Brian Austin said:
Tamron 28-75/2.8 (the new one). I wanted something to replace the 18-55 kit lens for walkaround shooting. Closest Canon lens was major bucks compared to this one. I'm pretty pleased with it so far but it's only been a day.
Next one is either a 12-24 or the new Canon EFS 10-22. Then a 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverter and a Speedlite 580ex flash. I'm set for a while after that....maybe.
You are giving up flying for photography???? I can't believe it.
Of course, I'm an aviation addict with no intention of going into recovery.
OK, let's see....we're talking about the 29th, right? I flew my rear end off last week and STILL flew on the 29th. I actually flew out to Moose Creek (back-country airstrip) Friday, went hiking, and camped overnight, went fishing early Saturday morning and flew out late Sat. morning. After 2 years of talking about the great fly-in-only fly-fishing in Idaho, I finally did it. Actually, you can get there by foot or horseback, too, but flying's a lot faster (and more fun). Nice to have a recognizable airplane--a couple came over to my campsite Friday night, with a bottle of wine, to introduce themselves. He recognized my airplane from another forum.
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Talk about being a happy camper!
Then, having gotten my flying jollies for the weekend, I painted my deck, which wraps around 3 sides of my house. 12 hours, 3.5 gallons of paint (the wood was dry--goodness knows when it was last painted; I bought the house < 1 year ago).
As I was hiking around on Friday, enjoying an absolutely spectacular day in a wilderness I'd flown to (it doesn't get any better than that), I reflected on how incredibly fortunate I am. I'm healthy, have enough money to do something that 99.9999% of the world would consider outrageously extravagent, live in a drop-dead gorgeous part of the world, and even have job security. Those reflections will last a long time; it will be hard to complain about anything for awhile. The only thing I can complain about is that my husband isn't healthy enough to enjoy these things with me (except the fact that I'm healthy enough to help him out). Of course, if it were possible, I'd give it all up so that HE could be healthy again.
Judy