Nikon Wednesday 2013: #49

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<p>Hello Nikon people, and a good first Wednesday of December to everyone. December? How did <em>that</em> happen? Speaking of time passing, this week it's a report from the Circle Of Life department. Alas, the downside of having a room with some large windows is that the local mourning dove population doesn't always have them figured out.<br /><br />Walking into the room the other day, I knew immediately we'd had a casualty. This usually happens when the local Cooper's Hawk comes by for lunch and everything else with wings scatters in a panic. It's safe to say that this dove never put the brakes on, and hit the window at full throttle. Doves carry a surprising amount of dust, and can leave a real Shroud Of Turin effect when things go badly. There was no surviving this impact.<br>

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<p>Looking down to the slates below the window, sure enough. A former dove. But since the sun was about to go down, I decided not to arrange a funeral. Thought I'd just let it be, and see which critter came by first to clean up. I was hoping for a fox, would have been happy with a raccoon, but fully expected one of the neighborhood cats.</p><div></div>

<p>So, I set out an infrared trail camera to watch the scene. Sure enough, the feline clean-up crew came by. Now, to stay within the rules of Nikon Wednesday (if not entirely within the spirit, just this once), I used a Nikon body to shoot a screen shot of the trail cam's output. That way Shun can't put me in lockup. </p><div></div>

<p>Reposting Roger Beverage's earlier image.</p>

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<p><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=316994">Roger Beverage</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub10plus.gif" alt="" /></a>, Dec 04, 2013; 12:06 a.m.</p>

<p>Can't wait for the Nikon Wednesday thread to start. Just finished having cataract surgery on both eyes and am out shooting again. Here's one of my neighbors.</p>

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<p>Nice sequence Matt. It's nice when the three photos tell a story.</p>

<p>I was out taking photos of surfers at Rincon Point when this seagull sailed right in front of my lens and settled down on a rock in the tide pools. I snapped her photo and went back to the surfers. When I reviewed it I liked the dramatic surf and skies. While the world doesn’t need yet another seagull photo, it was better than the surfers. Sometimes you just have to take what you get.</p><div></div>

<p>Morniiiiing!</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Just a reminder about an under-utilized tip, folks...</strong></p>

<p>If you'd like to keep your 2-3 photo sequence intact, you can drag-and-drop photos to a single post, with commentary in between each.</p>

<p>Just upload your photos to your photo.net portfolio space or elsewhere. Then literally click on the photo, drag 'em and drop 'em into the Nikon forum thread response box. Pretty easy.</p>

<p>If you prefer, you can keep your Nikon Wednesday pic thread photos in a hidden or even private folder on photo.net. Later, if you choose, you can make that folder public, and even move the photos to different folders within your photo.net portfolio, without fear of breaking the link.</p>

<p>Also, hint-hint... the dragondrop trick can also encourage more comments on your photos. Folks can click on the photo here, be taken to your portfolio space, and chatter all you like about it.</p>

<p>Ran into my friend Gary, a local artist, while walking to the store the other evening. We chattered about photography, snapped some pix of the sunset, and each other. I'm afraid my ugly mug may have disabled his camera. He's more photogenic than I am.<br>

<a href="/photo/17615794&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17615794-md.jpg" alt="Gary" width="680" height="544" border="0" /></a><br>

<em>V1, 10-30VR, ISO 400, 1/50th @ f/5.6. Tweaked in Lightroom, but the original in-camera b&w JPEG looks pretty much the same</em>.</p>

<p>One of my favored locations for seasonal color.<br>

D3100, 55-200, non vr lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Ffos Noddyn. Autumn now as ex as Matt's pigeon.</p><div></div>

V1/18.5<div></div>

<p>The difference between early fall which still resembles summer and late fall which resembles a lot of water flying around....<br>

<img alt="" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17618649-md.jpg" alt="Isola delle Correnti" width="680" height="453" border="0" /><br>

<em>F3, AiS 20mm f/3.5, Fujicolor C200</em><br>

<img alt="" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17618653-md.jpg" alt="Storm" width="680" height="452" border="0" /><br>

<em>D700, AiS 105mm f/2.5, B+W 6-stop ND</em></p>

<p>A damp night in the mountains.</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.graysfoto.com/content/Friluftsliv/sommer%20night.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>St Anne's, Blackpool UK.</p>

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<p>Just returned from Italy, we visited Florence, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Rome, San Gimignano, and Venice. </p><div></div>

<p>Second</p><div></div>

<p>Last</p><div></div>

<p>My jack russell, Peanut, posed patiently and black lab, Zeus, looked on as Mommy learned to bounce flash with her new SB700.</p>

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<p>We went to the very popular Lehman's Hardware Store in Kidron, Ohio the other day to buy some gifts.<br>

If you can't find it in this store, they probably don't make it. </p><div></div>

<p>Inside there are many rooms filled with every thing imaginable.</p><div></div>

<p>Last one.</p><div></div>

<p>Here are mine for the week. Nikon 1 V1 + Nikon 30-110mm lens. Enjoy.</p><div></div>

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<p>#3</p><div></div>