Ah, Australia, the country with blue skies most of the time and great nature. I envy you guys. Over here, in "humidity is king" country, when we finally get blue skies and great looking skies, the weather is exceedingly hot.

Nice photos btw.

I already have a Nikon D90. I was just teasing Stuff. :)

Some nice pictures posted in this thread. I´m always enjoying to look at the pics taken by other photographers :) I´ll post some of my pics too: http://picasaweb.google.com/filipdase85
All pictures taken with either Fujifilm S6500, Fujifilm E900 or Olympus E-510 with Kit lenses. Macros were taken with the Raynox 250.

*scratch that*

[was, in hindsight, not constructive/meaningful and didn't need to be said.]

Hehe . . . I'm working on it, maybe this spring . . . =)

Good for you ! And speaking of that, I'm going to buy a macro lens and a lightbox sometimes this spring. Yay !

I went into our CBD to take some shots yesterday. I was lucky, lucky enough to shoot some lightning shots:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw8/5283078210/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw8/5282480381/

Probably waited for 25-30mins to catch the first one

These are SUPERB.

What f-stop and ISO speed did you use, let alone shutter speed?

Thanks man! :)

First one is 8 seconds over f13, ISO 200.
Second one 13 seconds over f13, ISO 200.

Wait, wait.... You mean THIRTEEN SECONDS, not 1/13???? Wow.

Yeah 13 seconds exposure, mounted on tripod.
I don't like taking night shots with high ISOs. In fact I try avoiding high ISOs if possible. So, if possible, I always bring a tripod for night shots.

So I kept pressing the shutter, each shot for 8-13 seconds until the lightning struck the place where my camera was pointed at. Could have set it on Bulb exposure, but that would overexpose the buildings.
Thanks!

Marina Bay Sands, Hotel+Casino

Oh, I thought it was the name of the area.

I was looking at the lowest price I have found to date on the D90's and then I found the D7000. I haven't read an independent review on it but it sounds GREAT !!! . . . =)

Edit : Although way, WAY more than I want to spend O_o

I don't know much about Nikon as I've been using Canon all the time.
So which DSLR models fall under the Pro, Semi-Pro and Consumer brands for Nikon.
I only know that the Nikon D3s is the mothership equivalent to Canon 1D Mark IV.

Also contemplating whether to get the Tamron 18-270mm lens. I already have the Ultra Wide Sigma 10-20mm, a Canon 50mm f1.8 prime and the Canon 18-135mm kit lens. I just need something more of a reach than the 135mm. It's been a pain in the ass trying to shoot the bird that keeps singing outside my flat or butterflies in the park with the 135mm, everytime I go close to them, they fly off. I reckon something close to 300mm is probably better for stuff like that. Also the 18-270mm makes for good travel lens or GP usage. If I ever travel in the near future.