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-	Rudi, 1 July 2000, in the fern garden. Fushan National Park, Taiwan The two conspicuous ferns on the left are Asplenium nidus (bird's nest fern) and, beneath it, Vittaria zosterifolia (strap fern).  The photo equipment visible is a Nikon F3, a 55mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor (macro lens), a flash bracket that Rudi designed, and an old battered Domke camera bag--all early-1980s-vintage equipment. The time is 16:47, just before a much-needed shower and dinner. (Photo by Ying-Chin Chen.)	-	Rudi, 16 Aug 2001, not quite in the pine tree. Carson Pass, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California The conspicuous tree is Pinus flexilis (limber pine). The photo equipment is the same Nikon F3, this time with a 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 Nikkor plus polarizing filter, and Rudi's special flash bracket. The old battered Domke bag  was finally retired after the Taiwan trip in favor of the new one seen here.  (Photo by Mena Schmid.)
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-	Rudi, 12 Oct 2002, miserably cold yet gloriously happy, on the summit of Mt. Webster, New Hampshire (1192m / 3910'), with Nikon F3 and 24mm Nikkor.   (Photo by Mena Schmid.)	-	Rudi, 4 May 2003, amidst Dryas octopetala (Rosaceae) in the Berlin Botanical Garden, with the trusty Nikon F3, 55mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, flash bracket, and strobe. (Photo by Mena Schmid.)

PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHY:

Coming eventually .....

North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)

Helpful tips on photography
Maxwell Optical Industries (an excellent Australian site for worldwide links, searches, etc.)
PhotoLinks (an excellent site for thousands of unique links updated daily)
Professional Photography Links (useful but more limited than PhotoLinks)
Photography Web Resources (ditto regarding usefulness)
Photo Link (slick interface; useful but much more limited than PhotoLinks)
Ace Indexes to photo dealers and manufacturers worldwide

British journal of photography
Digital Photography Review
PEI [Photographic electronic imaging]
PhotographyReview.Com (online reviews by photographers)
Photo.net (a great online site for amateur and professional photographers)

Official U.S. Nikon website
Official Japanese Nikon website
Grays of Westminster (the world's only Nikon-only store)
The Nikon Equipment Interchange (to tell which Nikon accessories fit which Nikon photographic items)
 

Collections of links to Nikon:

    NikonLinks (Maintained by Don Ferrario).
    The Nikon Links Space (Maintained by Michael McLennan).
    Nicke's Nikon Page (Maintained by Niklas Nikitin).
 

Paterson International (British distributor--detailed information)
Maxwell Optical Industries, Australia (Australian distributor--detailed information)
Tiffen/Saunders (American distributor)

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