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Go for it! Zach…
That is a pretty white lens. The optic quality should be good… I used old version Nikkor ED 80-200/2.8D a lot and love it! 😉 This lens is tough built, I had been careless to this lens and it still hold it shape …The optic quality is superb and very versatile for landscape shooting… actually this lens changed my mind ( I used to think the Zooms ain’t good enough for the landscape… I am wrong…). Another thing I like this lens is the f2.8 constant aperture. It is fast enough for night shooting in the woods… if you like wondering around in the woods for shoot some owls or flying squirrel at night… this is the tool… the VR just add more bonus … Mark
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t215/markyuhina/2.jpg/img%5D Nikkor ED 80-200/2.8
For shooting landscape photos… I simply avoid the hard light period (10AM-4PM). or I use polarized filters to remove the haze and increase the color saturation.
For shooting the people and fish photos… I use flash to partially remove the shadows. (partially compensate the natural light (dead black shadow)) After some practice, you can get a pretty good balance between natural light and flash light… (I know some National Geographic Magazine photographers constantly use flash to create natural looking lighting under the strong hard light condition). Some high-end camera like Canon EOS 1V have build in two exposure meters, one for natural lighting, one for flash. It is very nice and convenient design for these situation. Hope this help.
Just thought some of you might interested in this…
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/09/06/fashion/20070909_PHYSICAL_SLIDESHOW_index.html
New York Times Vest Slides Show (test) 🙂Zach
Sorry, did not pay much attention to the detail… (too excited to cast it…) But I think the wrap maybe looks like grey or tansparent with sliver? trimp…maybe some folks here can post their pictures.Jay,
Well said and I agree most of your point… very expensive and high technology indeed.
But I have to explain my liking of these fast (super fast) rod and how I use it (or say waste my money in pursuing these rods).First, I have to mention here, I love slow action rod as well… I have 6 different fiberglass rods for small stream trout/gill fishing. I absolutely love the slow rhythm. I use them for dry flies.
Second, (on the other hand) I have Z-axis5100 XP 590, 6100. I love them equally as well as the fiberglasses. I use them mailnly for nymphing. These rod are so fast and crispy that I feel it connect me to the river bottom immediately. I know I am weird that I like to feel the bump when my flies contact the bottom (high sticking), and the subtle fish take of course ;). So, I am not really need the fast action to cast into the wind most of the time, but I need the fast, stiff rod to control my line and transmit the signals… this is just my personal feeling after some experiments, maybe some other softer rod can do well too…(not found yet). I would like to share a story just happened in this summer. I went fish with my buddies in the west. I use xp 590/2piece for nymphing mainly…but for some weird reason, I had to use 3wt line to cast a dry fly (caddis) on this 5wt fast rod. It looks definitely weird, and blow out my friends’ mind (and mine too). It worked!… I feel it is not problem to shoot this thing…And with short wrist flips, I searched the current and pocket waters with a caddis fly without any problem…lucky enough, I got my best brown out of this weird combination…very weird indeed… but I just can not give up the fast action addict :-[
Sincerely, MarkZach, When owner lay out the rod on the table, I said… “oh… nice G2…but I would like to try S4…”
It’s gray unsanded blank just like g2. But the furrule is top over sleeve, i think…. It is a awesome blankJust went to the Fishhawk in Atlanta this afternoon. Lucky enough, they got the Scott S4 905 in yesterday.
Nice story, Gary.
I mean… very touching story that remind me some these unforgetable moments ;)…
Thanks for sharing.I had a story want to share… sort of related to FF couple months ago. It’s a car accident and thanks god I am still alive and can chat with you guys… copied from my note…
This is a sad story, but if you had a bad day, probably my story will make you feel better. It is a good lesson to me, and I would like to share with FF friends.
Me and my fishing buddie Denny planned a trip to fish some mountain creek in Northern Georgia- it’s close to blue ridge mountain (part of the Appalachian mountain ridge). He scheduled a day off from work and I was in the spring break from school. Our plan was drive up to Atlanta city to get some great Japanese food, keep heading north after dinner, stay in a motel and fish next day. The place we were heading is a very mountainous area governing by Nature Conservation Unit, GA. They open to public every Weds, Sat. and Sunday. It’s a public water, artificial, C&F only. This place is great for trout fishing (easy access, gem clear water) and the scenery are beautiful. They manage it as a wild trophy trout area. In order to achieve higher fishing quality, you need to make a reservation before you go, 15 people a day, and 3 days of a week. The trout are huge (bows and browns), no kidding, 20-24” are normal, 5-6” are common, 16-18” are rare. Mountainous gem clear water and lot’s of wary trout (I made this reservation 2 months ago). The fish is truly wild type and beautiful.
We started the trip on the Tuesday afternoon, loaded up totally 7 rods and 5 reel and tons of flies… I don’t know what were we thinking…maybe just too excited about this water… On the I 85 high way toward the Atlanta, hit the rush hour, the traffic was in a good size, 4 lane one direction, we were talk about fishing all the way, had a great time. Just right before entering the city, I realize a white car approach me and getting too close, actually she was hiding on my right side (dead spot), after I realized her approach, I still keep straight forward try not to change any direction… 2 seconds later, I heard BANG, my car started to shake, at 70 MPH. I lost my control, veer toward right lane and hit another red bull car, both of us start to spin, I thought we were going roll… because my car kept sliding 45 degree from the road. Another BANG, I hit the sidewall and the car gradually stop on the roadside. Me and my friend had seatbelts on. I am totally fine (no thing really hurt), but Denny absorb some of the power on his right shoulder. He bent over for few minutes. He was OK… just like get smashed by somebody, he told me with funny facial appearance. It was a big mess…my car was totaled, but the good thing is no body really get injured. Police officer came, two witnesses stopby and help us out. They told me the situation could be worse. Because he was driving a tank truck behind me, at that moment he though he will run all over this.
A tow truck give us a ride to a junk yard, somehow we thought there are nothing we can do at this moment. We decided keep going, as we planned. I called a yellowcab, ride to the Atlanta airport just nearby. We rent a car, loaded up all our gear and head to our reserved motel. The other day was a bright sunny spring day. Gorgeous! I pretty much pretending not thing happened last night. Geared up and checked in with an officer in the conservation area. Denny took aspirin in that morning and he want hit the fly shop first to get his fishing license. I started with two flies rig. Split shot-6”- Egg pattern-8”- crayfish pattern- The creek is gem clear and fish are tremendous wary… pretty much I am crawling with my arms and knees, hiding behind bushes and try to make a ghost cast. Few casts later I got some 5-6” fingerling on, but the barbless hook were quick released from these fish. I was using high sticking with a mixtured pulling downstream tech (Czech nymphing). (Indicators were more likely to put them down in this creek.)
Move to another pool, the water looks just right, I cast to the head of the pool, leading my flies down stream, a short pause I set the hook. A nice bow was on. He took the egg pattern. It was a pretty good looking buck, have few jumps, zigzagging, gave me a really good fight in this tiny creek. Denny had some little 5 inchers hook up, took yellowstone nymphs (#14). It looks like I had a better luck with these eggs. Actually I just read an article that was interviewing a trout professor Dr. Robert Behnke in Colorado state university. He used “high energy gain/per unit” perspective to explain why trout can not resist the egg attraction. I am surely happy to prove that! We then, moved up to a dead log pool. The water was two feet deep, (this time was Denny’s turn) few roll casts later, he got no response but hooked up the log. While he was trying to rescue his flies (egg), I saw a huge 20-23” monster dart out and dart in on that hole. Well, it was too late to know…
We moved up stream to and keep fishing these tub size holes. I got some 5-6” but they were too lively to keep them on a barbless hook. Around noon, we had been fishing for 3 hours, I saw a pretty good run, I sneaked up and position myself just on the tail of the run and a sideway pool. First cast, let the flies drift about two feet, I set the hook by instinct, saw a white flash in the pool, few head shakes later, this thing just bounced around from rock to rock, it is a great looking buck. I have to say these fish really familiar with the streambed topography. After landing this trout, I am kind of released from all the built up pressure. We decided to get back our real world, head home and deal with this messy car accident. Later, back to my house, Denny said “this could be a better trip”. Well, I guess this is the true life. No body lives in the perfect world. So, I guess I will take it and deal with it.Very nice video! Mark
Thanks a lot for sharing…I can see what the instructor want to say and it remind me a good caster’s motion in general.
Rusty, Attached several close up and underwater shots for your reference. W-30
The wide angle end is not wide enough to me…about 35mm (in SLR). I think 28mm would be more appreciated.
Sincerely,Mark
Slight distortion in the wide angle end.Cameron, Very nice picture! I recalled that the reason I bought the w-30 was because your nice photos!
What about FIBERGLASS then? It has a lot of attributes of bamboo…is also quite durable…and there are a lot of glass rods out there that don’t break the bank (both vintage and new) but just have incredible life in them.
Poor man’s bamboo?!… although there are some expensive glass out there as well
… From articles to podcasts to answering simple questions, from bringing us a world class webpage to posting videos to tips on photography, the Itinerant Angler has been nothing but positive for me. It is rare these days to find someone who is willing to give so much of his/her free time. 🙂
🙂 Can’t agree with you more, Neal! Thanks for the priceless instruction, Zach. I learned a lot as well. Mark
South Australia taking rock & roll style pictures of farmers..
😮Woww… I guess I am interested in that too 😮
looking forward to it… thanks…David
Mark
