Nikon Wednesday Pic 2010: #40

<p>Good Wednesday people!<br>

Had a wonderful warm and sunny Sunday! A very welcome surprise after all this rain last weeks, even if the sun disappeared again later in the day.<br>

Went to Scheveningen Beach and saw these colorful seats high up at the Pier. You can see the beach and all the people enjoying it in the reflection above the seats.<br>

Nikon D700 / 85mm 1.4</p><div></div>

<p>Here is mine for this week...</p><div></div>

<p>Cliche alert! Just a swan - taken after a broader view I'd been asked to do for a local society.</p><div></div>

<p>This was just one of those rare, really lucky moments I guess.</p>

<p>Walking in Milan a couple of weeks back I came across a graffiti-covered door with a big old bolt on it. I came up close to it in order to inspect and see what to focus on and what I wanted from images of it (my original concept was to cross the road and shoot it from afar). Curiosity made me look through the bolt-hole, and (with allowance for a mild crop and a few modest levels adjustments) this is what I saw...</p><div></div>

<p>Elements of the game.</p><div></div>

<p>Had a couple of nice sunsets here at the South Coast last week - so I went to the beach for some shooting. Naturally, the sunset wasn't nearly as good as ones the day before and the day before that but still not a bad one at all. Most of the time we don't have clouds and the sun just sets without any drama in the sky at all.</p><div></div>

<p>I just love ISO400 on D90...</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday! Here's one from the D90, ISO 200, 1/5 @ f/8</p>

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<p>I have been enjoying the weekly show even though I have not had a photo to enter myself. This week I have used some print film so I can enter once again and for this I used my Pronea S with the 35mm f/2 AF-D lens. Just an Autumnal scene that caught my eye.</p><div></div>

<p>My brother-in-law.</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for the comments on my cicada wing last week. Great group of photos already posted and looking forward to the rest! I spotted this Green Darner sleeping under this bush. This was taken just before sunrise. I liked the softer colors with natural light. Nikon D90/Sigma 150mm/1.4x teleconverter @ 1/350, f/8, ISO 1600.</p>

<p><img src="http://jeannean.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v14/p495774916-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>This is the bride's brother running to bring her the bouquet for pictures. One of those young teenager gangly looking moments before he becomes a handsome man.<br>

Nikon D3 with 24-70 at ISO 800 f2.8 and 1/4000 sec.<br>

Now, I'm off to a rainy Arlington National Cemetery to videotape the memorial service for an army helicopter pilot killed in Afghanistan. He leaves behind his wife and 3 young children. I get to share the happiest and saddest moments with families each week.</p><div></div>

<p> The weather here in Fl. has finally cooled to the low 70s. I asked my wife if she would like to go for a walk with me in the new park close by. I told her I was going to look for something to shoot. She gladly came along. We were told there were some Owls on the one side of the park. It was getting dark and I couldn't see anything. Then my wife heard the owl and spotted him. It got dark quick but I got one good shot. Nikon D3, 300 2.8, F 2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO 800, EC +1 step</p><div></div>

<p>Great shots everyone! I came home a couple of weeks ago to find this guy taking a break on the glass of my front door.</p><div></div>

<p>My submission is from the past weekend, looking for fall colors at the border of NH & VT. Following route 123 and which crosses into VT. This is 8 image panorama, actully was hoping to get reflection in the water but due to wind and cloudy weather didn't get reflection.</p>

<p>Nikon D90, 70-300mm VR @ 70mm 1/20 f16 ISO200<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v_Hx1NTKpoc/TKvGtJMNv9I/AAAAAAAABz0/g8y5sDWGKOk/s800/Panorama_8images_1_web.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

<p>Hello all<br>

An angel, from Recoleta Cementry in Buenos Aires.<br>

D300 + 50mm 1.4 - ISO 200 - F 2.2 - 1/2000</p><div></div>

<p>This is the right bank of La Seine, in Paris. I got lucky - the International Space Station was a bonus.<br>

<br /><img src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/bobdein/photo-net/10-06-10.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="467" /></p>

<p>Nikon D90, NIKKOR 35mmf1.8, f8 for 1/8 sec., ISO200</p>

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<p>Great images so far today. And thanks for the kind words last week from Bill Nelson and Greg K.<br>

This week's image was taken in the historic Hotel Lafayette in Buffalo. The hotel was designed and built for the 1901 Pan-American games. I was granted access for some pre-renovation photos and happened across this scene.</p><div></div>

<p>From a youth football game this past Saturday: a stellar effort and a very good example of focus and concentration (pass was good for about 30 yards).</p>

<p>D700 + AF-S 300 VRI, ISO 6400, 1/400s @ f/2.8</p><div></div>

<p>@ Andrew F: very cool A340 shot - the lighting is perfect.</p>

<p>I was walking my dogs last Saturday after a storm and saw this rainbow forming. I hustled the dogs back in the car and drove to a spot where I could get a better vantage point. I had about ten minutes to document the ebb and flow of the rainbow. </p><div></div>

<p>This week I decided to post a shot from my recent sailing trip off the coast of Maine. This was taken on our second night out, while on a mooring off Isle Auhaut. I was hand holding the camera, since using a tripod on a gently bobbing boat has but little use. Matt and Tiffany.............Beautiful shots to start off the thread.</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks to Greg K for his comment on my photo last week. After looking at it agin, I agree with you regarding the hexagonals. I appreciate the feedback Greg!<br /><br />My favorites so far:<br />Matt L<br />Pascal B<br />Bogdan N<br />B M Mills<br />Lester R<br />Dieter S<br />Martin Z<br />Rick D<br />David J - really funny<br />Tim H<br /><br />My pic is of a bush with berries on a very windy day.<br />D90, Sigma 10-20 lens 1/6 sec at f/22.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday! Have been looking for fall detail pictures and here is a recent one from an old wooden bridge.</p><div></div>

<p>Here's a shot from a recent walk around the South Main district here in Memphis.</p><div></div>