Nikon Wednesday 2014: #14

<p>Grand-daugthers</p><div></div>

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<p>Tiger</p><div></div>

<p>Goose, wondering where the water went</p><div></div>

<p>Spring has started - finally.</p><div></div>

<p>Daniel, that VW Beetle shot is fantastic! My photo is from a recent late afternoon walk at our nearby state park, on Lake Michigan.</p>

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<p>Sure sign of Spring</p><div></div>

<p>Anna's Hummingbird (<em>Calypte anna</em>) feeding on Pride of Madeira (<em>Echium candicans)</em> flowers.</p>

<p>I set the D4s to auto ISO to maintain a fast shutter speed to freeze the action, as much as the camera can, of the hummingbird. In this case the ISO is 4500. It shows you how clean the D4s can be at a fairly high ISO, although there is no really underexposed areas in this image. With a 600mm AF-S lens @ f5.6, 1/1600 sec.</p><div></div>

<p>Shopper</p><div></div>

<p>I set up an impromptu studio in my living room to try to get some decent pictures of my daughter. It was a nice wake up call for how ill equipped I am for flash photography, both in equipment and knowledge. After trying many different set ups and lenses, I got very few keepers. This is one of my favorites from the session. It was actually taken with my old 55/3.5 micro Nikkor.<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17725022-md.jpg" alt="DSC_1803" width="680" height="453" border="0" /><br /> D600, 55/3.5, 1/60 sec @ f3.5,</p>

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The Florida Keys, March 2014</p>

<p>Friend had his group of pilots fly in for a trip they were departing on the next day. Offered to shoot the planes that day and as they were heading out the next morning. Here's a Cessna under the lights.</p><div></div>

<p>Another night shot with the moon.</p><div></div>

<p>Here are about half of the planes parading down the tarmac waiting for their turn to lift off.<br>

Lex, very cool lightning shot.</p><div></div>

<p>Charleston, SC: Here's where Porgy of Porgy & Bess lived (it's now very upscale).</p><div></div>

<p>Planter's Mr. Peanut was on tour with the Nutmobile</p><div></div>

<p>Yard Protection: Lookout tower in background was built in early 1800's to catch fires before they got out of control</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday everyone. Lovely pics as always. Bogdan's, Daniel's, and Lorne's really stood out for me.</p>

<p>Last weekend I took some pictures for a friend's dance portfolio. My SB700 wasn't powerful enough to overpower the morning sun, so we moved into a tunnel leading from the beach.</p>

<p>This was the first time I've used radio triggers and manual flash to take outdoor portraits, let alone action portraits, so I'm feeling rather pleased with myself :-) </p><div></div>

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<p>Greetings to all! The mercury is slowly starting to creep upwards and we're finally seeing some melt off :)</p><div></div>

<p>Great shots. Shun love your Anna's. Glad to see someone else loves shooting hummingbirds :)<br>

I believe this is a female Blackchinned . </p>

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<p>Female Black-Chin Hummingbird</p><div></div>

<p>Jerry Litynski--I sure like your UP 4593 shot! Very different than the normal stuff you see--love the lights disappearing into the mists. Thanks for posting!<br>

Paul</p>

<p>Spring is finally here along with the humidity. I know our winters here south of the mason dixon line aren't as severe further north, but I'm glad it's out here. This has been the coldest and windiest yet for us. Love everyone's work, keeps me coming back to p-net.</p><div></div>

<p>A simple shot of a man out walking his dog.</p><div></div>