Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #4

<p>I will also have to present a technically lesser than usual crop of an icicle picture. The connecting thread is a mystery to me. It was swaying wildly with the slightest wind and this is why I had to go to ISO 1600 and I didn't bother to use my bellows to get a close-up. I regret it now - I think with some luck I could have gotten a better result. Of course, it was roughly - 24 C so I was quickly freezing up and so did my lens which is now in service.</p><div></div>

<p>The above is roughly a 2x crop from a shot taken at 1:2. Location: Nuuksio national park.</p>

<p>Good Wednesday evening!<br /> So may great photos again. Few that I liked the most:<br /> Narayan - Great, surreal feeling in the picture<br /> Dieter - great capture of the hawk<br /> Mike C - those Giraffes are hilarious<br /> Oskar - amazing macro shot<br /> My photo was taken last saturday. It was -22C here, but someone seemed to think it was a perfect day for a swim in the local river.<br /> D700, 24-70mm @29mm, f/5.6</p><div></div>

<p>taken at National Auto Museum in Nevada US with D100 and 24-85 2.8-4 AFD.</p><div></div>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2206786">Narayan Kovvali</a> , my favorite for today, way, way of above everything. And there are many, many great photos today as any Wednesday...<br /> <br /> Thank you <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3949752">Gej Jones</a> , <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5060764">Joseph Leotta</a> and <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4160871">Janne Kaakinen</a> for mention me. It's great to bi noticed among 100s of photos. <br /><br>

As I said, lot's of great photos. I'll mention only few of you:<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3944538">Jeff Lipsman</a> , nice Christmas present, must say. :) And a good use of it, nice photo.<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5576216">Jana Hughes</a> , I love such abstract games, good job!<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4721871">Epp B</a> , great photo! (nothing new about that, right? :) )<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5208951">Mike C</a> , your photo really made me laugh. :D Great one!<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=380414">Oskar Ojala</a> snowflakes are one of the wonders of world, you did a good job photographing them.<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=588669">Dubravko Grakalic</a> , good catch, love the position of a person against camera above! <br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4160871">Janne Kaakinen</a> , great job, clean, nice, simple and good lightning.<br /> <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=1352714">Ertugrul Kilic</a> , good shot, nice contrast between lizard and blue window...<br /><br>

My photo for today is from last Saturday, it was cold and gray winter day. Shot of water mill on Mura river, here in Croatia.<br /></p><div></div>

<p>The Attic. Nikon D50. Tokina 12-24mm f2.8, at 24mm, 1.3 seconds, f6.3</p>

<p>My 95 year old Grandmother, enjoying her coffee and "listening to the universe."</p><div></div>

<p>The Attic. Nikon D50, Tokina 12-24mm 2.8. Taken at f6.3, 1.3 seconds at 24mm. Natural light.</p><div></div>

<p>Cool shots, especially all the great birds this week. For my entry: Snow returned to the High Desert of Central Oregon, and I've got a new AWD Land Rover (new to me). I realized that all the equipment in the world didn't matter if I couldn't get to where I wanted to go. My Hasselblad 80mm lens let me down in the severe cold, so it will be off for a CLA. Meanwhile, my trusty D200 captured this shot with a 50mm f/1.8 AF.</p><div></div>

<p>Mark Gordon: i love it, i love the perspective and the pose. the light is great also.<br>

Tiffany Brooke: i like the processing very much, the model is an angel.<br>

Michael Axel: a bit too cluttered for me, the idea is great but there is a lot of detail in the shot.<br>

Filip Lucin: lovely winter shot.<br>

I took some pictures of a friend, Cristina, a few weeks ago, but only last night i managed to add a touch of photoshop to this particular one:</p>

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<p>The French Quarter was jumping this weekend (Geaux Saints). This was taken at a biker bar down there. Probably a bunch of dentists and architects. 8)<br>

<img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i252/snapshot1219/MFC%20Championship%20game%202010/SaintsVikings1-24_10-111-1.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D700 24-70</p>

<p>New York sunset from Hoboken New Jersey</p><div></div>

<p><img src="../photo/10581831" alt="" />I've been following this forum for months, but this is my first post, with my brand new D700!<br /> Really awesome shots this week - my favourite has to be Andrew Fedon's picture of the Aegean Airlines Airbus... great light, and an interesting point of view - well done!<br /> My contribution this week is of groynes at St. Clair Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand, shot handheld, Nikon D700 and Nikkor 28/2.8.</p>

<p>Another sunny day on the mountain. Well at least the morning was. The clouds closed in and I was very pleased to get a few shots against the blue sky. This is in the terrain park off one of the huge jumps. I'd say this fellow was about 40 or 50 feet off the ground, going very fast. I'm glad my D2x has a high frame rate, I got off about five shots on CH before this guy zipped out of sight.<br>

Nikon D2x, 80-200 AFS at 200 mm<br>

f/2.8 at 1/2500th<br>

Spot metered at +.3</p><div></div>

<p>Hmm. That didn't work at all. Here's another attempt with a lower res version. Sorry for the mucking about... this is my first time!<br>

Shot with Nikon D700, and Nikkor 28/2.8, wide open to get the vignetting. Shot in RAW+JPEG(Fine), Raw processed using Adobe Camera RAW, and saturation and exposure adjusted very slightly using PSE8, </p>

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<p>It has been relatively warm in Maine this week....</p>

<p>a lovely evening in a Taipei Buddhist temple, </p>

 

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10557631-md.jpg" alt="" />

<p>Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AFD at f1.8</p>

<p><img src="http://yblt0q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYMzeky7yMQmYQNqLbPWtl6-6SV7REmfC8Txlmvs7bk8haTVpMVrmN0PeJK_FBTJw5yqsySBd_aZcMEJNUD5Ag7Zlyb0Qc65F/DSC_5096-1.jpg" alt="" width="2592" height="3872" /><br />Just an old bridge i found in some wetlands here in the middle of the desert :)<br>

Nikon D60<br />18mm<br />f3.5<br />1/100<br />iso 1600</p>

<p><img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/Southern-Scrap-Tailgate/DSC0297/641636234_cjG34-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="536" />Ready for the Superbowl! Nikon D80</p>

<p>Coming home across Mobile Bay</p><div></div>

<p>Allow me to introduce myself to this wonderful forum with three submissions. This first photograph was taken early in a modeling session. Throughout the shoot, the subject was brimming with big, bright smiles. Her Puerto Rican ancestry gives her dark eyes and a beautifully warm skin tone. Just about every face and full-body shot was a treasure. But then there was this photograph, taken early on. No smile, no pose. Just an extraordinary portrait of unpretentious maturity with a disarmingly impassive, child-like quality. The observed was observing. More pictures should be taken of beauty at 40.<br>

<strong>Beauty@40</strong><br>

<img src="http://dark-wraith.com/images/Beautyat40.jpg" alt="Beauty@40" /><br>

<em>AF-S Nikkor DX 18-135mm ED-IS f/3.5-5.4 lens mounted on a Nikon D60</em></p>

<p><strong>Matilda</strong><br />The second photograph in my submissions today is of my manx named Matilda. She and her brother, Gabriel, share my place. Among the many unusual characteristics of this cat is that she knows when I am going to photograph her. When she first started posing for photographs, I didn't grasp that she was actually posing. Only after a few times taking pictures of her did I realize it. When she sees me with my Nikon and I am looking right at her, she will go to an elevated place and seat herself, moving from one position to another from shot to shot. She won't do this if I'm taking pictures of people. She's been quite happy since I started using a Gary Fong Cloud I Light Sphere on my SB-600, since the flash isn't as harsh on her eyes, now.<br>

<img src="http://dark-wraith.com/images/Matilda01.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G lens mounted on a Nikon D60</em></p>

<p><strong>Self-portrait, pulp grunge</strong><br />My last photograph of this week began as a failed flash shot. I was doing some self-portraits with a green backdrop so I could try to make a Photoshop action for keying. My SB-600 repeatedly failed to fire (note to self: don't use regular Boom-Boom Bunny batteries), so I got a bunch of RAW images that seemed to be useless. I found, though, that the lack of flash had sent the ISO sky-high, creating very warm, darkly colored captures with my 50mm f/1.4G lens. I took the RAW version of this image, converted it in Photoshop to Black and White, and then leaned <em>into</em> the light and dark curves (Image > Adjustments > Curves) to sharpen the differences between the light and dark areas. Having removed the green backdrop, I then added an industrial grunge background slightly blurred for a 3-D effect on the foreground subject, and the portrait you see here is the result.<br>

<img src="http://dark-wraith.com/images/AlanBlackWhite.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G lens mounted on a Nikon D60</em></p>

<p>Welcome Alan. but 2 of your photos will soon disappear. Their excellent shots, but there is a one photo per person per week rule. Check the rules at the beginning of the Thread. A photo net elf will soon be by I'm sure, and proof 2 will disappear.</p>

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<p>There is a huge wasteland near our apartments. People walk there with their dogs, and I, with my camera.</p><div></div>