04/08/08 SMEE Train of Many Colors PHOTOS

[Fred G]

I rode and chased the "train of many colors" on Tuesday.

Here is my album of photos. There are a few non-rail oriented photos but the album is a "rail album". Thanks for viewing.

[orangeline]

Fred,

Very cool pictures! Thanks!

[Fred G]

Thanks, Orangeline, I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[jlr3266]

Fred,

You are one of the best photographers around. I'm glad I finally got around to bookmarking your photos!

Jeff

[Otto Vondrak]

Great photos, Fred! Quick question- what are you using for lenses? Just wondering how powerful a tele you are using for some of these shots.

-otto-

[Fred G]

Jeff - Thanks for the very generous compliment.

Otto, I used a Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 VR for the zoom shots here. I also use a Nikkor 18-200 VR for when I keep the lens bag smaller. Either way my tele capabilities max out at 200mm. If it looks bigger it's because I cropped.

[jersey_emt]

Jeff - Thanks for the very generous compliment.

Otto, I used a Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 VR for the zoom shots here. I also use a Nikkor 18-200 VR for when I keep the lens bag smaller. Either way my tele capabilities max out at 200mm. If it looks bigger it's because I cropped.

Well, if you're shooting digital your 200mm is effectively a 300mm due to the 1.5x sensor crop on Nikon DSLR's (except for their new D3 with a full-size sensor).