a few shots from The Smokey Mnts.

I took these this week near Pigeon Forge Tn. I still can't get the raw files from my D90 to work in Photoshop so these are JPEG files that have been re-sized so I could post them, Jeff

Not to be a know-it-all, but I'm pretty sure the Ozarks don't extend to Tn. This would be part of the Appalachian range. We visit the AR Ozarks quite a bit since my grandmother lives in the Ouachitas.

These pictures are making me even more impatient for my vacation! Great shots.

Pretty shots, Jeff. I like the bridge one best. Looks fresh and cool.

What a beautiful area! Nice photos :]

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Not to be a know-it-all, but I'm pretty sure the Ozarks don't extend to Tn. This would be part of the Appalachian range. We visit the AR Ozarks quite a bit since my grandmother lives in the Ouachitas.

These pictures are making me even more impatient for my vacation! Great shots.

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I corrected the title to read Smokey Mountains. You are right about the Ozarks, I go to Branson Mo. a lot also and put down the wrong name. Where I come from a speed bump is considered a mountain sometimes, LOL, Jeff

Here are a few more that I took on my vacation. These were taken at Cades Cove, Jeff

*sigh* Only 9 more work days and I'll be there :)

The deer is lovely!

Nice stuff, Jeff. Welcome back btw.

The Smokies are a favorite vacation spot for folks in my area only about 5 hours away. I haven't been for several years but your pics make me want to pack up and head that way again. Glad you had a good time and got some great images.

Thanks to everyone for taking a few minutes of your time to look at my my pictures and make comments. This is a nice place to take a vacation and I hope many of you get the opportunity to go there, Jeff

Nice set of images, Grandpaw.

I take it that your new D90 performed well for you. What difference(s) did you notice the most in terms of performance/handling of the D90 over your previous camera? Just curious.

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Nice set of images, Grandpaw.

I take it that your new D90 performed well for you. What difference(s) did you notice the most in terms of performance/handling of the D90 over your previous camera? Just curious.

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The main difference between the D90 and the D80 was in the white balance. With the D90 set on direct sunlight all the pictures taken in the shade had a green tint to them. I need to play with it a little and see if an adjustment will fix that. When I used auto white balance the pictures were fine. I also had the Nikon 70-300VR that I purchased at the same time and the VR makes a big difference.

The higher ISO is one of the reasons I bought this camera and it works very well in the higher ISO settings. The attached picture was taken with these settings. This is a JPEG straight out of the camera except to re size so I could post the photo. This is a picture I took of an eleven year old singer on stage at the Country Tonight Show. I was setting about 7 rows back on the left side of the theater and the young man was all the way to the right hand side of the stage.
Nikon D90
F/5.6
1/50 sec
lens was Nikon 18-200VR zoomed all the way out
ISO 2000
no flash
spot meter

When I got back from vacation the Sigma 10-20 zoom was waiting for me. I tried out the Sigma and was very impressed with it. After I use my new toys for a little while I will post some reviews on them, Jeff

2000? 2000?

Ok, I'm Impressed!!
I've done some 1600 that look ok until I look at them larger. Does this still hold up at a 50 to 100 % ?

Frog, this is about a 1/3 crop out of the center of the picture I posted before. This is straight out of the camera except to crop and re size. Let me know what you think. I cropped it out of the center and enlarged it also. I am very happy with the results, Jeff

Sweet, Jeff.
I especially looked here to post what you have to a question from someone in help asking about a faster lens or flash and he/she is using a d90 so I was going to remind them that they can push that iso and use this thread as an example.

Admittedly not a great picture but this one of the water I took at ISO 3200 without noise reduction on and is straight out of the camera except to re size to post.

I added another outdoor picture of a deer that is straight out of the camera at ISO 2000 with a second cropped version of the same picture, Jeff

Me thinks Grandpaw is happy with his new camera, as well he should be.
Nice stuff, Jeff.

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Let me know what you think.

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I think I never would have guessed it was at ISO2000! Nice shots, looks like you had a great vacation.