[Theme] Got pets???

[Tristin]

My new wallpaper 

[the solitaire]

20170824-DSC_6418-Edit by b j, on Flickr

Playing around with the 300mm f2,8 Ai-S

[Eddie Draaisma]

20170824-DSC_6418-Edit by b j, on Flickr

Playing around with the 300mm f2,8 Ai-S

You got the eyes in focus, not easy with manual focus and such a lens. Very nice.

[pluton]

Beautiful color and processing, Buddy!

[Fons Baerken]

Old school look of the D3 and 300mm f/2.8ais; Organic

[the solitaire]

Keith and Fons, thank you. Yes, I know why I like using manual glass on the D3

Eddie, I would not have accepted the shot if the focus had been off Thank you for the kind words.

Here is a nice little stitched photo of some other pets

20170901-DSC_7142 by b j, on Flickr

[Mike G]

To me they look like a matched paint!

[the solitaire]

More with the manual focus 300mm f2,8

20170905-DSC_7420-Edit by b j, on Flickr

20170905-DSC_7449-Edit by b j, on Flickr

[Anthony]

More with the manual focus 300mm f2,8

Great, you have really captured dogginess!

[Andrew]

Vicious dogs!
Will lick you to the death, I presume...

[the solitaire]

Thank you Anthony and Andrew. Well, these are officially registered as guard dogs, and they do a pretty decent job at that.

But once you get to know them a bit better, they are really friendly.

[the solitaire]

More pets moved in

Caribena versicolor

Caribena versicolor by b j, on Flickr

Monocentropus balfouri

DSC_0261 by b j, on Flickr

[the solitaire]

My Nikon D3 came to an end (shutter failure) and as such, I borrowed a D60 to see how I get along with that instead

By now, th ebatteries of the D60 are dead as well, but here are a few pictures takn using the D60 and 85 f1,4 Af-D, focusing manually

DSC_4571 by b j, on Flickr

DSC_4613 by b j, on Flickr

Pictures are of dog #3, Fluse. A Chinese crested dog

DSC_4624 by b j, on Flickr

[armando_m]

Awesome dog shots

You are years ahead of me regarding manual focus

[the solitaire]

Awesome dog shots

You are years ahead of me regarding manual focus

Thank you Armando.
I am not sure when you started focusing manually. I started photography with a Nikon FM almost 25 years ago and always prefered manual focus over AF. With AF I never got the consistency I had with MF so I never indulged in it too much. It's a matter of practice however, even if a good eye helps.

Now as for the good eye, I (unintentionally) got a piece of metal in my eye 2 days ago. I hope it fully heals, otherwise I will have to learn focusing using my left eye. From the few attempts I gave it, that would be almost as tough as starting from the beginning all over again.