Nikon Wednesday 2011: #31

<p>Alice Ho speaking with her coach during a break in the competition at the Silicon Valley Open USFSA Ice Skating Tournament, hosted by Peninsula Skating Club at the Shark's practice arena.</p><div></div>

<p>Canadian Skyhawks at the Rochester Airshow</p><div></div>

<p>my contribution this week is ears of grilled corn. corn symbolizes life and the bounty of nature in indigenous traditions, while fire symbolizes rebirth. an apt metaphor for 2011, i reckon.</p><div></div>

<p>Good afternoon all, taken last Saturday just before sunrise..</p><div></div>

<p>Great showing today. Found a summer stunt show this week and the 80-200 was just about right.</p><div></div>

<p>Almost missed this Wednesday, oh dear... This one is from a punk gig on last Thursday, the band was called Belgrado, from Spain I think. Excellent stuff.</p>

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<p>Hi All <br>

Great pics again following the loss of my cat a few weeks ago by the way thanks all who posted messages I got a new kitten for the company after the promise of some treats and playtime with brightly coloured feather I finally got him to pose for this shot. I introduce Shadow to you all</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Nikonians. Nice photos as usual. As a Canonite I usually view without commenting, but I just want to say that orange rose is absolutely stunning! Many many others that are fantastic as well, but the rose particularly stood out to me.</p>

<p>Kiawah Island, SC<br>

<img src="http://jld2.smugmug.com/Photonetpostings/Photonet/i-KkkC5Rs/0/L/Kiawah-Island-SC-101July-25-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="413" /><br>

D700 24/70 2.8 @ISO 200 f10 1/500 sec</p>

<p>Cormorant. I was down in FL this April. Shark Valley was devoid of birds; the rangers blamed this "no rain." Wakodahatchee in Delray was very good, and the birds are even more used to people than I've experienced at Shark Valley. This guy (or gal?) sat on the railing with people nearby, even walking a few feet away.</p>

<p><img src="http://2under.net/images/nw/nw11-31.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<h4>Cormorant, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, FL -- D300, 300mm f/4 ED-IF AF, Polar, monopod.</h4>

 

<p>Happy Wednesday everyone. My favorites this week are:<br>

James W's Thunderbirds for the timing<br>

Mike F's starfish for the colours and texture<br>

Kent's grand daughter and Steve B's cat for their expressions<br>

Paul H's Big Cypress for the simple but very effective composition<br>

Ray RG's South Boston for the beautiful light<br>

and Chris S's orange rose for sheer visual "punch"</p>

<p>I have spent all week doing family things and I've taken only snaps. So I thought I'd post another picture of my youngest daughter taken a couple of weeks ago in the cornfields near our home..... </p>

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<p>As usual a lot of good pictures. This week's favorites of mine are:<br>

Jana Hughes, Patrick Porter, John Roswell, Kent Shafer, Roberta Davidson, Chris Speaker, Doug Santo, Chris Wick. See you next Wednesday!</p>

<p>aargh</p><div></div>

<p>Wow,<br>

Lots of excellent images this week.<br>

My contribution this week is a image of a Monk Parakeet.</p><div></div>

<p>Hard to compete with these sharp images, but I'll post one anyway. Don't know about shrooms, but it popped up quick after a hard rain. Had to lay on the ground to get close. Nikon D200 and 28-105 AFD lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Some very beautiful pictures today.<br>

Spent my weekend at a house on Shushwap Lake in the interior of BC. Monday morning was probably the best day for weather and managed to grab this before hitting the road home. Took loads more but this one makes me want to go back the most.</p><div></div>

<p>D.F.~ I always look forward to finding and photographing mushrooms after a good rain...yours is interesting, reminds me of a rice hat.</p>

<p>Rick M.~ great clarity and color!</p>

<p>Chris Wick,<br>

Your portrait of your daughter masquerading as a landscape, or is it the other way 'round, just knocks my socks off.</p>

<p> I looked at your posted pics, and you are lucky to have a group of photogenic women for models, and a very sharp eye for landscape composition. They are a wonderful combination.</p>

<p><img src="http://studio460.com/images/annenberg.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Nikon D3s; AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G</p>

<p>Taken with D300+85/1,8 +3x Ellinchrom BXRi setup :</p><div></div>

<p>David Ralph.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for your kind words. It always feels great when someone likes my pictures. </p>

<p>I tend to think of the one in this thread as a portrait in a nice place, rather than a landscape with a child in it; but its definitely the other way round with some of my work.</p>

<p>I'm very lucky that the girls are happy to pose for me. My own portable (if somewhat unpredictable) foreground interest. Whilst I can claim some credit for the composition, their good looks are all down to their mother!</p>

<p>Chris</p>

<p>p.s. thanks also to Panayotis for giving my picture a mention!</p>

 

<p>Hi guys,<br>

Apologies, late to the party, on Holiday and only just decided to sign up to the Hotel's wireless as the public machines are crowded by kids most the time. Wishing I'd made the decision earlier, man alive, stellar jump in the submissions this week...really...REALLY! impressive.<br>

Here's mine... a Tiger cub, sheltering form the mid day sun in the corner of its enclosure, watching small children with great interest.<br>

<a href="../photo/13936856"></a><em><strong><a href="../photo/13936856">D40X (VR 55-200mm F/4-5.6G) 86mm, F/5.6 @ 1/15s, ISO 100</a><img src="../photo/13936856" alt="" /></strong></em></p><div></div>

<p>Thanks Chris Wick for commenting on my South Boston image. I liked your image very much landscape-portrait :)</p>

<p>Simply an outstanding array of images ... mine is Burwood Road in Hawthorn facing the city of Melbourne, Australia</p>

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