Nikon Wednesday Pic 2010: #42

<p>This was taken in Goa, India in a beach where water sports are available.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Everybody,<br>

a photo of some paper cranes made by my friend Kate. <br>

Taken with Nikon D700, 24-70, f/2.8@ ISO 200, 1/200s, f/3.5<br>

Have a lovely week.<br>

Jana </p><div></div>

<p>I love my new fisheye! Late night skate session in Bakersfield CA, D2x, Nikon 10.5 @ f2.8, 1/250th, 800 ISO, with SB600.</p>

 

<p>Winters back! 5 months after it left. This is taken on Saturday. <br /><br />Collecting ice-spikes in a blizzard.</p><div></div>

<p>I love my new fisheye! Late night skate session in Bakersfield, CA. D2x, Nikon 10.5mm @ f2.8, 1/250, ISO 800, with SB600.</p><div></div>

<p>Haello everyone...<br /><br />Here's a photo of a stag that I took at Richmond park. As this was the first time I've actually taken photos of "wildlife", I was quite excited about being out there up close to the stag to be able to capture this image.<br /><br /></p><div></div>

<p>Looks like Wednesday is off to a great start as usual! Thank you Doug, Jeff, Martin, and Tony for your mention of my contribution last week. As I've been fighting a nasty cold over the last while, my photo for this week is from last month when I was working on improving my shallow DOF technique. As usual, one of my canine companions gladly endured the session in exchange for some treats and toy fetching. I find that this gal of mine blends in so nicely with the autumn surroundings, but then again, I am a bit biased when it comes to my dogs ;)</p>

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<p>A backyard in Hoi An taken through a shop from the old main street.</p><div></div>

<p>Well known character holding the moon!</p><div></div>

<p>Mitchell Park, Durban, South Africa</p><div></div>

A freezing moonlight, near Banff / Alberta.

Thank you.<div></div>

<p>good morning wednesday<br>

Really eyecatching snap so far, love to watch.<br>

This is my contribution for the week....</p><div></div>

<p>It's finally cooled down in Arizona. Captured at almost 6PM. Thank you.</p><div></div>

<p>Tony: I'm glad you mentioned the Orton technique. I'd never heard of it before (I'm terminally unhip about any remotely new techniques). Seemed simple enough to mimic the steps in my old copy of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7. Sure enough, it worked beautifully on a portrait of friends I'd taken last weekend.</p>

<p>The final effect is similar to the very simple and usually attractive "glow" filter in Picasa (which I use a lot for quick 'n' dirty tweaking of snapshots of friends - most folks really don't want razor sharp pix... that's mostly a photographer fetish). But the digital version of the Orton technique offers plenty of potential for adjustments without being unnecessarily complicated like so many portrait retouching processes I've tried. I could even go back to the background layer to retouch some blemishes and it blended in more smoothly despite my hamfisted technique with a mouse. And the final image has plenty of detail where I want it - eyes, eyelashes, etc. - but very forgiving in snaps of folks who haven't had a chance to touch up their makeup or comb their hair.</p>

<p>I don't drop in on the Wed Pic threads very often but I usually learn something from reading the descriptions other folks are using.</p>

<p>Lovely photo Vince.. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3569404032_f0f6468ccb_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" /> Footnotes - D200, 17-35</p>

<p>F5, 24-85 AFS, ADOX CMS20 B&W film</p><div></div>

<p>Jeff and Tony, Great photos.<br /> Mine are from sunday noon, the sun blinds automatically pulled out, but one.<br /> Had to get it.</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning, everyone.</p><div></div>

<p>Great pictures as usual today and educational opportunities too. So far I've been inspired to Tony to learn about the Orton process and by Ton to look again at Josef Sudek's beautiful images.</p>

<p>This is a hay bale maze at a recent farm festival. There seemed to be an extraordinary number of twins, triplets, etc. playing on and in it. ;<)</p>

<p>D700, 24-70 @ 38mm, ISO 400, 1/250 @ f/5.6.</p><div></div>

<p>My Nikon Film Cameras - I'm getting rid of these so putting them together for a final 'get-together' {:<]<br />Photo taken with a Nikon D2Hs 35mm f1.8 @ f8 1/30 sec ISO200 Sunpak Ring Flash (thus the ugly halo)<br />D2Hs also getting long in the tooth, so will need to be upgraded (ideally with a lighter one and newer tech - still a Nikon of course!)<img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd54/czar_pac/My_Nikon_Film_Cameras_01.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>In the spirit of Halloween...<br>

I found this guy hanging out in my backyard this week.</p><div></div>

<p>with all the hoopla over the D7000, nobody's paying attention to its little brother, the D3100... </p><div></div>

<p>Good morning to all. This is a picture from my early morning stroll on New Smyrna Beach Fl. I liked the fall colors. Not a lot of leaf changing pictures here to photograph. Nikon D3, Nikon 80-400 VR, 400 MM, F/9, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, EC -1 step</p><div></div>

<p>Frisbee game at night</p><div></div>

<p>This is strictly some playing around for me, I didn't get out at all and I used a photo from some time back and messed around in Aperture and Photo Frame to get this. I was trying for something artsy and modern. Any opinion?<br /> All of the photos today look really great, Wednesday is a wonderful day for this.<br /> phil b<br /> benton, ky</p><div></div>