[o*] Vacation Pictures 06 (56k NOPE)

Well I just got back from vacationing with the girlfriend and family at Topsail Island, NC. I finally got a good chance to play with my new lens, a Canon 100mm 2.8f USM Macro. A few of the pictures were taken with a Canon 70-200mm IS USM Telephoto or a Sigma 1.8f 20mm Wide lens.

Most of the pictures were taken at the beach, some in the saltwater marshes, and a few others at my parent's house.

Shark's tooth and Ocean view... both shot with the macro.

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Waves splashing on driftwood and Julie's feet in the sand. Both shot with the macro.

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Some random family shots. Matt and Sam watch Vicky in the kitchen. Rufus gets on the coffee table. Both shot with the wide Sigma.

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LOL hurricane. A few of the houses on the north end of the island are slowing being swallowed by the ocean. Nature - 1, Man - 0. The second picture is the name of the house in the first shot, "Half a Dream". Both macro'd.

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I few pictures by the New River Inlet. Shrimp boats and water reflections. All macro'd.

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Saltwater marsh pictures. The marsh is location at the inlet on the north section of the island. This were shot with the telephoto.

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More marsh pictures. All these were shot with the macro.

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Here are a bunch of macro shots I snapped at my parents house. No bug is safe! You can see my reflection on the beetle's shell.

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Quote from Bic-B@ll

i was in topsail a few years ago, all the way at the north end at the apartment complex place. this was in 2002 i think so camp lejeune had helicopters buzzing over the beach constantly preparing to go to iraq, it was the coolest shit ever. i was swimming one day and popped my head out to see a cobra aimed right at me. best ever. (when/if you went in the water, did you get bit by a million tiny jellyfish constantly? it was terrible)

That's exactly where we stayed. All the way at the north end in one of the condo/apartment places.

We didn't see any jellyfish.

Quote from Spinlock

What camera do you have, Tom? Beautiful shots, by the way.

Canon 20D