Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #52

<p>Hope everybody has a very Merry Christmas around the world. Nikon D300 with Nikon 200-400mm f4.0 lens. Image details, f11 @ 1/200 second, ISO 200. Shot at 400 mm.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is a shot I took from my car on the way to a bike show. As you can see I quickly got his "permission" for the shot. I thought he epitomizes the look of a laid back Harley Guy enjoying his ride. I shot this with a D300 18-200 at 18mm, s: 1/1000, iso; 200. Hope you enjoy. I know I enjoy looking at everybody's great shots on Wednesday. Have a very safe and Happy New Years to everyone!!</p><div></div>

<p>Ornaments of the Christmas tree here at home. Happy Holidays everyone!</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D3 with 24-70mm lens ISO 2000 HDR 5 exposures<br>

QuickSilver the Persian Cat surveys the Christmas scene at The Edge.</p><div></div>

<p>I simply wish to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas with all that you wish & can dream of. All I wish is for the Police to retrieve my Sigmonster, tripods, Wimberley & Markins heads..... Car is repaired..... But my heart aches for my equipment. At this time - not looking forward to Christmas, but have to pull myself together for our daughter...<br>

Merry Christmas everybody or if more appropriate Seasons Greetings and this thread is as always filled with wonderful shots.<br>

Lil :)</p>

<p>My Christmas offering. Merry Christmas.</p><div></div>

<p>Merry WedNEsDAy & Happy Holidays to everyone!</p>

<p>Such a beautiful collection of photos again! <a href="../photo/10393654"> This one</a> was taken in a car speeding at 100 km/h, heading towards X-mas. Frost on a car side-window seemed like a good place test the lens. (And don't worry, I wasn't driving.)</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10393654-lg.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> <strong>Fuji S5 Pro + Micro Nikkor 85mm 1:3.5G VR (@ f/3.8, 1/160 sec, ISO 2000)</strong></p>

<p>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my Nikon friends. In keeping with the holiday theme, here's a shot from the Holiday Boat Parade in Ft Lauderdale, FL (missed this year's parade, so shot from last year). I do miss the cold weather a little since I grew up in "NuYawk", but glad I didn't get stuck in two feet of snow they got last week. We have a saying down here in Florida, "You don't have to shovel heat".</p><div></div>

<p>Merry Christmas to all!!<br /> A tradition in Winterhaven [one of the older neighborhoods in Tucson, AZ] for 60 years has been the "Festival of Lights" during the holidays. This last weekend, we joined thousands of others to enjoy the holiday cheer. Here's one of the pics I rather liked. Post processing in Lightroom 3 Beta, which did a nice job of handling the noise.</p><div></div>

<p>Have a safe and wonderful holiday</p><div></div>

<p>Calico California.<br>

Happy Holidays!!!</p><div></div>

<p>The Blizzard of 2009 provided some memorable family photos, especially with Ruby, our American Pit Bull Terrier. D700 & Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D @35mm. Imported into LR2 and just cropped</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Holidays...</p>

<p>Joyeux Noel...</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Everyone..<br>

Took this picture at the Basement Jaxx concert last week.<br>

Merry Christmas to all!!!</p><div></div>

<p>Merry Holiday Season everyone. Just took this shot in our hospital cafeferia - each year, one of their staff makes an extravagant Gingerbread <em>village</em> . I think this year it is particularly cute.</p>

<p>I'll be back later to take a closer look.</p>

<p>On a side note, I apologize for last weeks image. After it look Ok on my Mac in the morning darkness, looking at it on a regular monitor it is terribly underexposed.</p>

<p>Ben</p><div></div>

<p>Fun portrait session out in the cold, with one trooper of a model! D700, 24-70/2.8 at f/4.0, 1/100 sec, ISO 200. Tungsten WB. Two strobes: SB-800 camera right, shoot-thru umbrella, gelled with a full CTO and a 1/4 CTO. SB-600 camera left, full CTO.</p><div></div>

<p>Christmas cactus decided to bloom this year. Merry Christmas all.</p>

<p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ssFDt3NdzFc/SzJ4Oarb_LI/AAAAAAAADYI/9GK1xZ0ULSw/s800/20091221-DSC_2719.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="451" /><br>

<strong>D700, 24-70/2.8 @ 62mm, 1/2s, f/16 ISO 200</strong></p>

<p align="center"><strong>A very happy christmas to all!</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.ww-web.nl/Images/wednesday/20091221_035.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Nikon D300, Nikkor-P 105 f/2.5 @ F/4, 1/250, ISO800, no post-processing and some really weird colour-shift throughout the frame.</p>

<p>Beautiful contributions this week as always. Sankha, that cat image is fantastic - great colour and wonderful timing with patience. Rick, I love the dog shot.<br>

My image his week isn't at all about Christmas but is of the Battle of Britain Memorial in Kent, UK. Shot on an FM with a 50mm f1.8 I have been enjoying a return to the basics.</p><div></div>

<p>So I have come to the conclusion that I need dual screens to be able to give some decent reviews for all these wonderful pictures.<br>

A few that really stood out to me:<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=3949752">Gej Jones</a>: wonderful opportunity well used!<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=3736516">Matthew Brennan</a>: you have a lot of patience! Great result<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4768482">Alejandro Held</a>l: great lighting! <br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=5189670">Jeannean Buglady</a>: beautiful Macro!<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=5203249">Jennifer Meighan</a>: Wow! wonderful window shot for sure!<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4151244">Doug Santo</a>: Great landscape! Weren't you cold in those shorts?<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4641068">Greg Kowalczewski</a>: beautiful dog and picture!<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=1472982">James Kazan</a>: absolutely wonderful "cityscape" Where is this?<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4603304">Andrew Kass</a>: really describes the "biker" personality very well!<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=5223897">Raaj Kovintha</a>: great Xmas mood shot<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=23426">Rick Larkin</a>: really makes me miss living in the "snow belt" with our dog</p>

<p>Merry Xmas to all!</p>

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<p>Happy Holidays.</p>

<p>Pfff... I told my self I'd limit my selection to only three images...<br>

It's so hard, lots of good photos.<br /> <br /> So, some of the best IMHO:<br>

Jana Hughes, good job, I like the toning.<br /> Pedro Cardoso, great use of bokeh.<br /> Paul V. Gorky , i just love the red color scene has.<br>

Jennifer Meighan , it's always good to see photo in large format, especially if it's yours photo!<br /> Lawrence Ho , this lenses are so great, and you used them very good to get really interesting photo.<br /> Don Harper , so idyllic scene, vise use of HDR. I would saturate little bit more, bat no matter.<br /> <br /> I must of course say thanks to all of you who noticed my photo last week. It's inspiring to be noticed between so many photos. Thank you!<br /> <br /> Now, finally, the photo! :)<br /> We had heavy snow fall last Sunday, combined with very low temperatures on Sunday (-22C), and of course I went out to shoot. :) So I made this panorama, combined of 8 vertical shots. D80 Sigma 10-20, at 10mm, hand held. Made panorama in Microsoft ICE.<br>

Size of photo that this forum allows is not very flattering for over 180 degrees panorama, so I'll include link to bigger one, if you would like to see it. Thanks for your time and merry Christmas!</p>

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<p>Lil! Are you serious!? I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope your gear is recovered and you can enjoy your Christmas.</p>

<p >Everybody<br>

Great News!!!!<br>

An Officer just called me. He's an undercover policeman with the LAPD.<br>

With my help of where to locate the serial # etc - he knew exactly where to look.<br>

He has my equipment - - they have two suspects in custody.<br>

My equipment is in the hands of the LAPD - sounds like I'm getting the equipment back later today.<br>

Everybody - -<br>

Ross & I are so touched over all the support & help I've received. From Adam on FM who located it on Craigs List to everyone who offered help with equipment to Jimmy who sent in the message to the tip line for LAPD<br>

Thank you everyone - -<br>

It's going to be a great Christmas after all.<br>

Lil</p>