Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #27

<p>What the heck. I <em>was </em>going to post a heron, but all the cool kids already did. So, it's another lovely local creature, instead.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi!Everybody,<br>

Felt bad at not being to post my pic last week due to problems with the ISP.Glad to see some great pics already.A few weeks back Ms.Lil Judd had posted a pic of the 'Red Whiskered Bul Bul'.They are endemic to the Indian subcontinent and I have a pair that wakes me up everyday with their joyous fluty chirp outside our window,perched on the power lines.I was able to catch one of the flighty ones within the limitations of my skill and 55-200 zoom.</p><div></div>

<p>Lovely work by everyone here, as usual. My top picks to date are Monika's, Shawns and Richard's plants. Ton's Heineken drinker, Matthew' golden sunrise, Leo's Hong Kong skyline (brings back memories – I lived there from '95 to '99), Indranil's landscape, Lil's and Jim's birds, Wayne's sunset (wish I had that lens!) and Benjamin's placid lake.</p>

<p>Jerry, I'm no expert, but I believe your bird is a Green Heron.</p>

<p>Regards<br /> Chris</p>

<p>They just keep getting better.</p><div></div>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=440542">Per-Christian Nilssen</a> - Love the fishing photo<br>

Matthew Brennan - great sunrise<br>

Chris Court - love the boat sunset photo<br>

Here's my contribution another macro since i've been on a macro kick. D300 and tamron 90mm macro</p><div></div>

<p>Jerry,<br>

Its looks like a tri colored Heron..have seen many of them in Hilton Head SC..but hard to tell because he is scrunched up</p>

<p><strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3949958">Scott Pogorelc</a> </strong> : Impressive building (or what has survived of it)!! Would like to take that in infrared ;-)<br>

<strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2393807">Ryan Aldrich</a> </strong> : Many people there, the place was crowded, but with the combination of D700 + 180mm you can be on stage while being in a safe distance. In fact, looking through the viewfinder gave an incredible effect!<br>

<strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3911606">Chris Court</a> </strong> : A nice little boat you have ;-)<br>

<strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4160871">Janne Kaakinen</a> </strong> : The colors are great (as expected from the S5) - Mama don´t take my Fujichrome away!<br>

Everybody did a great job today - very good work this week!</p>

<p>Grad picture of my niece's daughter</p><div></div>

<p>I finally made it! I was so busy that I completely forgot it was WeDNeSDaY again! My father in-law had a surgery yesterday. Not easy when you are over 70. My wife at the hospital with him. I have 40 cases of fish going to Ireland and Italy tomorrow. A lot of paper work to go with them but I finally made it home!<br>

Anyway.... As usual, great work guys & gals! Incredible, over 80 posts within a few hours!<br>

Here is mine, doing 130 kph on the expressway I managed to take a few shots of this beautiful sky. Too bad you re not aloud to stop on the express way so I had to take it from my side mirror! Out of close to 20 shots I got one that I liked!</p>

<p>Cheers everybody!</p>

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<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/3678424370_b5efe0367a.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="500" />Dug into the archive this week. Shot from Hoboken NJ, F3, Nikkor 80-200 f/4, Kodachrome 64. Sorry, no exposure data recorded. Tried to fix the two scratches, but it just didn't work out correctly</p>

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<p>Taken inside an outdoor stairwell. I liked the lines and shapes as you walked up. (Nikon D40 35mm f1:8)<br>

<img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg205/Maggie-Noah/roundwindow.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Nikon D200 Nikon AF35-70 lens<br>

<a title="BWPhotowalk by pcochrum, on Flickr" href=" title="BWPhotowalk by pcochrum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3673883980_0063fdc94b.jpg" alt="BWPhotowalk" width="500" height="334" /> </a></p>

<p>Here's an old pic i just rediscovered. Shot with a D80 don't remember the lens<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3677548386_b2219b1e3a.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>

<p>Male Rufous Hummingbird displays his crimson gorget. D200, with Sigma 150-500 OS, 1/80s, f/8, ISO 200, spot metered.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm a little late on parade today!</p><div></div>

<p>WoW ! amazing pictures here !! Have been busy this week, so couldn't get time to take any new pictures. Here is one still life from my archives - taken with coolpix 4500 ... </p><div></div>

<p>Hi,<br>

Wednesday again and already a whole lot of great pics well done everybody...here's mine, took it some time ago with my Nikon D50 f5.6 1/125 ISO 250.</p><div></div>

<p>Sheppard on Kra Al Mary desert - most of these people comes from South Asia and Subcontinent, contracts are minimum three years long and salary is unimaginable low. They spend most of these three years in the middle of desert, during this time they never see their families. Living conditions are more than basic, usually a tent, no electricity, no AC, scorching heat goes over 50 centigrade in middle of summer. Also it's the continuous danger of minefields and UXO's and lack of any medical assistance...</p>

<p>Taken weeks ago but basically an almost daily sunset scene here at Red Sea, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3369787865_83fcf5b1d5.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="332" /><br>

Nikon D90, 18-105mm. VR</p>

<p>Nikon D300, 18-200mm Nikkor zoom</p><div></div>

<p>Wednesday again and the bar keeps getting raised every week. Terrific work everyone.<br>

For my contribution this week I decided to start with some patterns and textures found in the logs of our home. These have intrigued my since we built it and I finally decided to start photographing some of them.<br>

D80; 28 - 105 3.5/4.5 AFD.<br>

Keith</p><div></div>

<p>Atrium at Gaylord Conference Center and Hotel, Washington DC during South Asian Indian Wedding. Ceremony is visible on floor of atrium below with hundreds of guests.<br>

Nikon D3 with 24-70mm Lens</p>

<p>So many beautiful pictures again this week. I wish I was qualified to comment on them but I fear that I would do them an injustice. These Wednesday postings are a wonderful treat to me, I enjoy just trying to be a part of it.<br>

For my submission today I have picked a fallen tree stump that had been used for years as a corner post in my pasture fencing. It finally rotted a few years ago and gave way, in a few more years all of it will be gone courtesy of Mother Nature. I couldn't tell if anything has taken up residence inside of it.<br>

phil b<br>

benton, ky</p><div></div>

<p>Matthew Brennan, Lil Judd, MS Keil, Jose Angel, Kent Shafer, Chris Court thanks for the comments.<br /> <br /> <br /> Lil, I am pretty sure it's Barley<br /> <br /> Jose, Fancy White mountain bike shoes! I am guessing you have a drier climate than we do here in Ireland<br /> <br /> Matthew Brennan, great light in your frosty landscape, I hadn't realised you had frosts there either.<br /> <br /> <br /> Indranil Chandra, Moab looks stunning, it's on my list of places to go cycling before I die</p>

<p>whoops, I uploaded the wrong picture! This was from a previous Wednesday session, please delete.</p>