Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #53

<p>I just have time to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR<br>

I am posting from the Apple Store in Zurich on the way to the airport<br>

This is a shot of the Old Town Square in Prague </p><div></div>

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<p ><strong>Pelicans in Paradise</strong> I found this Pelican while driving around Pensacola, FL. I later learned that the “flock” was inspired by Pensacola News Journal president & publisher Denise Ivey after seeing a similar event in Portland, Oregon. A total of 41 pelicans were commissioned. All proceeds from sponsorship and merchandise go to benefit the News Journal's Newspapers in Education literacy program and anyone thinking about “moving” a Pelican might want to think twice, including the “perch” they weigh about 520 pounds. This guy is named Tail of Two Cities.</p>

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<p>Malta palace at sunset. Asia is seen through the window.<br>

D300 35mm f1.8 Nikkor.</p><div></div>

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<p>Equipment: Nikon D300<br>

Lense: AF-S DX 18-135f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED<br>

Focal length:18 mm; F/14; Exposure time- 1/40 sec</p>

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<p>Hasta La Vista Jose, even though I "know" your won't be going anywhere but further down the list on Wednesdays. Thank you for your efforts and especially your images. [Matt, you got a tough act to follow]<br>

Christmas Morning always belongs to the kids, even if they're covered in fur.<br>

D700, 24-85 @ 85mm, cropped a bit in LR2.6</p><div></div>

<p>Another wednesday and the last of this year. Happy new year in advance to all and my best wishes to Jose Angel. This time I am posting a picture taken on last wednesday at the merimack riverside at sunset.<br>

Details - Nikon D300, 18mm, 18-105mm VR, f/9, 1/100s ISO 200, tripod mount and post processing warming filter.</p><div></div>

<p >The shots that captured my attention last week <strong ><em >included</em></strong>.</p>

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Aguinaldo de Paula Outback nightscape (great idea and capture)

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Hans Schrama Christmas Glass (beautiful colours and clarity)

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James Kazan City nightscape

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Lawrence Ho Amazing Overhead Shot (great floor pattern and colours)

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Paul V. Gorky Miniature City Nightscape

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Richard Karash Our world really is really round

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Sen C Tiger Cub in Mum’s mouth

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Steve Lyon Christmas Car (eye-catching lighting arrangement)

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Tiffany Brook Christmas Card (outstanding)

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Tim Holte Sea Gull down on its luck big time (great viewpoint)

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<p>Thank you Hans for your kind words regarding the shot of my dog (WedNEsDAy PiC #52). <br>

Lil, I am glad that your roller coaster had a happy ending.</p>

<p>To all, the very best for 2010! I hope the year will bring you what you wish it to be.<br>

José, thanks very much for the thread. I'm sure it is in safe hands, but it will be different to start with a dog instead of a bit of Spain ;-)</p>

<p>Getting a package of cigarettes to light the fireworks:<br>

<img src="http://www.ww-web.nl/Images/wednesday/20091228_108wed.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D300, AF-D 35 f/2.<br>

ISO800, f/2.8, 1/160. Edited and converted to B/W in Capture NX2.</p>

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

<p>Opal in Fl</p><div></div>

<p>LOL, Wouter you`re right... for sure we will have very good retriever pics. BTW, one of my sister`s thoughts is... "t<em>he world is divided by two kinds of people... those who like dogs, and the others</em>" (she use to be a bit drastic). I`m glad Matt belong to the first group... ! :)</p>

Hello forum and "happy new year" to you all. I just start to enjoy my Christmas present (from my wife). No much time yet, but the first results start to revile. D300 + Lensbaby Composer 50mm, F2, 1/4000 ISO 400 :<div></div>

<p>Nikon D2X 28-70mm at f8 for 1/250 second ISO 100<br>

Studio Portrait</p><div></div>

<p>My picture this week is of my nephew Gabe (aka The Dude, or Duder, or El Duderino if you not into that whole brevity thing) on his first Christmas.</p><div></div>

<p>My daughter recently added a room to her home, and of course had to get some new furniture. She bought an exciting brushed steel coffee table with a wonderful radiating pattern, so I had a ball shooting it!</p><div></div>

<p>Woke up early today to shoot the sunrise. Current conditions in Toronto -8 celcius 81% humidity.<br>

Jose, Thank You for starting and maintaining this forum.<br>

Cheers</p><div></div>

<p>Thank you Jose!<br>

Happy New Year all!<br>

Fine work on display this week.<br>

-Shane<br>

Frozen Stream in Evergreen Colorado. Nikon F4s Fuji Velvia.</p><div></div>

<p>I live near George Washington's boyhood home and this is one of the structures from that time. The Rising Sun Tavern is noted for being a center of revolutionary ferver; it's owner, William Weeden, became a Continental Army General and led the Virginia troops at Yorktown. Nikon D100 with the 18-200VR lens @ 66mm.</p><div></div>

<p>For my first Nikon posting this image was taken with an F2AS on Kodak VC160 using an 85mm Nikkor 1.4 lens.</p><div></div>

<p>This has been a wonderful forum, and I, like many others, have appreciated Jose's dedication to get it going each week. My parting shot for the year was taken on a gray day from the rotunda of the Texas State Capitol.</p><div></div>

<p>My sincere thanks to Jose for his dedication to the forum this past year. This is a great weekly thread. After digging out from the Blizzard of 2009 (at least by DC Metro area standards), my family headed south to the Outer Banks to finish the year on the beach. There are plenty of photographic opportunities. This Ocracoke sunset was taken from the ferry ride back to Hatteras island. Season's greetings and Happy New year to all.</p><div></div>

<p>Jose, thanks for your work on this thread. Though I've only come to it recently, I enjoy it quite a lot. </p>

<p>My contribution this week is from Christmas night at my uncle's house. His new puppy was ridiculously well-behaved while we ate dinner, and then a fine model after we finished.</p><div></div>

<p>taken at Point Reyes Lighthouse in north of San Francisco, California, on the Christmas day ...</p><div></div>

<p>Happy New Year everyone! This week's contribution was taken at the Ocean City, MD inlet. Nikon D90, 18-200 mm at 35mm, f4.2, 1/6.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="../photo/10420872" alt="" /> Happy New Year to everyone. I did not have anything new but this one is from my Fall trip to the Yukon in Canada late September 2009 - not far from Haines Junction. I used my D300 and the Sigma 10-20 mm lens which is fast becoming my favorite landscape combo. You do have to watch out for distortion especially if the camera is not level.</p><div></div>