Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #18

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<p>The attached photo was taken with a Nikon FG using a Sigma 75-210 zoom lens. She is pretending to do homework while her big sister is practicing socker.</p>

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<p>Jose: Love the photo, my eyes are drawn towards the single boat at the bottom.</p>

<p>Sjord: That picture has a timeless quality to it, obviously enhanced by the B&W and the classic car.</p>

<p>Robert: Great simplicity.</p>

<p>Nina: The positioning lends you to believe it's a golden fruit hanging off the tree. :D</p>

<p>jfzhang: Incredible sky, great contrast between the sky and ground.</p>

<p>The graduating textile and apparel seniors from University of Texas at Austin put on a fashion show last Friday, this is one of my favorite shots of the night.</p><div></div>

<p>My neighbor has a Mahonia shrub growing in his front yard. I'd never noticed it before but yesterday I saw it had the most beautiful grape-like berries. I just thought they were so colorful and really made me think more of Fall rather than Spring.</p>

<p>f5.6, 1/60, ISO 400, 55-200mm f4.0-5.6</p><div></div>

<p>Lens test target:</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D300 with Nikkor AFS 24-70 f2:8 at 50 mm, f:4 and 1/15s handheld. Taking tonight in Copenhagen, Denmark. And by the way - very good pictures everyone. Keep up the good work :-)</p><div></div>

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been away for a couple weeks, and am still processing the results of a vast european journey. great shots from everyone as per usual. my submission is a manhole cover i saw in rome, which was beautifully littered with flower blossom petals.<br>

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<p>When I go through these WedNEsDAy pics, I always try to guess which camera was used. I do pretty well picking out the D700/D3 pics which is kind of surprising because the IQ between all of these cameras, especially at ISO 400 or less, is very similar. The colors seem a bit more vibrant and the pictures a bit crisper. I wonder how much of this is the camera, vs. the lens (likely a good lens on a D700) or the photographer (likely a good photographer behind it). </p>

<p>Any thoughts!?</p>

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<p>James, that astounding picture of the Mahonia shrub takes the cake so far. What astounding colors, you are right, the leaves remind me of fall as well.</p>

<p>So many great shots all around. These ones I like in particular:</p>

<p>Shawn, your picture is wonderful, I wish I could see as well!</p>

<p>Pedro, love the textures and simplicity of shapes and colors in that shot.</p>

<p>Hector, I feel cold just watching the shot, great job!</p>

<p>Monika I love the minimality of color amd the narrow DoF. Even though the subject is a slimy character, this is a great picture.</p>

<p>Richard, I love the ominous atmosphere. It is reaaly interesting how that little blue sky peeks through, that makes the shot.</p>

<p>jf Zhang, wonderful blues and greens, and beautiful streaks in the clouds. Beautiful shot. I can't help wondering though if a crop removing the clump of trees on the left and a bit of the green on the bottom would make the shot even better.</p>

<p>Michael S, that's a wonderfully moody and evocative shot.</p>

<p>Gary, the lighting and treatment are perfect for the delicate flowers. Well done!</p>

<p>Trevor, that's a very creative angle.</p>

<p>Waldemar, I only recently learnt about this Kiron lens, and your pic adds to the list of great macros from this lens.</p>

<p>PS: I forgot to include the particulars of my shot, although the EXIF is there: <em>D300, Nikon 85mm f/1.8D, ISO200, f/5.6, 1/60s, CLS with one SB800 on the floor behind the kids lighting the BG and a handheld SB800 reflected off a gold-reflector to the subject right.</em></p>

<p>Great photos everybody. Benjamin, are those the ribs of a shell? That is my guess.<br>

Here is my submission for this week. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Tabby Thomas. Don't let the overalls foold you. Look at the bling on his hands!<br>

Nikon D300. Tamron 28-200. ISO 1600. Shot with available light.</p><div></div>

<p>Since it's spring and an appropriate IR pic already posted, I'll continue with an IR pic. This is a visible light + IR light mixed in the same exposure on a modified D70 with the brought out a bit more by using a polarizer (and an unorthodox WB). I took three pictures with a Voigtländer 20/3.5 and stitched them together with a cylindrical to produce the image here. The cylindrical projection is very interesting because one can create wide panoramas without the stretching in the edges. I'm still working a bit on how to process the colors, I'm probably going to work on the orangeish red of the grass. This picture looks a lot more lively than the "ghost picture" using a #87 IR filter. In any case the actual talking and workflow for this kind of pic is somewhat complex. Hope I didn't bore you with the technical elaboration :-)<br>

The actual scene is from a brand new park on a weekend afternoon (the newness explains why the plants are so meager). In the background a shallow bay can be seen, behind it one of the best bird spotting areas in a wide radius. There are no leaves on the trees this time of the year.</p><div></div>

<p>I had my first class this week in studio lighting. The photo below is the from the workshop. I learned a tremendous amount in one day and had a lot of fun with the lights: hot, strobe, softboxes, spots, fresnel, etc. Looking forward to learning more in the next few weeks.</p><div></div>

<p>Does the shot have to be taken today? This shot was taken at the Southern Nationals last week. Hector Arana qualifing.</p>

<p>Hector Arana quallifing at the Southern Nationals.</p><div></div>

<p>Waldemar - your shot is my favortie.</p>

<p>Linda, you got it!</p>

<p>I went down to the local park today... lots of turtles taking sun.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm actually taking a few days off from most forum activity to work on a personal photo project, but had to peek in on the Wed Pic thread. The diversity is always refreshing. It's the most enjoyable part of the week!</p>

<p >MS Keil asks:</p>

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<li><em>Is it legal to post a picture taken with a Fuji S5 + Nikkor XXX/fY?</em> </li>

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<p>Absolutely! Any Nikon equipment, including the Nikon mount Fuji dSLRs, is suitable for these Wednesday Pic threads. A CoolScan used to scan photos taken with non-Nikon equipment should also be fine. Using just a Nikon UV filter on a non-Nikon camera outfit? Probably marginal, there's no significant effect on the photo, but let's not split hairs. But a Nikon FC-E9 fisheye adapter on a non-Nikon camera? That should be okay since the adapter has a significant effect on the photo.</p>

<p>Susan: Done! No problem.</p>

<p>Jose, as always, thanks for leading us off and for making those clarifications in the opening statement.</p>

<p>Sorry, traveling in Europe with very slow connection so I can see only a few photos I'll look at the rest when I get home.</p>

<p>This is from Bath, England. Recommended by PNetters and well worth it. The sky was bleak gray so first time I tried a multi-exposure without a tripod. Still needs some work but the structures came out nice after de-saturating. </p>

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<p>birds hanging out...</p><div></div>

<p>I just bought a used sigma 18-50mm/2.8. There is a 2 week return policy so I am trying to push it in areas that I have heard were weak. Shot with my D300.</p><div></div>

<p>"Manhole cover and blossom" is beautiful! It's also nice to see more B&W stuff here as well. Makes me a bit embarrased to offer this rather mundane early "pop" using my new Nikkor 14-24mm AFSGIFEDN or whatever the letter collection is! Anyway, shot at 14mm and f/8 at about 1/250th.</p><div></div>

<p>Just off-street, west side of Colorado Springs this past weekend. D90, 16-85 VR @ 32mm, 1/200 f/4.5.</p><div></div>

<p>F100...Nikkor 35/2...APX100</p><div></div>

<p>I know it's been said before, but so many great shots this week folks...to many to mention but I will say Rene, that I agree with others in that I really like your shot. I just came back from a vacation myself...make sure you take time to relax and chill out!</p>

<p>My contribution is actually from that very trip to Florida of a bird sitting in a tree of the backyard of my brother's house.</p>

<p>Again, great shots and have a great week all.</p>

<p>Gabe.</p><div></div>

<p>Taken last Wednesday at a glass shop in Venice Italy... lots of great shots from that trip, this one is one of my favorites even through it reveals nothing of it's location...</p>

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