Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #10

<p>Took advantage of a warm day at the Eastern Shore to do some photography at Assateague National Seashore. <br>

D90 with 70-200, 2.8, handheld, 1/5000 at f22.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday all! This is my first post here and is a shot from my home of Naramata, British Columbia. It was shot with my Nikon F55 film.</p>

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<p>Here is mine. D3, 85mm f/1.4 white reflector to fill in shdows:</p><div></div>

<p>A little something to look forward to, now that the snow is finally going. Taken with my D300, Sigma 30 mm at f2, 1/2000 sec, iso 200.<br>

Have an excellent week!<br>

Dick</p><div></div>

<p>Here's my pic for this week. First composite star trail...</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D700 + 80-200/2.8 ED <br>

at f4, 1/640 sec, ISO 200.<br>

This winter has been a real "old time" winter also here in Central Finland. During the last five winters some of the winters have been very mild tempered and without lots of snow, well, this winter has brought more than enough of snow and frost. I think that this has been the same for most of the northern hemisphere.</p><div></div>

<p>Rick, I greatly admire your pelican shot...that dark background really makes it "pop" as they say.<br>

This one is dawn at Huddle Bay, Lake George, New York<br>

Must confess it was shot last fall but I like it and haven't shown it anywhere yet.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy wednesday!<br>

Especially Richard Karash and BM Mills, many congratulations!</p>

<p>For me, this week I haven't touched my Nikon all week.... I did spend quite some time with the newest toy, a Fuji F70EXR, but obviously that will not count here. Rain spoilt the remaining days...<br>

So one from a week back. The very first tourists of the year visiting the Greek theatre in Siracusa (Sicily), getting caught by their tourguide.</p>

<p align="center"><strong>Cheese!</strong></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.ww-web.nl/Images/wednesday/20100227_219.JPG" alt="" /></p>

<p align="center">D300, AI'ed Nikkor-P 105 f/2.5</p>

<p align="center">1/1250s - f/4 - ISO200</p>

<p>(By the way, indeed the p.net editor does not accept the < center >, very correct since it's a depricated HTML-tag. Instead, use < p align="center" >)</p>

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

<p>Lots of fantastic photos as usual every Nikon WedNEsDAy but today plus amazingly beautiful news too... Please accept my apologizes missing your wonderful photos many times.</p>

<p>I appreciated for Tiffany Brook and Durukan Payzanoglu's comments to my post last week. Thank you.</p>

<p>Dear Tiffany I escaped and saved few hours but lost the game at the end. My face, my head was totally in red and received more unexpected attacks with powdered paints... Please don't ask me photos ;)</p>

<p>Dear Durukan, you welcome for shooting Subh Holi. It's really another great Hindustani celebration.</p>

<p>I saw many excited news. <br /> Dear Richard Karash, my greetings to you and your first granddaughter.<br /> Dear B M Mills, congratulations and my best wishes to you and your wife. <br /> Dear Durukan, we have sons with same name. Mine is little big ;) <a href="http://www.facebook.com/poyrazkilic" target="_blank">Poyraz Kilic</a> . I missed to write it when you post his first photo last year.</p>

<p>Kite surfer on muddy Suriname River water. Taken last Sunday. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by and many cheers you to all. Regards,</p>

<p>Ertugrul</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10789490-lg.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Nikon D2Xs, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D AF, Aperture Priority, f/8, 1/500sec, ISO100, ExposureBiasValue -0.33</p>

<p>Got a D90. From my first batch</p>

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<p>I made a mistake while entering my son's fan page on Facebook. Here is corrected link :<a href="http://www.facebook.com/PoyrazKilicOfficial" target="_blank">Poyraz Kilic</a></p>

<p>Here is my today's contribution.</p><div></div>

<p>Enjoyed the beautiful photos ... all of them.<br />Richard Karash - Congratulations!<br />Gej - Some Yanks believe he said, "Damn! The torpedos! Full steam ahead!" :-)<br />Lil and Alejandro - I only like stink bugs in pictures.<br />David - I love fog pictures, especially on the water.<br />Dieter - Wonderful close-up. You even made a vulture look good.<br />Jennifer - Lovely and simple.<br />Sanford - Heartbreaking<br />Monika - Love the colors.<br />Pascal - Yum!<br />Aguinaldo - Never knew egrets could be so aggressive.<br />Greg - Love the colors<br />Kent - Breathtaking buildings<br />Marc - Love the B&W<br />Richard Lanthier - Good capture. Even the cow looks like she's eyeing the child.<br />Tim - Spectacular! Lovethe colors<br />Jon - Love the snow, especially in B&W<br />Nick - That's a funny looking bird.<br />Jeff - Love the motion and lighting. Good capture.<br />Filip - Love the concept.<br />Joe - WOW!</p>

<p>Mine is just a late afternoon picture of some cat tails before the sun set on Mobile Bay.</p><div></div>

<p>Many more to look at...wonderful!</p>

<p>Greg...Nice shot. Great handling of the light and whites. Looks very successful to me.</p>

<p>Jens...Nice capture. The static and motion are nice against each other. The muscles in the sharp fighters arm tell the story and continue the motion. Nice job.</p>

<p>Dieter...Yes...my fave this week...for sure. Aptly named...he really looks like a griffin. Amazing clarity and capture of character.</p>

<p>Sanford...1000 words....what a sad sad story. Great shot.</p>

<p>Durukan...Hardly subpar! Beautiful image. Sad and sweet. Lovely soft light. Great shot. I am sure that it was hard to hold the camera and not your son. Ah, the things we do to get the shot.</p>

<p>Rick...Fantastic colors and capture!</p>

<p>Aguinaldo...Very nice...looks more like yoga to me</p>

<p>Greg...Ooh la la! Gorgeous!</p>

<p>Lawrence...Really nice job. Looks so simple, but I know if I attempted it, the results would be quite different. I REALLY should read that book.</p>

<p>Alejandro...Hand held? Wowza! Nice job.</p>

<p>Gary...Great face! Really wonderful against that blue.</p>

<p>Christopher...Thanks for your comments. You have an amazing capture of an amazing place. We never got that view when we went to Glacier. So, thank you for taking the time to send out a little piece of your paradise...really beautiful.</p>

<p>Bal...Very nice. I love your lighting...I mean nature's lighting and your handling of it.</p>

<p>Richard...Lovely! Simple, beautiful. Perfect spring shot.</p>

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<p>Nikon D3 f1.2 55mm lens ISO 400 1/1600 sec<br>

Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland</p><div></div>

<p>Lake Tahoe, California</p><div></div>

<p>Barry Fisher - I play Irish flute also. Where did you catch up with Hammy? Great pic.<br>

Anish - very cool cityscape.<br>

Richard Lathier - That is a just a great photo. Full of contrast.<br>

Joe Walsh - Awesome sunrise - great job.</p>

<p>Attic</p><div></div>

<p>Beautiful pics again. Those really standing out for me are:</p>

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<li>Richard Lanthier: lovely scene, intriguing, cute</li>

<li>Grant Tanner: nice vintage, rusty, dirty feeling conveyed</li>

<li>Tom Serio: hahaha, that bird! very nice capture</li>

<li>Roberta Davidson: so much great water pictures for weeks now - this one i really liked, great effort, great results</li>

<li>Gary Leighton: happy & beautiful</li>

<li>Alpo Syvänen: great lines and light!</li>

<li>Joe Walsh: simply stunning (any post-work?)</li>

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<p>In contrast to last week's billboard submission (hope it at least triggered some thoughts... Peter Rafle, thanks for your words), an Australian sunset.<br /><br /> Was hoping to post a pic from this week, but not interesting enough to share. Took my camera into a club last saturday, which was interesting and fun :) Not the best pics yet, i really need to start use and master flash...<br /><br />Anyway, here goes. Walpole area, SW Australia this winter. Travelling is great. Loved the clouds - and freedom!<br /> <img src="http://www.monkeyphysics.com/photos/DSC_0638.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <strong>D90, 18-200 VR @ 55mm, f9, 1/320, iso 200, -3 EV to get silhouettes and more colors of the sky</strong></p>

<p>Here are my personal favs from this thread :</p>

 

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<li>Narayan Kovvali - that is indeed a beautiful shot</li>

<li>Vineet Rajasekhar - Great portrait of a beautiful lady</li>

<li>Rick Moran - great shot!</li>

<li>Aguinaldo de Paula - wow, the shutter speed of 1/8000s makes it so sharp!</li>

<li>Michael Burnett - another great shot! Looks like a doll to me rather than a live animal :-)</li>

<li>Roberta Davidson - probably the artistic shot of this week</li>

<li>Bal Soora - you've made her skin look so beautiful, this shot is a candidate for a skin cream ad :-)</li>

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<p>Happy WedNEsDAy everyone. So many good pictures this week. Here's my contribution this week. I've been on a bit of a black and white kick lately.</p><div></div>

<p>"any post-work?"<br>

John, I use Lightroom and I did slide the Vibrance to 40 which is pretty routine for me. No saturation slider. (I never use it.)<br>

Pic was pink and blue out of the camera (RAW)<br>

Thanks for the thumbs up.</p>

<p>Thanks, Tiffany, for your compliment. I admire your portrait skills and, to be able to shoot good portrait pictures, you definitely know how to manage light. To me, It's frustrating at times trying this but it is so rewarding to see a decent shot coming out of the camera.<br>

To the other newbies (though I am a newbie myself) ... the book is a very very good investment, considering how much we spend on gears.</p>

<p>Great shots everyone! This is an old relic that I'd driven by several times without a camera on hand, and when I did this time I was happy to see what the weather had done to help!</p><div></div>