Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #9

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<p>Happy Wednesday, everybody. Yes, we're back to the snow, again. But now time it's the snow's slow and steady demise. Here's a 25-foot mountain of it, in a municipal lot where the recent blizzard's leavings were dumped by the hundreds of truckloads. That sooty range is now creating a small river that flows across the asphalt. It's stark, but it speaks of spring - and I'm ready for a change of scenery.<br /><br />Speaking of scenery: let's head around the world. Share an image, and show us what you've been up to with your Nikon gear.</p><div></div>

<p>Carving waves at Rincon Point, California.<br /> <br /> I've been heading up to Rincon every weekend for a month hoping to photograph the Rincon Surf Classic, but it has been rained out every time. Rain is predicted for this weekend too, but here's a shot I took a couple of weeks ago when the sun shone.<br /> <br /> This is with a D700. I'll bring a D300 up next time. The DX format should give me more pixels to crop. The 400mm lens doesn't have quite the reach I'd like.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday, everyone! Andy, Gary, Peter, and Tiffany, thanks for your comments last week on my IR pic. This week I want to share an image of star-trails over Mather Point at the South Rim in the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. This photo was shot at 8:16 pm on Sept 26th, 2009. The canyon is illuminated by moonlight.</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning and HAPPY WEDNESDAY everyone. Texas is still cold and wet. <br>

I tried something different this week. My camera club (Plano Photography Club) sponsored a tabletop shoot last Saturday. My image this week is from that shoot. It is called Black Rim Glassware. Glassware items are arranged in a "black box" and on top of a mirror base and in front of pebbled texture glass. Light is aimed at colored papers placed about 12-inches behind rear of glass. </p><div></div>

<p>An old one. Ek Balam Mexico 2008</p><div></div>

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<p >Forty years before the word cowboy came into existence in the United States, native Hawaiians, tutored by <em>Vaqueros</em> from Mexico and Spain, were riding and roping <em>pipi ahiu</em> on the Island of Hawai'i. As Kumu Hula John Lake so aptly put it in his narration of Edgy Lee’s film "Paniolo O Hawaii", "In Hawaii, the Indians were the Cowboys." <a href="http://www.knudsentrust.org/wellington-ranch2.html">http://www.knudsentrust.org/wellington-ranch2.html</a></p>

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<p >While riding around Kauai I spotted this on top of the gate to the Rocking W Ranch. Later I Googled the Rocking W Ranch and what showed up was a picture of the entrance before the artwork was added. It’s been there for a number of years. Time and the elements have taken a toll on the artwork but I think it still looks pretty good with the clouds and blue sky behind it.</p>

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<p>It's been cold. Just spent the weekend babysitting a house that lost power. Seems like it's been cold and overcast here forever.</p>

<p>This image from 2008... A cold but very beautiful day on the Boston Common, partial snow cover.</p>

<p>I really like the Black and White filter in Photoshop. Shoot in color, then adjust your "filter" for the look you want. This rendering is what the day felt like to me.</p>

<p><img src="http://2under.net/images/nw/nw10-9.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<h4>Boston Common, Sunny Cold Day after Snow -- D70, 18-70 Kit lens. B&W Conv. in Photoshop</h4>

<p>Happy Wednesday. My image is from Pétur Ben playing at the KiFF club in Aarau, Switzerland last Saturday Night.</p>

<p>Nikon D700 at ISO 5000, 70-200/2.8 VR, 1/160s @ f/2.8, RAW pushed about 2/3 stop in Adobe Lightroom 2.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Tuesday night from Seattle. Thanks for starting us off, Matt. Spring is definitely in the air. Followed by a touch of summer from Enrique (great shot) and another beauty from Narayan. Nice shot Thomas. I will follow up with this.<br /> My contribution is from a shoot last week. Though we also got outside for some fun shots, I really enjoyed the studio time.</p><div></div>

<p ><strong >WedNEsDAy PiC #9</strong></p>

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<p >In 2008 I was sitting outside one afternoon after lunch when a visitor dropped by to share leftovers. Set-up quietly and took this shot. The blue in the spoon is the reflection of my wife's top as she peered over to see what I was doing.</p>

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<p >Camera: Nikon D200</p>

<p >Lens: AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED</p>

<p >Settings: 300 mm, 1/640 sec, f/5.6 and ISO 360 (Manual, Tripod, VR off, Exp Bias: 1 EV)</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Everybody,<br>

nice photos already, look forward to seeing the rest.<br>

I am cheating this week, as I have a sick child and I didn't have a chance to photograph anything (well, except few snapshots on a Canon P&S :-)), so I am sending an old photo today, taken in my studio with a wonderful model Indigo. <br>

Nikon D700, 70-200mm, f/2.8; ISO 200, f/8, 1/125s </p>

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<p>View from my front door, last Thursday</p><div></div>

<p>Some recent snow in the southern U.S.-a rare and unusual sight. This is actually a color image.</p><div></div>

<p>I’ve been working on my Macros. I’m trying to decide which method I want to work with. There are so many ways to achieve macros. I have dedicated macro lenses, but this week’s shot is shot with a method called Reverse Lens macro. The lens is mounted with a special Macro Adapter Ring made by Nikon. I can mount any 52mm lens to the this adapter by using the front threads. It simply screws on.</p>

<p > I’ve been working with my two 50mm lenses. The 50mm f/1.4 AF-D & the 50mm f/1.2 AiS. Interestingly the f/1.2 has greater magnification than the f/1.4 – don’t ask me to explain that one because I can’t. Focus is set by putting the lens at Infinity & I try to focus wide open or around f/2.8– then I try to fast move the f/stop to f/16 without losing focus. I stop breathing when I shoot these. ;) Don’t ask me what my dof is because it’s so minimal I don’t even want to think about it. That’s why I shoot at f/16. For this I use the onboard flash with a diffuser created out of a flat side from a plastic milk jug threaded upon the lens. I hand hold the camera needless to say. I’m on the ground crawling moving mm by mm to get to the correct location & focus. That is at about 2 inches from the subject. It’s hard work but I’m enjoying it. I’ve just gotten a 24mm f/2.8 AF-D with which I would have to be within 1 inch of my subject. I don’t know if I can pull that one off, but I’m going to try. T he great thing with doing it this way is that I don’t need a tripod & it’s easier to sneak up on them without all the hoopla attached to the camera.</p>

<p > What I like is the challenge I guess…. </p>

<p >So my EXIFs are<strong>….. D300, 50mm f/1.4 reversed, f/16, 1/80, Aperture mode, -0.3 EV, Matrix metering, ISO 640</strong> </p>

<p >Hope you will enjoy. Lil</p>

<p ><strong>"Face to Face with a Grasshopper"</strong></p>

<p ><strong><img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/v9/p580727154-4.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> </strong></p>

<p>D300, Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4 @ f/5.6, ISO 400, bounced flash</p><div></div>

<p >Happy Wednesday everyone!</p>

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<p >This picture was taken two months ago.</p><div></div>

<p>My last Pelican - for a while. Nikon D80, 18-200mm Nikkor zoom.</p><div></div>

<p>hello Everybody,</p>

<p>I've been absent for a while, just too busy, but recently got out to take some pictures. Here's one of some 'copter blades from an aircraft museum.</p>

<p>Zoltan</p><div></div>

<p>Great shots everyone. Richard ... love the B&W.</p>

<p>I was in France last week. Froze my butt off shooting the Eiffel Tower. Regards to all ... Ray.</p><div></div>

<p>Great perspective <strong>Zoltan</strong> !- and also<strong> Ray</strong> may I add....... !!</p>

<p>Another gathering of photographic interest from around the globe!</p>

<p>Nothing new to report this week so it's back to the vault with this shot of some cockle shells at a boat ramp in the North Island of New Zealand. I like this shot better now than when I took it in 2007.</p><div></div>

<p>One from Italy .... two weeks ago.<br>

<img src="http://thefoodtraveller.smugmug.com/Travel/Italy/Taranto/DSC9551/800915850_pRKve-L-1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Good morning,<br>

On the first day of spring, it stopped raining. I felt a strange and strong optimism as I woke up. I looked out the window and saw this moon.<br>

Some tech specs: 200mm - f/13 at 1,3sec. - ISO 200</p><div></div>

<p>Matt Laur: Dirty snow piles melting away is a sure sign of spring approaching...</p>

<p>Jeff Lippman: Cool action. Well captured and framed.</p>

<p>Narayan Kovvali: Never get tired of star trails. Beauitiful.</p>

<p>Bill J Boyd: Nice composition and colours.</p>

<p>Zoltan Varro: Unusual and very nice.</p>

<p>Matthew Brennan: Like the colours and texture!</p><div></div>

<p>Holy Wednesday my dear Nikon colleagues,<br>

<br /> First of March 2010 was the last day of Subh Holi in other words the Festival of Colors. Hindustani community celebrated their one of important festival all together. Here Mr. Ramdien Sardjoe, Vice-President of Suriname. You may see more photos on my blog post <a href="http://www.ertugrulkilic.com/blog/article/24/subh-holi-the-festival-of-colors-celebration-in-paramaribo-suriname" target="_blank">Subh Holi, The Festival of Colors celebration in Paramaribo, Suriname</a>. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by and many cheers to you all. Regards,<br>

<br /> Ertugrul<br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10756992-lg.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="450" /><br /> Nikon D2Xs, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D AF, Aperture Priority, f/2.2, 1/400sec, ISO100, ExposureBiasValue -0.33</p>

<p>live shot of a band called bangdata.</p>

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