Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #37

<p>Thank you Joseph, Ian, Ken, Janne, Sjoerd for the encouraging words on my bug pics. I'm trying to photograph other things, but I'm having difficulty ignoring the little critters. I've had an unusually stressful week, and looking through my lens at their world, takes me far away from mine...kind of like the old "Calgon" commercials, but with bugs. ;-) All the pictures here do that too. Thank you for sharing a piece of your world. I'm already looking forward to what I'll see this coming Wednesday.</p>

<p>As always, really great shots. These are the ones that particularly caught my attention:<br>

@René, the Austria shot is seductive. Kind of a snapshot, but more.<br /> @Lil, the IR in the market is other-worldly. Demands a second look and makes you think.<br /> @Anish, again the color is magnificent. And the action. Color + Attractive People + Action.<br /> @Robert, a gorgeous little girl. <br /> @Eric, small boy fearless... Great shot. <br /> @Jose and others, shutter-speed = F.L. works reasonably for 35mm, I double it for APS DSLR.<br /> @Jeannean, the armored bug... Nicely posing, color, interesting creature, sharp. Nice. I like the way the soft background wraps the creature.<br /> @Lex, a great hands portrait... I see character and dignity. <br /> @Ken, Times Square with action, so much going on. <br /> @Louis, Dave with dogs, an excellent portrait, they are so connected to each other.<br /> @PW Franks, just a terrific night/water scene.<br /> @Wayne, I really like the fawn, prancing.<br /> @Leo, a very nice water-drop image.<br /> @Richard A, the portrait of Brimley is terrific.<br /> @Sanford, the B&W motorcycle is positively electric... and fab Chrome! <br /> @Rick D, portrait with two live fish... Memorable and nice.<br /> @William, the heron, with so much going on.<br /> @Benjamin, the Echinacea plant, a) makes me dizzy, b) nice different take on a flower pic., c) terrific color. <br /> @Tim, the leopard in soft light<br /> @Dieter, the blue scene, Haystack Rock with bird<br /> @Roberta, the three monkeys, looking sleepy<br /> @Rodger, the bat picture, I like the X-Ray feel<br /> @Lawrence, bee on yellow flower, sharp bee, softer flower. Nice composition.<br /> @Dan, the brotherly love kids<br /> @James, blue chairs and white walls. I can see the care you invested in the shot. It's lively.<br /> @Joseph, winter horses in VT. Winter light is so nice.<br /> @Phil, Toronto air show, uncovering the shot here in a vertical-scroll is a very interesting twist.<br /> @Cees, the B&W sky-scape is great. <br /> @Shekar, dog portrait, perfect tonality, great subject, great composition.<br /> @Mircea, I like the sunset with just a simple cloud.<br /> @Jose, I like the grey cat image. The eyes, cat's attention on you. <br /> @Tony, those are remarkable colors on the Wisconsin Farm.<br /> @Heather, cherry tomatoes<br /> @Keerthi, the green bug, that's an interesting creature, well-shot.<br /> @Dave W, the Billette Stadium seats, very interesting. <br /> @Luis, red car in motion. <br /> @Thangavelu, a very nice shot of Ladakh.<br /> @Jay, the squirrel is terrific. <br /> @Gary, soft water, rocks, and the lighthouse<br /> @Jonas, neighborhood with very vivid color. <br /> @Aaron, the rider with clouds, a very exciting shot.<br /> @Yuriy, daughter with SB-800 is wonderful, an "old-master" look and then you figure out what she's holding in her hands. Nice.<br /> @Ty, yummy bokeh is really neat. A great idea, and well-done.<br /> @Jam, the Cedar Waxwing<br /> @Raaj, orchid with off-camera flash</p>

 

<p>Well I'm hoping to have time to do my weekly comment before Shun closes the thread..... Busy week & tomorrow's my husband's birthday - - so I had things to take care of.<br /> so without further ado.....<br /> To start with - <strong>Huge Thank You</strong> to those who noted my contribution;<br /> <br /> <strong>Jose </strong> - glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your kind comment.<br /> <strong>Richard</strong> - you are just too kind. I'm thrilled you like it.<br /> <strong>Emilio</strong> - thank you, thrilled you like it.<br /> <strong>Steve</strong> - I am very happy you enjoyed the IR. I think you'd be very happy with your D70 converted to IR. I'm having too much fun with mine.<br /> <strong>Wouter</strong> - you are so very kind. I do appreciate it. My sister loves them & I'm having too much fun shooting them. There's one this I wish was different on that shot, but the only way I can fix that is to go back & try to redo it...... ;-) You try to figure it out. :-)<br /> <strong>Gary</strong> - thank you, I've been experimenting with post processing & this is a new technique I've been playing with.<br /> <strong>Jill </strong> - thank you for your kind words. I'm happy you like it.<br /> <strong>Matt </strong> - thank you so very much. Those are wonderful words & inspire me to push on.<br /> <strong>Joseph Leotta</strong> - thank you so very much, I enjoy it a lot.<br /> <strong>Paul</strong> - thank you so very much. I'm glad you enjoy it.<br /> <strong>Ian</strong> - yes it did get a very special result. I did not "see" that when I took it, but was very pleased when I saw the result. Sometimes it's hard to visualize the IR photos... There was a lot in that shot.<br /> <strong>Ken Yamamoto </strong> - thank you, I love that movie.... it's so "different". I'm very happy with that comment. :-)<br /> <strong>Janne</strong> - glad you like. I have several of them. People don't necessarily like it.... But I do. ;-)<br /> <strong>Sjoerd </strong> - thank you & yes very interesting, noting missing, something got cut... Bugs me. I'm a bit of a perfectionist I guess......<br /> <strong>Richard</strong> - Thank you very interesting comment & I'm glad it made you think.<br /> Now, this week is as inspiring as always. Such a fun & wonderful thing Jose did when he decided to start this. But it also makes me think how much stress it must at times put on Jose to get the thread started for us each week. So as always - <strong>Thank you Jose</strong> for getting us together like this each week. Wonderful thing you've done for the forum.<br /> <br /> Now, on to my task....<br /> <br /> <strong>Jose </strong> - it's so amusing that you've photographed this. Years ago I was organizing a birthday party for our daughter & I was buying Pepsi for the party. Only thing was, the only crates I could locate were the Coke ones. So - I've done this myself. :-) That was my first thought when I saw your fun shot. Anyhow, fun shot with great use of dof. As a Pepsi drinker - Got to Love it. ;-)<br /> <strong>Per-Christian</strong> - huge congratulations to your daughter. Well done by her. Anyhow, fun shot of the red & white plane going one way & the one red & the one white car going the other. Great timing of you.<br /> <strong>Justin</strong> - lovely colors & dof<br /> <strong>Chris</strong> - neat shot, love the B&W conversion. What is it?<br /> <strong>Rene' </strong> - beautiful landscape, looks like amazing scenery there.<br /> <strong>Pedro </strong> - beautiful night shot of the Guggenheim Museum. My sister was there not long ago.<br /> <strong>Shun</strong> - I know that garden. :-) I've used my hand on occasions as well. It's prompted me to consider getting a shade or as they call it in film a "flag". Nice shot of the cacti garden & it looks like the 24mm did just fine. Love the patterns created due to the backlit situation.<br /> <strong>Anish </strong> - another nice shot from the carnival - super intense green. She sure looks like she's enjoying it.<br /> <strong>Bogdan</strong> - neat shot. I love how the eye is drawn in to the boat & seeing the boat on land like that in between the palm trees.<br /> <strong>Monika</strong> - nice landscape, love the creation of depth<br /> <strong>Robert </strong> - super sweet portrait, love the use of dof. The softness just adds to the softness of the little girl.<br /> <strong>Nick </strong> - great shot, on vacation & it's raining. What a statement.<br /> <strong>Erik</strong> - great action shot.<br /> <strong>Ian</strong> - you've presented one of my favorite breeds of dog - a Skye Terrier. I just love them & Boxers. What a character this dog. Love the use of perspective. Very much how a Skye Terriers sees the world - they control it. ;-)<br /> <strong>Matthew</strong> - great depth in this landscape shot. Amazing clouds as well. Beautiful landscape.<br /> <strong>Ton</strong> - beautiful artsy shot<br /> <strong>Darko </strong> - great action shot<br /> <strong>Jeannean</strong> - great macro, love your use of dof.<br /> <strong>Richard</strong> - lovely shot, love the colors & the story.<br /> <strong>Ilkka </strong> - beautiful moody & elegant macro. Love it.<br /> <strong>Susan</strong> - lovely wedding shot. Bet you the couple love it.<br /> <strong>Barry</strong> - love the play of shades<br /> <strong>Lex </strong> - amazing story in this detail shot. I just love it as it makes me think of my grandmother.<br /> <strong>Ken</strong> - makes me feel like I'm walking there on the street looking up.<br /> <strong>Alejandro</strong> - lovely dof & softness to this macro.<br /> <strong>Eric</strong> - neat shot & I simply love it.<br /> <strong>Kent</strong> - amazing - just love it..... Softness & children seem to go hand in hand.<br /> <strong>Louis</strong> - such a love story this shot conveys. Lovely<br /> <strong>PW Franks </strong> - what a beautiful night shot - love the reflection etc. Just lovely<br /> <strong>Hamish</strong> - great action shot.He's so totally concentrated on what he's doing. Fun<br /> <strong>Wayne</strong> - simply beautiful. Love it<br /> <strong>Sjoerd </strong> - neat shot & it's amazing she didn't burn herself.<br /> <strong>Leo </strong> - love the dof & softness of the shot & the reflection. Neat shot<br /> <strong>Richard </strong> - just a beautiful portrait lovely post processing<br /> <strong>Randy </strong> - what an amazing sky you must have had that day.<br /> <strong>Aguinaldo </strong> - I just love how this shot drags me in deep. Lovely colors<br /> <strong>Sanford </strong> - beautiful B&W conversion in this neat shot<br /> <strong>Rick</strong> - fun shot for sure. You have a great daughter.<br /> <strong>Ray </strong> - nice pano - I've got to learn how to make one....<br /> <strong>Jim</strong> - now there's a fun shot of a face only a mother could love. ;-)<br /> <strong>Jeff </strong> - neat shot of a wave<br /> <strong>William</strong> - great fishing shot of that GBH. That's one great meal he/she got.<br /> <strong>Benjamin</strong> - lovely macro, love the colors & the use of dof to show off contrasts.<br /> <strong>Gwen</strong> - nice shot. Like the feel it conveys.<br /> <strong>Jon </strong> - love the perspective on this one<br /> <strong>Joe</strong> - nice landscape<br /> <strong>Albin</strong> - welcome to posting & interesting silhouette<br /> <strong>Paul </strong> - awesome sight I'm sure. Angle accentuates size of the horses.<br /> <strong>Kemal</strong> - nice detail on the dresses. Love how it feels like I'm the one looking down.<br /> <strong>Carey</strong> - love the angle of the shot. So used to seeing shots from street level. This is a nice change.<br /> <strong>Tim -</strong> don't know if it's a night shot or inside or what, but I love the fact that it makes me feel it's a night shot. Like seeing it awake during the night.<br /> <strong>Dieter</strong> - probably one of the most beautiful seascapes I've seen in a very long time. Just love it.<br /> <strong>Jon </strong> - beautiful night shot. Is that a river with a moon reflection or clouds?<br /> <strong>Matt </strong> - wonderful silhouette shot.<br /> <strong>Roberta</strong> - I love the fact that the three of them all do different yet the same things....<br /> <strong>Nimesh</strong> - love the moment in time you caught<br /> <strong>Rodger </strong> - very different & artsy. Neat.<br /> <strong>Lawrence</strong> - nice macro, super neat result due to dof.<br /> <strong>Richard</strong> - lovely colors & reflections behind the Loon. Amusing that the bird is so gray & the background so colorful. Interesting opposits.<br /> <strong>Mike</strong> - something made me think of the movies when I look at this shot.<br /> <strong>Ofey </strong> - lovely macro<br /> <strong>Kim </strong> - lovely silhouette framed landscape<br /> <strong>Charles </strong> - those plaes look too close, but it's probably an illusion. Neat.<br /> <strong>Doug </strong> - do you have a 4th grader? I was there with my daughter & her class when she was in 4th grade. he looks very happy to be there.<br /> <strong>Robert </strong> - interesting effect with that crop. Love the warm colors.<br /> <strong>Dan </strong> - super sweet portrait of the boys. One to frame & treasure for sure.<br /> <strong>Paula </strong> - for sure they are. Love how they're keeping an eye in the different directions.<br /> <strong>Thomas</strong> - love this shot. Colors & "stuff" pulling us in. Interesting & artsy.<br /> <strong>Christopher</strong> - beautiful sunrise over the desert.<br /> <strong>James</strong> - you have me curious. What is this institution? A college or what? It's very artsy & modern there. You are getting neat shots.<br /> <strong>John</strong> - congratulations on the BE. Very nice.<br /> <strong>James</strong> - artsy shot.<br /> <strong>Joseph</strong> - oh how I remember those days...... Nice shot of the horses in the winter scene.<br /> <strong>Phil</strong> - fun shot.<br /> <strong>Cees Maas</strong> - beautiful landscape.<br /> <strong>Keith</strong> - makes me think of photos from when I was a little girl. Very nostalgic.<br /> <strong>Wayne </strong> - what a sweet face. Lovely<br /> <strong>David</strong> - an appropriate story for the time.<br /> <strong>Joseph</strong> - sweet shot of a lovely cat. Enjoy, we lost our Flicka this year four months shy of 18. So please treasure.....<br /> <strong>Bryan</strong> - now that brings back memories from my childhood & going canoing..... I don't want to revisit.<br /> <strong>Filip</strong> - I really like this shot. Can't explain why - I just really enjoy it.<br /> <strong>Emilio</strong> - beautiful portrait.<br /> <strong>Shekar</strong> - lovely portrait of the dog. Is it a Collie or a Sheltie?<br /> <strong>Janne</strong> - amazing greens in that shot. Feels so fresh & inviting.<br /> <strong>Mircea </strong> - lovely sunset shot<br /> <strong>Steve</strong> - love the light & color you got of that sunrise. I have not seen a so desaturated red sunrise since I left home. Beautiful<br /> <strong>Jose</strong> - that's one tough looking cat. Do not mess with him. Raw herring should do it. :-D<br /> <strong>Tony</strong> - lovely light over that landscape you got.<br /> <strong>Tom</strong> - so much of interest in that shot. Inviting<br /> <strong>Steve</strong> - beautiful landscape<br /> <strong>Heather </strong> - love the play with dof. Beautiful colors.<br /> <strong>Kiem</strong> - beautiful portrait of your daughter. Love it.<br /> <strong>Alex</strong> - nice shot of your friend.<br /> <strong>Wouter </strong> - I love the play on perspective & I love the play of light & darkness in your shot. Not only fun, but elegant as well.<br /> <strong>Keerthi</strong> - what a cute little fellow. I love the result due to the dof, gives it a very special look.<br /> <strong>Jesse</strong> - neat angle of the shot<br /> <strong>Dave</strong> - too neat a shot.<br /> <strong>Jim</strong> - now that's a fun shot. That must have been too much fun to watch.<br /> <strong>Luis</strong> - artsy for sure, but also a tad psychotic.<br /> <strong>Zoltan</strong> - lovely shot from inside Notre Dame, where it's very dark...<br /> <strong>Thangavelu </strong> - it took a few moments for me to realize just how large this mountain is. I had to look hard to find the people & buildings in the shot. Must have been amazing. Lovely shot.<br /> <strong>Tiffany</strong> - neat shot of the horse<br /> <strong>Jay </strong> - that's one cute little fellow<br /> <strong>Gary</strong> - beautiful long exposure seascape. Peaceful & inviting<br /> <strong>Waldemar </strong> - such a happy & warm photo of the couple. Such a joy.<br /> <strong>Mikhail</strong> - another beautiful shot from a fjord. Beautiful<br /> <strong>Jonas</strong> - that's such a beautiful peaceful little town. Where is that? Looks like a wonderful place to live.<br /> <strong>Shane</strong> - interesting & almost scarily intriguing shot.<br /> <strong>Jens</strong> - lovely harbor sunrise. Most definitely brings me home.<br /> <strong>Deep Vishy</strong> - Now that's what it looked like when all my neighbors kids were taking sailing lessons back home. Nice....<br /> <strong>Amy</strong> - super sweet portrait.<br /> <strong>Aaron</strong> - inspiring<br /> <strong>John</strong> - different & neat angle shot of the cars<br /> <strong>Hiro Matsu</strong> - lovely dof of this lovely cat<br /> <strong>Antonio</strong> - what a wonderful dog portrait<br /> <strong>Mark</strong> - neat sunrise<br /> <strong>Yuriy</strong> - fun take in this portrait on taking a portrait. Sweet<br /> <strong>Ertugrul </strong> - beautiful seascape<br /> <strong>Kris</strong> - love the post processing on this one.<br /> <strong>Jill </strong> - amazing shot, such a story. Love the processing as well.<br /> <strong>Finlay</strong> - fun play of dof.<br /> <strong>Evan</strong> - what a happy family portrait<br /> <strong>Igor</strong> - a story, a statement - artsy<br /> <strong>Draganco</strong> - neat action shot<br /> <strong>Lance </strong> - artsy<br /> <strong>Bernard</strong> - I have to tell you .... That shot gives me nightmares....... Those are scary.........<br /> <strong>Ty Yang</strong> - super neat & fun shot. Well done shot<br /> <strong>Jack</strong> - nice shot, I have a similar location at a Japanese garden here & I use the same angle. Fun... Lovely landscape<br /> <strong>Steve</strong> - interesting place & the angle & post processing adds to that.<br /> <strong>Biniyam</strong> - lovely protrait<br /> <strong>Jam Passion</strong> - beautiful shot of the Cedar Waxwing<br /> <strong>Barry</strong> - not that's action packed.<br /> <strong>Wade</strong> - lovely, is that part of a celing?<br /> <strong>Rafael </strong> - beautiful landscape awe-inspiring....<br /> <strong>Raaj</strong> - beautiful shot of the orchid<br /> <strong>Paul</strong> - love the story that goes with that very powerful photo<br /> <strong>Jeffery</strong> - action packed, love the retro feel due to post processing<br /> <strong>John</strong> - that's a wonderful wedding memory. Beautiful<br /> <strong>Robert </strong> - the nicest shot I've seen of Alcatraz<br /> <strong>Elliot</strong> - now that's a shot of the wave slamming into the boy's back. Neat action<br /> <strong>Eric</strong> - wonderful capture & one to treasure. I hope you have that printed & framed. Wonderful story.....<br /> <strong>Adam</strong> - very appropriate for the time....<br /> <strong>Max</strong> - love the motion & selective freezing in this shot.<br /> <strong>Paul</strong> - beautiful shot of a beautiful bride</p>

<p>Well I think that's it. I hope I did not miss anyone. I can't believe it - - it's almost Wednesday again..... At least I went shooting Saturday so I have some new stuff..... Off to post process....<br /> Another wonderful week forum. I'm thrilled to be a part of this forum.<br /> Lil :-)</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone, for sharing these fantastic images with us. A small weekly peek of what is happening througout the world.</p>

<p>A special thank you to <strong>Wouter</strong>, <strong>Matt</strong>, <strong>Monika</strong>, <strong>Joseph</strong>, <strong>Jeannean</strong>, <strong>Ian</strong>, <strong>Sjoerd</strong> and <strong>Lil</strong> for your nice comments. I'll carry them in my heart. Another thank you to Lil, and all you other guys who compete with her task of commenting all other photos. It's so impressive, and I am so grateful that someone is taking their time to do so. I also want to try this some day, but alas, the time is going so fast, and suddenly, Shun is closing the thread. Maybe next week...... ;)</p>

<p>I would not even dream of nominating the "best pic" this week, as they all are so great in their different ways. However, it seems that I this week am in a kind of "portrait mode" as the portraits by <strong>Eric, Kent, Rick, and Ty</strong>, as well as <strong>Jim </strong>and <strong>Jose</strong>'s animal portraits and the blue landscape submitted by <strong>Dieter</strong> are those that stand out a little bit more than the rest for me this week. </p>

<p>See you tomorrow, guys!</p>

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<p>Thanks to Joseph Leotta, Ian Rance, Ken Yamamoto and Lil Judd for your kind words and to everyone for the great photos<br>

See you tomorrow</p>

<p>Thanks to Lil, Matt and anyone I might have missed for the kind comments on my shot of Brinley. It's been another superb thread.<br>

See you tomorrow!<br>

Dick</p>

<p>Its tuesday, sometime aafter midnight the new thread starts.<br>

What to post? I better make it a good one. Everybody else is just too good.<br>

I'm sure tommorow will be great.</p>

<p>Thanks Lil, very nice IR. Looks kind of haunting & spooky, like it a lot.<br>

@Joseph, still looking forward to more Arthur Ave.</p>

 

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<p>Its tuesday, sometime aafter midnight the new thread starts.<br />What to post? I better make it a good one. Everybody else is just too good.<br />I'm sure tommorow will be great.</p>

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<p>Joseph, I have exactly the same thoughts - panically looking through my images in Lightroom just now!</p>

<p>I'm leaving work in a few minutes and have a camera with me. (the D200). I better go find something. The pressure is too much. Why don't I have a macro lens? Not many landscapes in the Bronx. This used to be fun. there are too many great photos on the wednesday thread. Mine's gonna stink. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.</p>

<p>Maybe a Bear will eat me ( see off topic) , If only I won the lottery ( see Casual con)</p>