Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #32

<p>From the Bear Reserve in Orr, Minn.</p><div></div>

<p>My daughter’s wedding. Darn, I wish I could take their pictures but as a father of the braid I had to lead her to the alter. I did some during the reception.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello everyone, I guess it should be Wednesday somewhere.<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/3791091688_0c62524b46_o.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="431" /><br>

It was D300, 18-70/ 3.5-4.5.<br>

Thank you guys for comments last week.</p>

<p>Wowzer! A very early start, and already tons of great pics! Benjamin S...no, Chris C and I aren't in the same location, but I wish I was where he is...Cayman Islands I believe. I'm in hot, parched South Texas...hence no clouds in the sky or suitable backgrounds unless you want to see dried sticks and catcus. :-)</p>

<p>Jose: Beautiful seagull. Excellent job! (and thanks for making me want that lens even more)<br>

Steve: Very nice looking cat. My dogs would love to chase it. ;-)<br>

Eric: Great colors!<br>

Per-Christian: Love the serenity of the shot. (I'd like some of that wet/cold about now.)<br>

Neil: Beautiful...just beautiful!<br>

Kris: Nice composition!<br>

Dariusz: Very cool!<br>

Dieter: Awww...cute capture!<br>

Robert: Gorgeous!!!<br>

Ilkka: Very interesting and I want to know too...what is IT???!<br>

Matt: That's a beautiful shot!<br>

Ofer: I love it and the caption! lol<br>

Chris: Very cool looking HDR. Doesn't seem to have lost anything on my monitor. (and thanks for your comment...you DID inspire me :)<br>

Arash: Wonderful!<br>

Leo: Nice hibiscus...I've seem a lot and don't think I've seen that variation.<br>

Erik C: Love the "rainy season" shoes! ;-)<br>

Rene: I love fireworks shots and love this one!<br>

Jiim: Great looking dogs and like your composition.<br>

Ofey: Very interesting. I keep looking at it trying to figure it out. Nice.<br>

James: A once in a lifetime moment. Very sweet.<br>

Wade: It is different and I like it.<br>

John: TOO cute!!!<br>

Alejandro: The Plastic Girl has *beautiful* eyes!<br>

Murali: Cute chicks!<br>

Mike M: Very cool shot.<br>

Benjamin: Lovely tones and what a great shot of the moon!<br>

Mike O'day: Incredible...I thought it was a play set!<br>

Rick D: Great capture on the serve!<br>

Pete S: Very nice. (Your border/river shot is more scenic than mine is (Mexico/US).</p>

<p>Thanks for the kind comments on my first dragonfly photo. As I have said (and many, many others), this thread is very inspiring... I can't wait to see all the rest!</p>

<p >Great shot Dieter. Not being aware that these were cubs until I read your text, it struck me as female chastising her partner with “You never listen to me. Do I have to shout it in your ear!”. </p>

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<p >Beautiful portrait Robert. Wonderful tones and great eyes.</p>

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<p >Fantastic capture Jeannean. I’ve just about given up getting one of these guys completely in focus!</p>

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<p >All the best,</p>

<p >Mike</p>

<p>thanks for the comments rene, jeannean, and mike. the motion blur was unintended--i had an sb-400 on the d80 and the max sync is only 1/200, but the shot just lined up right.</p>

<p>almost afraid to comment with so many awesome pics yet to come in the thread, but so far that golden gate shot is my favorite. i live in the bay area, and that really captures the famous landmark from an angle i havent seen too much. i like how you got the fog coming in. that was obviously from the marin headlands, since SF is on the other side of the fog, but i'm guessing it was a bit higher up and to the right of the common tourist vista everybody shoots at.</p>

<p>waldemar--the look on your daughter's face says it all.<br /> pete s--cool shot. i like photos that tell stories that add gravity or meaning to the image which isnt immediate apaprent.<br /> mike o'day--i had to look at that pic a few times to make sure it was a real image and not a model. pray tell, what lens was that?<br /> jeannean--you did that with a d40 and a kit lens? quite possibly the best shot with that combo i've seen<br /> chris c.--stop it already. you keep raising the bar. :)<br /> rene-- sense of scale would have been nice but i still like the pic. how long was your exposure?</p>

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<p>Boston City Hall</p><div></div>

<p>Eric, the train shot was taken with the standard 18-70mm kit lens at 70mm. This is my first attempt at the 'miniature effect'. I have a 'scrap-book' page explaining a little of the scene and processing in my gallery. Cheers, Mike.</p><div></div>

<p >This is my very 1^st contribution.</p>

<p >Buffalo. I took this picture two weeks ago when we were vacationing at Yellowstone.</p>

<p >This big guy was trapped at the “Mud Volcano” and was so frustrated and thirsty. He started drinking the hot lava-mud. I doubt it tasted good. It had a happy ending. The big guy finally found a way out.</p>

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<p >Picture taken D300 with 300mm f4 lens. ISO 200, f/8<br>

<img src="../photos/P.Wang/Animos/Buffalo_from_Yellow_2" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>This is a collage of the partial phases leading up to the 7/22 total eclipse in China and the diamond ring at the end of totality. An awe inspiring sight.</p><div></div>

<p>Weekend fun! D200, 18-200 VR, ISO 400, f8@1/800, 95mm - from the back of a very bumpy boat!</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_P0zNZqrH8Hs/SmO2-djKOpI/AAAAAAAAHDY/0CVP72dzaf0/s720/DSC_0013.JPG" alt="" width="549" height="384" /><br>

First posting. D50, 18-200mm, f/5.6, 1/350s</p>

<p>paula, nice one. i can never get enough buffalo pics.</p>

<p>paul, very cool. solar filter, eh?</p>

<p>and dane, pretty sharp considering the conditions.</p>

<p>Waiting for the parade to start. Shot against a white cloud in the sky.</p>

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<p>Haven't participated for a while...</p>

<p><img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2009/08/04/2009-07-26_Lead.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D40, 18-55 kit lens @ 18mm, f/3.5, ISO 800</p>

<p>Hello All -- Shooting some black and white film recently, I decided to see what I could do in B&W with my D200. Using the B&W filter in photoshop is terrific and I was very pleased with the quality with modest effort. This is from Cambridge looking across to Boston on a rare nice day with a little photoshop manipulation. <br>

Great shots posted above! </p><div></div>

<p>Last day of the horse show.</p><div></div>

<p>EPP b - Great shot!</p>

<p>Here's one to go with Steve's model. This is Finnigan the fast...<br /> D700 and Sigma 50mm 1.4<br /> <img src="http://matsubayashi.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p407749023-3.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>God morning everybody. Yet another great WeDNesDay.<br>

Yesterday in the forrest, all green, so i tried BW.</p><div></div>

<p>It's 10:25 pm in California on Tuesday, and the thread is going stronger than ever! I have seen Dieter's sun bears baring their teeth, and have decided to showcase the fangs resident in my home: my golden retriever playing with a friend. It's interesting how the shutter speed of 1/500 sec shows something my eye doesn't see -- that the mildest golden retriever is related to a wolf! I am not sure that the lens I used (Nikkor 18-200mm VR) is terribly good for catching fast movement, but it seems to have worked this time.</p><div></div>

<p>A snapshot of my daughter...</p><div></div>

<p>Mum, or is it dad, is coming. They were both feeding their baby birds ...</p><div></div>

<p>Last Friday I drove up to Mt.Rainier for a hike. It was only 3 miles each way, but uphill most of the way in and down back. I hiked up to Fremont Lookout, which I had never been to before. Since it is so dry (75 days without rain in Seattle) the lookout is currently staffed. When I got up to the lookout, after hiking for 2 hours, I realized I had forgotten my sandwich in the cooler that I left in my car. So all I had was water during my break before I went back down. I stopped in the gift shop and bought a large Snickers bar as a reward for my efforts. And I have two large blisters on the backs of my feet to prove it!<br>

<img src="http://hull534.smugmug.com/photos/611469673_uoDUt-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="532" /><br>

Nikon D300 with Nikon 16-85mm lens, Freemont Lookout at Mt.Rainier, at 7,181 feet</p>

<p>Hello and Happy Wednesday.<br>

This was shot with a FE2 and the final print was scanned into the computer. Ilford Delta 100 film at around f8.</p><div></div>

<p >3d like clouds, atmospheric haze and changing scale combine to give your landscape a wonderful depth Chris.</p>

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<p >You must have been very close Arash to capture this beautiful hawk/falcon(?) with the 24-70mm on a full frame DSLR! Well done on a nice capture.</p>

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<p >Wonderful subtle colours in your bloom Leo.</p>

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<p >I love that you have captured the secondary detonations (if that’s what they are) within the main firework. Great shot.</p>