Nikon Wednesday 2013: #28

<p><img src="/photo/17454221" alt="" />Great shots as usual and it is the variety that I find most appealing in this forum. Panayotis "Bobbie 2' brought a smile - "happiness personified".</p>

<p>I recently made a small trip to Florida and mine is an interior shot at Miami airport on my way to pick up a rental car. </p><div></div>

<p>Blue Heron guarding her nest:</p><div></div>

<p>Playing to the camera</p><div></div>

<p>Small lake behind my dads house. Nikon D3, Nikon 28-300 3.5-5.6, 1/500 SEC, F/5.6, ISO 2000</p><div></div>

<p>Nikkor lens and Fuji X-trans sensor</p><div></div>

<p>Some Daisey's in black and white.</p><div></div>

<p>As always some very fine work today! For this week, i broke out an old macro lens and extension tube. Hydrangeas in my yard after a short rain shower.</p><div></div>

Hello All,nice seeing a whole bunch of beautiful shots again this week...

Here are a couple of shots of Skytree in Tokyo...<div></div>

<p>Another image taken with D700 and Nikkor 80-200 mm zoom</p><div></div>

<p>80-200mm</p><div></div>

Number 2<div></div>

<p>Playing around with an older 35mm f2 Nikkor.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm always impressed by the talent in this community!</p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday to you all. My shot is of the bark of a Madrone tree, peeling off to expose newer growth.</p><div></div>

<p>What raised my interest last week? Fireworks, of course! I've got many more traditional fireworks shots,<br /> but here's one of a few 5" shells ready to be hand-fired.<br>

<a title="20130705-2358 by Mark Sirota, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/9253285700_c8f34c8357_z.jpg" alt="20130705-2358" width="640" height="426" /></a><br>

Nikon D700 + 35/2D @ ƒ/3.2</p>

<p>4th of July celebration in San Francisco.<br /> Shot from Treasure Island.<br /><br /><br /><br />D800 with Nikon AF-S 70-200/2.8 VR2<br /> <img src="http://logisoftinc.com/photos/2013/2013_SF2.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>D800 with Nikon AF-S 24-70/2.8 (stitched images)<br /> <img src="http://logisoftinc.com/photos/2013/2013_SF3.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Treasure Island Lady: D800 with Nikon AF-S 24-70/2.8<br /><img src="http://logisoftinc.com/photos/2013/2013_SF1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Slowly I'm learning to think in tones and textures. May yet master the medium of monochrome.</p><div></div>

<p>Wonderful Wednesday everyone ! Lil your water lily is stunning. Panayotis glad that Bobbie is recovered. Wonderful shots of her, love the last 2 .<br>

I find myself with flowers and water again this week. The weather turned from heat to rain, back to heat again. First 2 are flowers in the garden kissed by light mist. The last is well me playing with bubbles again.<br>

All D800 105mm micro . First 2 with extension tubes.<br>

Hope you enjoy.</p>

<p>Day Lily </p>

<p><img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v86/p1756300112-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Mexican Milkweed Seedpod</p>

<p><img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v114/p1725378361-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Bubbles, Drops and Flower Refraction</p>

<p><img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v110/p1872999053-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<p>Recent balloon festival in the Portland, Oregon area. An early Saturday morning launch.</p><div></div>

<p>One more image.</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D700 and 18mm f/3.5 AIS. 1/4 sec @ f/22 plus a 4x ND</p><div></div>

<p>From a recent visit to Maine.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17457829-lg.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="420" /></p>

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<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17457831-lg.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="420" /></p>

<p>Storm over the ocean from the second floor balcony of a friends condo in Garden City, South Carolina. I heard no thunder and you can see stars on either side of the clouds. I did not alter or enhance the colors. The picture is pretty much what we saw.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17457978" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>What caught my attention? How about an airplane crashing pretty much in my back yard? While I didn't see the crash, I ran down to SFO to check out the traffic. With runways 28L and 28R closed, we got to see takeoffs *and* landings on 19L. This is pretty unusual, especially for big jets, because it's a short runway that faces a heavily populated area. This is great for photography because you can get much, much closer to 19L than to either of the 28s.</p>

<p>Granted, I don't have any particularly long lenses so I got to crop everything quite heavily.</p>

<p>This is how close you can get to 19L/1R (it's like a petting zoo for airplane buffs):<br>

<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/9232767667_236336fdf3_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" /><br>

D600 • ISO 500 • Nikon 180/2.8 + Kenko 1.4x TC • ƒ/10.0 • 1/2000th</p>

 

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D600 • ISO 500 • Nikon 180/2.8 + Kenko 1.4x TC • ƒ/10.0 • 1/1000th</p>

<p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/9233730710_4153ab988e_z.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D600 • ISO 1600 • Nikon 180/2.8 • ƒ/10.0 • 1/640th</p>