Marine iguana, originally uploaded by estacey.

Slowly but surely. Most of my pics were taken with the 50mm lens, which is incredible for nature photography... The fact they would let me get so close was thrilling. Sadly, I'm noticing lots of my pics are overexposed... I am so not used to this camera yet. With the D70, I learned how to compensate for the underexposure, but it seems that the D300 may go the other way. I was so sick for most of the vacation that I didn't even care... I could've gotten some great landscapes at that one hike, but I just didn't have the energy. I'd shoot and not pay attention to what I got. I'm hoping my pics from the last couple of days turn out, but I haven't uploaded them yet so I don't know. If they don't, ahh well - there's always next time.

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Random: This evening I was walking across the street. A white Cadillac entered the neighborhood and turned. I looked at the driver and noted it was an old man, somewhere around 60-70. (I'm not so good with ages.) Then I heard the music coming from his car: 50 Cent's P.I.M.P. You know, "I ain't that nigga tryin' to holla 'cause I want some head / I'm that nigga tryin' to holla cos I want some bread." Just before he drove out of view and I was trying to digest this scene, I noticed the veterans' license plate on his car. An old veteran, listening to 50 Cent. Altogether very strange, and amusing.

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