Nikon Wednesday 2013: #38

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<p>Hello Nikonistas! A good Wednesday to all. It was a good Tuesday, because it included a trip to a local orchard on a crisp, cool day. Frustratingly, they're going to make us wait another few weeks before we can lay hands on their Staymen apples. But based on what I saw, they're going to have plenty - the trees are just loaded with them this year. Must go cheese shopping! Shot something that will be tasty at some point soon? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>shot this last weekend.</p><div></div>

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<p>My neighbor Alicia has been busy making new piñatas, including this one I spotted outside just a couple of hours ago. I think this one will be Princess Merida. But while I was taking photos the Todd Rungren song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=812W6aDSoqQ">"Black Maria"</a> kept running through my head.</p>

<p>These were handheld in one hand with a flashlight in the other. Am I fan of image stabilization? You bet.</p>

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<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17531199-lg.jpg" alt="Moon on her mind" width="536" height="800" border="0" /><br /> I tapped the piñata to make it swing gently.<br /> I also tried this with the SB-800 flash on strobe RPT but didn't have enough time to get the desired effect.<br /> Nikon V1, 10-30 VR @ 10mm, ISO 800, 1/2 sec @ f/4</p>

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<p><a href="/photo/17531198&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17531198-md.jpg" alt="Black Maria" width="680" height="680" border="0" /></a><br /> Nikon V1, 10-30 VR @ 13mm, ISO 800, 1/4 sec @ f/4</p>

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<p>Good Wednesday morning fellow Nikonistas!</p>

<p>Thanks for your comments on my last week's photos! Some more dog shots from me again on this week, surprise surprise... :) This time here's two shots from a "forest expedition" with couple dog friends of ours.</p>

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<p>...and this is how our little one should look like when she grows up.</p>

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<p>...oh, and I experienced my first memory card failure on that same set... Camera created "art":</p>

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<p>These pretty flowers grow next to our porch. Last evening as the sun was falling toward the horizon and the air was chilling down, it struck me that these blooms are giving the last days of summer everything they've got before fall ushers itself in this weekend...</p>

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<p>Our local Ashland County, Ohio fair is going on this week so I have been walking around every day there checking things out.<br>

First shot is a driver and his trotter warming up for the up coming race. It looks like I caught the horse with all 4 of his feet off the ground at the same time. Of course I planned it that way. Sure I did!! </p><div></div>

<p>A girl and her lamb. Ashland County, Ohio fair. </p><div></div>

<p>Have a nice Wednesday my dear friends! Went for a swim to Halkida- Evia, and on my way back the sun was setting. Took a couple of pictures and I thought I would share them with you. Take care!</p><div></div>

<p>shot n.2</p><div></div>

<p>shot n.3</p><div></div>

<p>Here's a candid thing from a family photo shoot this week.</p>

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<p>Neighborhood beautification groups have planted sunflowers here and there along Woodward Avenue in Detroit. I shot this with a Coolpix P7000 held as high as I could reach, with fill flash. I suppose its seeds will be tasty soon.</p><div></div>

<p>I decided to play with my F6 and some Kodak BW400CN film. I love this stuff, it scans so nice.</p>

<p>Water dragon, and stick.<br>

<img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-ZGZBFX2/0/O/C41_BW_4_23.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="471" /></p>

<p>Hey you kids, get out of that mud!<br>

<img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-5N5ntwB/0/O/C41_BW_4_27.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

<p>Some berries being eyed by a ladybug?<br>

<img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-8Pd5T2p/0/O/C41_BW_4_34.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="520" /></p>

<p>All images, <strong>Nikon F6 on Kodak BW400CN film.</strong></p>

<p>Good Wednesday everyone, great work so far! Just trying to keep summer going a little longer with this one.</p><div></div>

<p>Painted Church in Dubina, Texas. This was built by Czech settlers in 1887.</p><div></div>

<p>Went to a family gathering for a older cousin, a professor of photography, last week. Told him I'd bring the equipment so he could be "in the pictures" for a change. Relied on my 800's resolution and low light capability to wander around making available light images. Here, our host, a dedicated pool-shooter, gives a lesson in applied geometry to the next generation. D800, ISO 1000, 70mm @ f/3.5, 1/80, then cooled off a smidge in LR.</p>

<p>And the image is . . .</p><div></div>

<p>This Thai meal was so good that I'm going to make it again soon!</p><div></div>

<p>Not really something I'm going to eat, but I have seen the green herons snatch dragonflies out of the air for a light afternoon snack. These are from a recent trip to the park with my son, who also served to catch and hold the first guy steady so I could get the shot. <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17531416-lg.jpg" alt="" width="650" height="650" /><br>

Eastern Amberwing (a very small dragonfly)<br>

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An Orange Bluet, who was patient enough for me to slither through the damp grass to get close enough to use the 60mm macro. <br>

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A mating pair of Rambur's Forktails. They also come in orange. </p>

<p>@Jon - that looks delicious!</p>

<p>Spent a few days in NY city last month. This was taken at Hells Kitchen Flea market. Some people dress up to go to the flea market. Nikon V1 shot while hanging from my neck as he passed.</p><div></div>

<p>A pair of Snow Leopard Kittens</p><div></div>