Nikon Wednesday 2014: #33

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<p>It's been a busy couple of weeks, and so less time to work on new material with Nikon Wednesday in mind. But I had a chance the other day to wrap up some post work on a recent puppy shoot, and this little seven-week-old English Pointer has been drafted to grace my Wednesday post. These black coats are a challenge! Share what you've been shooting, these steamy August days. We got to do this litter of puppies inside in the AC, lucky me!</p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody, from California where it is still Tuesday.<br>

What a great pup, Matt! Yes, black dogs are a challenge. So are black cats.<br>

Here are three shots of Crater Lake in Oregon, one of great natural wonders.</p><div></div>

<p>here's a turf dance shot from the Art & Soul Festival in Oakland, CA.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the Phantom Ship island in Crater Lake</p><div></div>

<p>And the last, an attempt at HDR, because the contrast between the left and right halves of the picture was too great, with the sun already well down behind the mountains on the left </p><div></div>

<p>Playing around with the D3200 and a pre-AI 105 lens with a little extension.</p>

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<p>More D2H infrared. Frozen orchid and fresh strawberry, by louvered window light.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17829934-md.jpg" alt="Orchid strawberry IR color" width="680" height="450" border="0" /></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17829933-md.jpg" alt="Needs more lens flare - IR color" width="680" height="450" border="0" /><br>

<em>D2H, Tamron Adaptall 24mm f/2.5 with Tiffen #25A red, Cokin neutral and Pola Red-Green polarizers.</em><br /><em>The ailing D2H isn't quite dead yet. But it's not feeling any better</em>.</p>

<p>Snowdon horseshoe. One day I'll get the picture this spot deserves - but not yet!</p><div></div>

<p>Cool shots everyone ! This is a shot from a recent session:</p><div></div>

<p>I had a photo op' this past weekend, my second portrait session. It was a fun learning experience.</p><div></div>

<p>second</p><div></div>

<p>Here are mine for the week. Deep Cut Gardens. NJ. Nikon d800 + Voigtlander 28mm. Enjoy.</p><div></div>

<p>#2</p><div></div>

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

<p>last</p><div></div>

<p>Some bike tricks</p><div></div>

<p>Goose Flight School</p><div></div>

<p>Snacking Squirrel</p><div></div>

<p>D7000, 16-85 lens.</p><div></div>

<p>D7000, 16-85 lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Oops. Reverse the titles on my two contributions. </p>

<p>Moonlit trail in Acadia National Park. 30 sec exposures, HDR</p><div></div>

<p>Coming storm</p><div></div>

<p>Last Saturday I shot pictures at the annual Bowl-4-Animal-Rescue event sponsored by pro bowlers Michelle Mullen and Aleta Sill. The event was successful, and I got some decent shots despite doing stupid stuff.</p>

<p>First, while preparing for the event, I inadvertently put alkaline batteries in the Maha charger. One of them exploded, spewed its vital fluids, and wrecked the charger.</p>

<p>Then I spent over an hour trying to clean a stubborn spot off the sensor before realizing it was actually a spot on the wall I was using for a test target.</p>

<p>And finally, worst of all, near the end of the event I stupidly (stupidly!) left my D700 and 24-70 near the edge of a table where people were walking around. Someone brushed by and accidently knocked it off, breaking the lens off at its base and doing God-knows-what to the camera.</p>

<p>This is the picture the camera made by itself as it hit the hard tiled floor. </p><div></div>

<p>PA road trip. Landscape image shot about half hour ago. </p><div></div>