Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #23 - Old Thread, June 3 2009

<p>Here is a photo from a dog show in Toledo, Ohio, where my Nikon D200 took its maiden voyage Sunday. I slapped on a Nikon AF 35-105D f3.5-4.5 lens, certainly too slow for available light work. Then I found that flash wasn't permitted where I wanted to shoot, so handheld was the rule of the day. I got this photo at a very slow shutter speed. The three coat types of Shelties were all in the same frame -- sable and white, tri-color, and blue merle. It's my favorite breed and I got some nice shots there, but camera movement was evident in several. Anyway, I am very happy with the D200. Next time I'll bring my AF 85mm f1.8.</p>

<p>Gert Van Eynde & Paul B @ Thanks for the comment.<br>

I was looking for some idea for WedNEsDAy picture and found similar pictures while reading articles on website. Though that picture was taken outside using sprinkler to show rain.<br>

Gert - that's nice picture with 50mm f1.8, I am thinking of buying that one for D40 but not sure if I will like manual focus.<br>

Paul - Nice detailed wide angle picture, I liked the shades of black and white. Is it a PP picture?<br>

Thanks,<br>

Ray</p>

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<p>Crescent moon. D300 70 -300 VR.</p>

 

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<p>Crescent moon. D300 70 -300 VR.</p>

 

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<p>Here is the picture I failed to post correctly above.</p><div></div>

<p>Intersections</p><div></div>

<p>Paul great moon shot! So many beautiful photographs this week, my absolute favorites are Monika and Chris's silouettes.<br>

<br /> This photo is from a little over a week ago out in rural Colorado.</p><div></div>

<p>My first an only attempt at sports photography, while at a Jays vs. Rays game that my friend got free tickets to.</p><div></div>

<p>This is what I managed to shoot this weekend.<br>

Jacarepagua Racetrack in Rio de Janeiro.<br>

Regards</p><div></div>

<p>Apologies for posting a second picture but our dog (the black one in the middle) graduated from obedience school tonight. Shot with a D50, 18-70 lens and SB 600 flash. Doesn't he look happy! <img src="http://swcornell.com/webphoto/graduates.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>This crow got ran over by a car in front of my house. The emotional reactions from its relatives lasted for the rest of the day.</p>

<p>Great Pictures everyone!<br>

Today is my Daughters 1st Birthday so I wanted to share this one for the Wednesday Picture.<br>

Thanks!</p><div></div>

Hope it goes through this time around.

<p><em><strong>Self-Portrait</strong></em><strong> by Vincent Van Gogh</strong><br /><b> Musée d'Orsay, Paris</b></p>

<p>I took a handheld snapshot of the entire painting including most of the frame. This crop represents less than 15 percent of the original image but still holds quite a bit of detail. JPEG conversion softens the image a bit, but the raw crop is spectacular, even at the high ISO setting required to hand hold the shot.</p>

<p>D700<br /> 24-70mm f/2.8G at 48 mm<br /> ISO 1600<br /> 1/125 s @ f/4<br /> No flash<br /> Cropped and converted to JPEG in CaptureNX.</p><div></div>

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<p>I like to wait a day before listing my favorites on these Wednesday threads, so I can give everyone a chance to post. Here are the ones that jumped out at me:<br>

<br /> <strong>Ton </strong> - another great portrait, good contrast.<br /> <strong>Per-Christian</strong> - great silhouette effect, nice light off the water<br /> <strong>Gary McGhee</strong> - nice bird shot, good DOF control<br /> <strong>Sjoerd </strong> - good capture, but crop out the empty top third of the photo!<br /> <strong>Susan </strong> - good lighting and a compelling expression on the guy's face<br /> <strong>Kent </strong> - a nice clean shot of a distinctive dog<br /> <strong>Richard </strong> - a study in shades of green<br /> <strong>Kris </strong> - like it came from a movie<br /> <strong>Nina </strong> - a dreamy, misty effect and some interesting rocks<br /> <strong>Simon </strong> - I like the limited color palette<br /> <strong>Michael Ferron</strong> - nice composition<br /> <strong>DougSanto </strong> - nice shot of a freaky bird!<br /> <strong>Wayne </strong> - good candid street photography<br /> <strong>Paul B.</strong> -a haunting, creepy shot. Like science fiction<br /> <strong>Tony </strong> - <em>kawaisou!</em> <br /> <strong>Tiffany </strong> - Elegant lighting, nice hair, good skintones, setting up a neat contrast with the tattoo<br /> <strong>Don Harper</strong> - I like the detail, color, and motion</p>

That means a lot to me, Justin, thank you.

 

I love this thread, and I really do love this forum. I think Shun could teach me a thing or two.

<p>Colin, since you ask. Classic pose against a terrific background. Reducing the red and yellow somewhat however would give you a more natural looking skin tone and although it's consistent with the light I would have gone for some softer shadows on her face and legs myself.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3243176497_bf920c7bb4_o.jpg" alt="" /> Trusty D200 and 70-200 2.8 VR etc.</p>

<p>Well it's going on 24 hours later & it's amazing what's in this thread.....<br>

First up - I want to thank....<br>

<strong>Matthew</strong> - thank you for mentioning my humble landscape. I have not had much opportunity to work on landscape & nature in this forum since way back when & then only lightly. I also wish to thank you for remembering my IR from last week. most kind of you.<br>

<strong>Nina</strong> - Thank you & very kind of you to mention my photo.<br>

<strong>Richard</strong> - Thank you<br>

You've all commented on the filtering light & I want to point out that it was that which made me request to hav my husband stop & turn around so that I could photograph just that. We'd just arrived in Port Angeles, WA sa my husband pointed out to me that so far his mother's birthday was still the priority for our trip. :-)<br>

<strong>Simon</strong> - Thank you & I see you got your 300mm AF-S f/4 - congratulations. :-)<br>

<strong>Hamish</strong> - You are too kind to even mention my landscape.... But it gives me hope. :-) Also, from the first time I went to Washington state I've commented upon how much it resembles home. Once Ross went to Sweden his first reaction was - It does look like Washington. So that it looks like Norway I'm not surprised at. :-)<br>

<strong>Anish</strong> - Thank you so very much for your comment.</p>

<p>Now to my continuing of my top picks - I did a starter one when I posted my capture... So glad I did not post one of my boat shots based upon what's here...<br>

There are so many wonderful shots this week yet again....<br>

<strong>Eric, Ilkka, Ian, Kemal, Gary, Kent, Richard, Szabolcs, Rene', Nina, Curt, Bruce, Darko, Gary, Dan, Simon</strong> (first post with your new lens), <strong>Michael, Doug, Rodeo Joe, Keerthi, Glenn, Lester, Joe, Lex</strong> (glad to see you posting again), <strong>Jonathan, Darren, Andy, Jay, Tong, Colin</strong> (very artsy), <strong>Tiffancy</strong> (lovely shot), <strong>Carol</strong> (just the cutest squirrel baby ever), <strong>Don, Paul, Wayne & Chris</strong> .<br>

I would so love to be able to comment on all of the shots posted here - each & everyone of them have something special.... There's just not enough time & space....<br>

Wonderful thread again forum...<br>

Lil :-)</p>

<p>Great photos as always folks<br>

D300 + nikon 17-55<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3593924341_15f8bbc65c_b.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="680" /></p>

<p>@ <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=1127224">Wayne Cornell</a><br>

It's a funny picture! Is you dog a black lab?</p>

<p>Justin, thank you. Your comment means much to me.</p>

<p><strong>Moderator note:</strong> Sorry to be the grumpy gus, but I'm seeing more than a dozen photos over 300 KB in file size. Our gentle reminders at the top of each new Wednesday Pic thread don't seem to be working, so...</p>

 

<h1>Please resize your photos to under 300 KB</h1>

<p>That's more than enough for any JPEG up to 700 pixels wide. As these threads gain popularity the accumulation of huge file sizes will make it difficult for photo.net members on dial up to participate. With around 200 posts per thread now, it's taking up to 3 minutes to load these threads on DSL, so it would be virtually inaccessible to folks on dial up. Let's show consideration for each other.</p>

<p>Also, if you are linking your photos from off-site hosts (Flickr, Photobucket, zenfolio, etc.), two points:</p>

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<li>Your photos larger than 700 pixels wide will be resized in a very ugly way. Note the harsh jaggies in some of the photos here? That's what happens when an oversized photo linked off-site is crammed into size by photo.net. If you want to present your work at its best, link to a photo that's already been resized to 700 pixels wide and under 300 KB.</li>

<li>If you're linking from Photobucket... umm... never mind, that's punishment enough by itself.</li>

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<p>Very well, carry on.</p>

<p>@Lex, you don't have to be sorry. Rules are made to be followed, at least here on photo.net! </p>

<p>I guess, that in a thread, which interest and popularity has escalated, such as this, it is easy to forget the sizes when you sit Tuesday evening with the index finger hovering over the "send"-button and counting seconds.....</p>

<p>(I checked my photo before i wrote this ;) )</p>