Nikon Wednesday Pic 2011: #15

<p>I finally remembered to post one on a Wednesday!!<br>

Disclaimer: No animals were injured in the taking of this picture; afterwords was another story. (No, actually there were no injuries then, either)</p>

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<p>From the festival. We have crowds of people invade our small town. The estimate of the influx is about 300,000. I live only a few blocks from the festival grounds, and the crowds were really annoying before I developed an interest in photography. Now I have lots of fun with my camera. Was happy to have my Tamron 18-270 lens to be able to zoom in on people at a distance or out at those close by. </p><div></div>

<p>Lots of great work as usual. Here are my thoughts on a few <br>

Frank B. ~ Cute!<br>

Hamish G ~ Wow. All of those water drops are stunning, but that very large spider is awfully creepy! Great image.<br>

Shun C ~ Nice. I have had daughters playing softball for the past 12 years. Now my oldest has graduated, and my youngest no longer wants to play. I am really going to miss the ball park this spring!<br>

Kent S ~ Adorable little lambs. Perfect as Easter nears.<br>

Rick D ~ Congrats to your daughter's friend, and to you for capturing it!<br>

James K~ Lovely...almost makes me miss snow<br>

Bogdan N~ Love the expression on the little girl on the right<br>

Keith J~ Are those baby squirrels in the glass? I'm sure your cat would much prefer them as a snack!</p>

<p>Wonderful pics as usual. My favorites this week are:<br>

Hamish's spider<br>

Jana's dancer<br>

John's stone circle<br>

Mark's silo - great composition<br>

Nicolaie's dog - love the expression<br>

Jennifer's portrait<br>

and nice first post Matt T!</p>

<p>I took this week's photo (of my nephew) on the seafront near Brighton. </p><div></div>

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Nikon D3s 24-70 2.8 @24mm, 1/200, F2.8, ISO L0.7 Nikon SB900 1/4 Power triggered with PW's</p>

 

<p>Yes, those are indeed a pair of baby squirrels. We now have a total of five of them taking up temporary residence with us. Since my step-daughter works for a vet clinic, we never know what she may bring home.</p>

<p>John Pender<br>

I just wanted to comment on the fantastic photos this week. They are All great.<br>

I thought the portraits by all who submitted are very nice.<br>

Elliot I'm a native Pittsburgher so you know I enjoyed yours. <br>

Kent those lambs are way too cute.<br>

Alex the timing chain is incredible. Too bad the outside of our engines don't stay as clean. :-)<br>

Phil Burt that shot of the two bulls is my favorite. Just great.<br>

Have a great week everyone.<br>

John</p>

<p>Hi all, really great photos!</p><div></div>

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Rope</p>

<p>w/ Nikon D300</p>

<p>Just got an old Nikon 5.8cm f1.4 lens and it looks at home on my <a href="http://hull534.smugmug.com/photos/1251026156_rMwjq-X2.jpg">old Nikon F</a>...photo taken with my Nikon P7000.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://hull534.smugmug.com/photos/1251026156_rMwjq-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /></p>

<p>I just arrived in Georgia for a family visit preceded by a 15 hour car ride and jumped right in to a family card game. The south is really enjoying the thrust of Spring. Great shots displayed today as usual.</p><div></div>

<p> Last Saturday night, Rated PG Roller Girls Vs Oil City Derby Girls<br /> D700, 80-200mm, 1/250s f/3.2 at 80.0mm iso2000<br>

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<p>Hello, everyone! Great photos today!<br /> I was just pulling out of the driveway to take my dog for a walk, when I saw deer grazing across the street. I had my D90, but not with a zoom -- just the 35 mm f1.8. Since the deer was very trusting (or very brazen), I've managed to get really close and the picture has required a very minimal crop (to get rid of the blown out sky in the right upper corner.)</p><div></div>

<p>Part of a test roll for my latest Nikon F, a bargain bin beater bought for 5 bucks. I imagine those burger prices were about current when the F was shiny and new.</p><div></div>

<p>Lensbaby Macro Flower</p><div></div>

<p>Great photos fellow Nikonians. University of Delaware Track and Field Invitational, Newark, Delaware, this past Saturday. 100 meter Hurdles race. My daughter is third from right. </p><div></div>

<p>Power went out just before I got home and it just came back on<br>

Special thanks do Tanya Doug and Allan for commenting on my snail family<br>

I wish that I could of posted a larger file you could really get a feel for the slime</p>

<p>Hamish G - very cool shot of the spider.<br>

Alex Z - I'm an automechanic - that IS a very clean engine.<br>

Elliot B - love the timing of your photo of Johnson.<br>

Doug R - nice PS work!<br>

Nicolaie C - very cute dog - nice angle of view.<br>

Chris W - cute kid.</p>

<p>Here's my contribution for this week - anyone want to guess where my family spent last week?</p>

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<p>Long Beach, CA D200 can't recall which Nikkor lens. <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/478009927_9676a4f0de_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" /></p>

<p>John: The outside of the engine isn't so bad (altho it was getting a bit of an oil bath)… the outside of the car is /filthy/. It did finally rain this morning, so it almost looks clean… but black cars are a pain to keep clean.</p>

<p>For the rest: THANKS! Getting everything apart was /easy/ in typical German fashion, but there are many more pieces than I'm used to.</p>

<p>Happy wednesday/Thursday, -until next Wednesday, all</p><div></div>

<p>Here's what caught my eye this week, plus more.<br>

Hamish Gray, the bubbles really make it an unusual spider shot.<br>

Alex Zepeda, very nice still life turns mechanics into art.<br>

Miha Hadl, I love his expression with the eyes almost crossed.<br>

Ray Gosalia, nice seperation of the subject bldg from the other distractions.<br>

James Kazan, nice snow scene, just enough color to add depth.<br>

Kris Bochenek, simple portrait with nice gesture caught my attention.<br>

Doug Rice, it's funny but because of the twisting it looks like two different people at different points.<br>

Tim Holte, nice enviromental portrait, I could see this published in Outside magazine.<br>

jf zhang, dinner!<br>

Mark Parks, very nice tonality across full range.<br>

nicolaie costel, very cute with his head cocked, what 's going on here?<br>

Jennifer Meighan, fun expression caught my eye.<br>

Dave Lee, wow I miss that camera, so many adventures, Got my first used Nikon F when I graduated from high school. Caving, diving, mountain climbing, river rafting, canoing, and wonderful nudes, that camera shared it all.</p>