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The Streak Continues: 207<\/h3>\n

It is now just before 8:45am here on yet another sunny morning here at Indian Lake Estates. The afternoon thunderstorms will be coming for sure. This post took abut 3 hours to prepare. Enjoy and learn. <\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of and copyright Bobby V (Robert van Mierop): 2014.<\/p>\n

Created with the hand held Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8G ED VR II lens<\/a>, the Nikon TC-14E II 1.4x Teleconverter for D-AF-S & AF-I Lenses ONLY<\/a>, and the Nikon D300 (now replaced by the Nikon D300s SLR Digital Camera (Body Only)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s me with my Beach Rolly<\/a> at Matanzas Inlet, FL, about 30 minutes south of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The One Thing That I Don’t Like About My Beach Rolly<\/h3>\n

The one thing that I really do not like about the Beach Rolly<\/a> is that it is too big and bulky to travel with. It fits easily into the back of my SUV, and will fit pretty easily into the back seat of most passenger vehicles. But there is no way to get it onto an airplane. <\/p>\n

The Beach Rolly<\/a> is ideal when you need to carry a ton of gear at locations with boardwalks or paved pathway. It would be wonderful to have the Beach Rolly<\/a> at the Albuquerque Zoo. We visit there each year on the Bosque IPT to photograph Wood Ducks and other free and wild duck species that come in for the free lunches and dinners that are provided to the captive species on display there. As you can see above, theBeach Rolly<\/a> can also be useful on beaches with fairly hard-packed sand. I would be reluctant to use it on a soft sand beach unless I was going with just a single telephoto lens. <\/p>\n

If I look hot there is a reason for that…. But I would have been a lot hotter without my Beach Rolly<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created on the boardwalk at Gatorland with the Canon EF 24-70mm f\/2.8L II USM lens<\/a> (hand held at 35mm) and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/500 sec. at f\/6.3 in Av mode. <\/p>\n

Central sensor\/AI Servo\/Surround Rear Focus AF as framed active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n