asked me if I would like to tour somewhere.
I had done my research, and I asked to go to a locomotive factory near to Beijing. (China’s trains are legendary.) This request was meant with a measure of consternation. “Perhaps the Great Wall?” I stuck with my ask.
So, when I needed to go to a coal mine, I called Bill Fortney. He’s not only a mentor and a close friend, but for part of his career, he was a coal mining photographer.
Bill placed his trust in me to go to a mine in the heart of coal country, south eastern Kentucky. A photog from the big city could easily have been looked at sideways a bit, but I found a warm welcome, and willing subjects. At least if I moved fast. At the end of a shift under the earth, the men were anxious to pose and go.
In addition to the intro, Bill also was my test subject for the lighting grid.
Bill, Jack Graham, and John Pederson recently invited me on a wonderful podcast, We Talk Photo, to have a lively chat about picture making, and Bill recalled the coal mine shoot fondly.
I’ll be teaching along with Scott Kelby, who brings both amazing photography skills and post production magic to the party. I’ll be teaching and talking about storytelling in the field, camera in hand, and also notions about sustaining as a viable photography career over the long haul of a career. Called The Masters of Nature and Landscape Photography Symposium, it’ll be a formative, enriching photography event, set in a beautiful place.
A place so lovely the skies and the landscapes command you stay above ground. As opposed to the mine, where darkness, drama and intense work occur, thousands of feet below the surface.
Tip of the hat to Bill for having the confidence in me to introduce me, as a stranger, to this world under the earth. And kudos to hard working people everywhere.
More tk, and hopefully, see you in the desert!
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Last week, I told you my resolution for 2023: to try new things. So, last night I went into the pitch-black woods with my camera, tripod, flash, and headlamp. The forest at night is a magical place and my photo hopefully proves it. That said, I’m glad that no one saw me when I was taking the picture. A guy running around a bunch of trees with a red light is probably terrifying.
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