Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #48

<p>No great shot ... just my two feline Photoshop assistants. As usual, sleeping on the job!</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everyone, happy wednesday!</p><div></div>

<p>Good day everyone, taken in Vienna this summer with my D80 kit lens 18-135mm @135mm f/5.6 slightly cropped at the bottom. Thank you for the thread.<br>

<a title="Waiting por kunstmacher, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/4119596873_c5eab40e30.jpg" alt="Waiting" width="500" height="333" /></a><br>

<strong>D80 18-135mm - Waiting</strong></p>

<p>Good day - good captures!<br>

Happy Thanks Giving to those in the US and Canada!</p>

<p>---off to my contribution for this week, which was shot with D80 @100mm f/5.6 1/30th sec with ISO500</p><div></div>

<p>To Richard Armstrong: Sorry to disappoint you, I should point out that neither the D300S body nor the 18-200 Version 2 I used to capture my image for this week is mine. Both are loaners from Nikon USA to photo.net for review.</p>

<p>As we all know, the 18-200 is great for travel when you don't want to carry too many lenses. In this case I was cramped in a small (Zodiac) boat with a bunch of passengers so that it was difficult to change lenses, and having one lens to go from 18 to 200 was extremely handy. For the trip, I also had the 17-35mm/f2.8, 28-70mm/f2.8, 70-200mm/f2.8 VR, and 200-400mm/f4 VR with me. After using it for a few days, the image quality difference between the high-end f2.8 zooms and the 18-200 is very apparent to me.</p>

<p>Of course, with a beautiful scene (and the right photographer :-) ), one can still get good images with the 18-200, especially when we are only looking at small JPEGs.</p>

<p>I know this is getting a bit off topic. I'll discuss the D300S (and perhaps the 18-200) in photo.net's up-coming review.</p>

<p>Shot near Forks, Washington, Setting for the popular "Twilight" book series. Interestingly, the author has never been to the area and the movies made from the books weren't filmed there. Nikon D300, Tokina 12-24mm lens.<br>

<img src="http://swcornell.com/webphoto/fern02_100.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>Werewolf and Vampire Country</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2009/11/25/2009-11-24_Barn_Interior.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /><br>

D40 @ ISO 1600, 1/5th<br /> 18-55 @ 18mm, f/3.5</p>

<p>Hi everyone!</p>

<p>Missed last week's commenting phase - again... Sorry! Thanks to Jeannean, Tiffany B. & James H. for your comments (Yep, kids just love that creepy stuff, and in all honesty we don't have that many kids roaming around in our office-floor :) )! I'll try to be faster with this week's thread, great PiCs again everyone!</p>

<p>My contribution is again another view from my daily path to the office. It's the darkest time of the year, the part of the year when days are gray and nights pitch black, and the snow has not yet fallen to brighten the scenery. This was taken today morning around 8 am.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10245426-lg.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="680" /><br>

<strong>Nikon D50 + Nikon 35mm f/1.8 (@ f/2, 1/40 sec, ISO 400) </strong></p>

<p>And as usual, you can also leave critique for this PiC <a href="../photo/10245426"> here</a> .<br>

Thanks!</p>

<p>Taken just Monday , outside looking into art gallery on Royal Street in New Orleans. I liked the play of the lights and the reflections in the window.<br>

Happy Thanksgiving to all and thank you for the wonderful photos today.<br>

Taken with D300, 35mm f/1.8 at f/4 Iso 200</p>

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<p>My boss and I were in St George, UT last week and we both brought our cameras with us. Unfortunately his brand of camera doesn't qualify him to post here so I will share one of my photos.<br>

This is the LDS temple in St George, UT and I took this about 7:30 at night. With no visible moon at this time of night the very black background helped bring out the white on the outside of the temple. I took a number of other photos from different angles as well. If you would like to see them here is the link.<br>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldgalaxy56/sets/72157622864024956/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldgalaxy56/sets/72157622864024956/</a><br>

Jana Hughes - Really like your picture of the trees.<br>

Erik Christensen - Great portrait<br>

Bill J Boyd - What a wonderful picture. I really like the color of the lake in the background. It helps accentuate the egret.</p><div></div>

<p>Lots of very interesting photos today... great thread again as always!<br>

Fishing in an unlikely spot:<br>

<img src="http://www.ww-web.nl/Images/wednesday/20091122_017w.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D300, AF-D 85 f/1.8. ISO200, f/6.3 and 1/1250th sec. Slight use of the curve tool in CNX2.</p>

<p>Thanks to all those last week who took the time to post comments! Unfortunately, I did not have time to get back. Hopefully this week...</p>

<p>This is my first posting on Wednesday pic, but I have been following the thread for a long time. These pictures are always very nice and interesting.<br>

My pic is taken in La Jolla last week, when I was on a business trip in San Diego. D90, 24mm, F/13.</p><div></div>

<p>Shun, I'm not disappointed, and I'm still smiling:-)<br>

Thanks for the explanation, looking forward to the review. I can also see the difference myself and as you will probably note, f8 and the mid-range of the zoom is it's "sweet spot".</p>

<p>This was shot from my desk opened the window and there she was. She is I beleive a Pacific-slope Flycatcher, for sure though she loves Persimmons<br>

Steve</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Gettysburg</strong> . My first contribution to Nikon Wednesday!<br>

Taken with Nikon D50 and Tokina SD 12-24 F4 (IF) DXII. Taken at 12mm, F10 1/160, Matrix metering.<br>

Taken in RAW 12 bit format and processed in Photoshop Elements 7.0.</p>

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<p>F4, Nikkor 85mm 1:1.8D, Velvia 50, scan (no processing other than resize) of 4x6 print made at Swan Photo Labs at time film was processed. Image captured last month.</p><div></div>

<p>This is what the D700 is capable of, with ISO 3200 and the small flash built in.</p><div></div>

<p>Some very interesting things going on this week.<br />Happy Thanksgiving.<br />-Shane Srogi<br>

Nikon F4s. Kodak TMX 100. Printed on Ilford Paper.</p><div></div>

<p>A street scene from Quebec City. <br /> Cropped slightly, sharpened, colours adjusted.<br>

D70s 1/1250s f8 Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6</p><div></div>

<p>Here is Wednesday Thread again and I am happy to see it. I look forward to this every week.<br /> <br /> This is a pumpkin that a young boy (11) has carved. When there is no candle in it you can not figure out what has been carved. I think that he has done a great job.<br><br /> <br /> Wishing ALL a very Happy Thanksgiving.<br>

phil b<br>

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

<p>Lot's of great ones once again. For now I would single out Jana Hughes, Doug Santo and Dieter Schaefer. Good yob! <br /> <br /> And Mark Mandel, I understand you, as I too have a cat in my house for over ten years now, I know that Pip Squeek was not just a cat, he was family member.<br /> <br /> My photo was taken last Sunday, on a stroll through a park, some leaves were still hanging on, so I took a chance to take some fall shots after all, as fall just flew by me...</p>

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<p>Mark Mandell--sorry about the loss of Pip.<br>

Losing a beloved pet is never easy--<br>

Hope you have a great holiday--Pip would have wanted you to eat lots of turkey!<br>

Paul</p>

<p>There's something magnifent and majestic about an aircraft like an A330 screaming in over your head like this. A couple of weekends ago, on finals at Larnaca, sun very low on the horizon giving a nice glow to the front of the aircraft. Always a fast moving scene, so the <strong>D700 is at ISO 1600, 1/1250 sec at f/5.6, 240mm on the Sigma 70-300</strong><br>

<img src="http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr327/eurocypria/DSC_3334x.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Happy Wednesday everyone. Great images. As usual, only time to comment on a few.</p>

<p>Monika...I love the life...the green on that beautiful little piece of pie you found.</p>

<p>Darko...Beautiful! It looks like you found the sweet spot, for sure.</p>

<p>Erik...Agreed...lovely face. Nice portrait.</p>

<p>Robert...Great portrait. The beautiful and fleeting Fall light.</p>

<p>Richard...Great capture. I just love those little guys...they are much too fast for my sluggish lenses.</p>

<p>Dallas...Nice work! It looks like a tough job, but someone had to do it, eh?</p>

<p>Tony...Wow....uh, wow! Wow...wow....and..um...WOW!</p>

<p>Rodger...Totally works for me...compelling image.</p>

<p>Doug...Terrific abstract..your eye and the stairs.</p>

<p>David...Hilarious! Well done, too.</p>

<p>Wade...Zikes! I am glad that someone was paying attention.</p>

<p>Ray...Well, it's clear who is in charge.</p>

<p>Janne...Love the mood of your image...A great time of the morning.</p>

<p>Here is my contribution...my kids and the obligatory holiday family shoot. When they are in sync, it is a symphony.</p><div></div>

<p>Steam ice breaker Turso in Helsinki.</p><div></div>