Nikon Wednesday Pic 2010: #23

<p>Abandoned corral near the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah.</p><div></div>

<p>Great photos, everyone is contributing very high quality, interesting pics.<br>

Nikon D3, 70-200mm f2.8, 1/1000, f2.8, 125mm, iso 200</p><div></div>

<p>Great bird pictures this week.<br>

Here is a picture from a trip to Bristol.<br>

D90 + 18-200mm @ 18mm, 1/10s, F6.7 ISO800</p><div></div>

<p>Here is picture of a local Hunter Robin.</p><div></div>

<p>I was at Laguna Seca Raceway, taking pictures of fast moving objects, when I looked down, on the hill next to me and saw these little flowers with the sun shining through them. <br>

Nikon 75-150mm F3.5 AIS, Fuji Provia 100 , ( Probably about f3.5 )</p>

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<p>Hello, Fellow Nikonians !<br>

This wednesday I was very busy, taking pictures at the Carmo Archaeological Museum, in Lisbon, Portugal, and I decided do share one of them with you.<br>

It is located in the very scenic Ruins of the Old Carmo Church, that have survived the Great Lisbon 1755 Earthquake. The beautiful sculptures in the foreground are a work of the Italian sculpture Giovanni Antonio Bellini.<br>

I hope you enjoy it and visit this unique museum sometime in the near future.</p>

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<p>Trying out my new Sigma 10-20 wide angle..this is a marina near my home in Belmar NJ..late day sunlight.</p><div></div>

<p>Mike Mixon ..very cute idea..great shoot..congrats on your new baby! Looks like he/she will have good humor in the home.</p>

<p>This one was taken last year.<br>

My comuter with photo editing SW is dead. My new computer will here next week. :(</p><div></div>

<p>Trying Digital infrared on my D70. This is an early attempt from this past weekend.</p><div></div>

<p>Street Scene</p><div></div>

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<p>Is this cliche? The dog is recovering from hip surgery, and having a cage-mate made him very happy.</p><div></div>

<p>So many great ones!</p><div></div>

<p>Tiffany - thanks for the comment. I agree that the herding breeds are really special. It's really neat you are able to document the growth of this new family.</p>

<p>Doug - great shot of the woodpecker. We have a tremendous variety of birds on our farm in SE Ohio. Every time I see a shot like yours I want to dig out the old tripod and see what I can find.</p>

<p>Great shots, everyone! Here's mine for this week.</p><div></div>

<p>Flower.</p><div></div>

<p>Some lovely photographs, many of which made me smile. I was out hiking and snapped this shot with my Nikon D80. </p><div></div>

A mosque with a stainless steel dome at Putrajaya, Malaysia's administrative capital. D90+Tamron 17-50 2secs f/5.6 ISO200.<div></div>

<p>Hope we make it back before dark...</p>

<p>NIKON D2Hs, 1/320 sec, f/4.5, ISO 400, EV -2/3, Nikkor 12-24mm f/4 @ 12mm</p>

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<p>Nikon D700 • Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 ZF • ISO 200 • 1/250sec • -2/3 EV • f/2.8</p>

 

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<p>The postings this week are terrific. I'll just mention a few that particularly caught my attention:</p>

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<p>Matt, your starting image is intriguing. </p>

<p>Richard Snow, elegant photo of the two rings.</p>

<p>Dietr Schaefer, a great bald eagle shot.</p>

<p>Enrique R., bear with two cubs</p>

<p>Aguinaldo de Paula, I like the perfect silhouette with the ships in the distance.</p>

<p>Nina Myers, whatever it is, it's very nicely lit and rendered.</p>

<p>Bob Dein, great color in the "after the rain" image.</p>

<p>Jeannean, the Katydid is terrific. Color, pose, everything.</p>

<p>Martin Z., your cat is really great.</p>

<p>Doug Santo, elegantly done church interrior.</p>

<p>Kevin Delson, that's quite a shot. Grows on me. </p>

<p>Roberta Davidson, I like this week's water drops. </p>

<p>Pramod Beligere, the hummingbird with glowing flower.</p>

<p>Bill J. Boyd, your egret</p>

<p>Nick Doronin, your fuzzy guy in sepia</p>

<p>John Williamson, back-lit flowers.</p>

<p>Mary Fenton, the boats in late day sunlight.</p>

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<p>Taken a few hours ago, I was having fun working with the 35/1.4AiS, trying to <em>tame</em> that "glowing" effect when shooting wide open. I definitely like it, but it`s somewhat hard to predict; the highlights and exposure have to be strictly controlled to get something interesting. Under direct sunlight I find most of my pics to be on the wild side. I find it very interesting in portraiture.</p>

<p>BTW, I was surprised that even being extremely cautious while focusing (yes, I`m aware of <em>that </em>focusing issues), many of the pics were <em>absolutely</em> out of focus. I need to test it more deeply.</p>

<p>D700 @ 200ISO, 35/1.4AiS wide open, 1/1000 sec.</p><div></div>