Going Carbon Fiber for Camera Support

Going Carbon Fiber for Camera Support
The mirrorless switch has me excited to get out and shoot. With the 100-500mm lens requiring support in all but bright light, it was time to let my decades old Manfrotto tripod and monopod go and make the switch to Carbon Fiber. I went with SIRUI mostly, except I wasn't really a fan of their tripods, so I have a SIRUI gimbal head on iFootage brand legs. The weight savings is significant. Especially the gimbal…

The Great Tree Wall

The Great Tree Wall
This one took a bit of planning to figure out the best way to go about it. Graham's soil is full of rocks. I knew I wasn't going to dig 50 holes with a shovel. I also knew that the Ryobi auger I have struggles with the potato size rocks all over. I wanted to make sure I could fill the holes with good soil as well, so that meant big holes. I decided to…

Photo Hunt – Aldar Lake WA

Photo Hunt – Aldar Lake WA
It was a failed trip unfortunately. It was too early for the boat access and that was the only path to the water. I did catch a couple nice shots driving around looking for access.

Mirrorless Camera Switch

Mirrorless Camera Switch
It's official. Years of being an SLR guy are over. I am now on the Canon Mirrorless system. As for what I switched to? The Canon R5 full frame is the main camera and an Canon R7 crop sensor camera fills in when I can't get the reach I want with the R5. I'm using a handful of L-series lenses, the RF100-500, RF24-70 F4, RF70-200 F2.8 and keep the RF1.4x and RF2x extenders in my…