Nikon Wednesday 2013: #18

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<p>A good spring Wednesday to everyone. Though the season has a green reputation, some of our local trees start out with decidedly <em>red</em> leaves. The one with the worst fashion sense is the local redbud, which shows that new red folliage alongside garish purple blossoms. It's the plaid-and-paisley of ornamental trees.<br>

<br />But the leaves are a good backlighting challenge, so out came the step ladder. Needed a stop of exposure compensation to handle the leaf detail against a brighter cloudy sky. So? Let's see what you've been up to!<br>

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<p>A Florida gecko at the Naples Botanical Garden</p><div></div>

<p>Our local tulip festival kicks off next weekend, so to beat the crowds we headed down there last weekend. Not much for tulips this early, but the kids enjoyed the tire swing. Immensely.</p><div></div>

<p>Pella (Iowa) has some interesting architecture. Here's a window detail from the old opera house.</p><div></div>

<p>And lastly, some of the early tulips. There were a few out!</p><div></div>

<p>Houma Plantation on the Mississippi River near New Orleans.</p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody.<br>

Here is a shot from a foggy morning in Monterey, CA, harbor.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everyone - well many of you know I have two hobbies, photography & horseback riding. Well, while riding I suddenly realized there are new species of birds (my favorite subject) flying around me. So I've started trying to get close to some new species. These are crops, but I'll keep at it & hopefully one day I'll get better shots & closer of them. Looking forward to seeing everyone's shots<br /> All shots taken with the D300 & the 300 - 800mm f/5.6 Sigma Sigmonster....<br /> 1. Western Tanager - male - brand new bird for me...<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v92/p1570433008-5.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <strong> f/8 @ 800 mm, 1/1250, ISO 800, -1/3 EV</strong><br /> <strong><br /></strong>2. Phainopepla - don't ask me to pronounce that ;) & also a new bird for me - This is the female<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v95/p1570433106-5.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <strong> f/7.1 @ 800 mm, 1/1600, ISO 400, <strong>-1/3 EV</strong></strong><br /> <strong><br /></strong>3. and this is the male - hoping for better light on him the next time....<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v76/p1570433060-5.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <strong> f/6.3 @ 800 mm, 1/1600, ISO 800, <strong>-1/3 EV</strong></strong></p>

<p>Sunset on Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA, on 26 April 2013.</p><div></div>

<p>Fans of the Allman Brothers Band will know the songs "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Little Martha".<br>

Here's where the titles came from. </p>

<p>First, Elizabeth Reed...</p>

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<p>Here's Little Martha...</p>

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<p><img src="/photo/17223772" alt="" />Mine is a digital altered image where I created the colorful background but the twig is an original image.</p><div></div>

<p>River Creran, rain.</p><div></div>

<p>This was just a twig under a smaller maple. i gently dug it up and put in the cup in the photo and kept it watered. In early March I noticed the very end of the stem started bulging ever so slightly and a week later, voila leaves started uncurling. I think it will make it.<br>

Nikon d200, 50f1.4d</p><div></div>

<p>A delicious fish dish at a restaurant in Somerville, MA:</p><div></div>

<p>here's a shot from the national arbor day foundation dinner in omaha nebraska. focus was on the nametag, not the caesar salad.</p><div></div>

<p>Dinner time, yummy!</p><div></div>

<p>Green-Winged Teal, D7100 with 500mm/f4 AF-S @ f8, 1/640 sec, ISO 250. I stopped down to f8 to gain a bit of depth of field. The 24MP D7100 represents huge magnification so that it is hard to get both the eye and wing in focus.</p><div></div>

<p>Two with D600 + 105/2.5 P AI'd - windows light in a restaurant <br>

<img src="http://www.graphy.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/adrian.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Adrian<br>

<img src="http://www.graphy.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bogdan1.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Bogdan</p>

<p>Finch and bee, on Pride of Madeira plant</p>

<p>Nikon D7100 with 500mm/f4 AF-S @ f5.6, 1/1000 sec, and ISO 400</p><div></div>

<p>Although I keep shooting every week, most are family and friends portraits... Only three landscapes on the past week (so rare on me to shoot landscapes with a smal format camera); this one another salt lake and warehouse (that I gave up for loose... I used to love this beach when I was young. So happy the area has been cleaned and protected).<br />Nikon F3 + 50/1.4AiS, f8 or f11, FP4+ (100ISO) on straigh D76, developed to be traditionally printed.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi Folks, been following this nest for awhile watching the chicks grow.<br>

Thank for looking.<br>

http://www.slopoki1.com/<br>

<img src="http://www.slopoki1.com/Nature/Hawks-Ospreys-Eagles-Kites/i-RQr2Qxp/0/XL/D30_5509-XL.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D300 w 300/4 afs and tc-14e</p>

<p>Met in Ft. Myers, FL.<br>

<img src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/bobdein/03-05-13Melcopy_zps75e6d5af.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="560" /></p>

<p>Nikon D90, Tamron 17-50 @50mm.<br>

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/bobdein/03-05-13Melcopy_zps75e6d5af.jpg</p>

<p>Sankaty Head Light, Nantucket.</p><div></div>

<p>A good Wednesday morning to all. Such wonderful shots today. Very Inspiring indeed.<br>

My first shot is that of a lady who lives just down the street from me in Ashland, Oh. who has a day care in her home. Weather permitting, she takes her charges along with her dog, for a walk. I shot this one yesterday. Hope you enjoy. </p><div></div>