Nikon Wednesday 2014: #51

<p><strong>Lil Judd</strong>:Lovely shot of Cinderela's lost shoe, works very fine in BW.<br>

<strong>Tony Hadley</strong>: Simply wonderful Tony!<br>

<strong>John Eckman</strong>: Nice little helper!<br>

<strong>Norbert Wabnig</strong>: Very good street photo. I Like the way this gentleman "tilts" to the right, nicely seen and comosed for that matter, and the sparkle of flame between the fingers. </p>

<p>Last one for the week. How can you not love working in a place like this?</p><div></div>

<p>We recently had the first hard frost of the year and I came across this frosted leaf early next day.<br>

D800 + Tammy 28-75mm @75mm and closest focus.</p><div></div>

<p>A small crop of the above leaf showing the cubic structure of the ice crystals.</p><div></div>

<p>Its been a busy month for me and I haven't had time to get out with my camera, hence, I am posting some winter shots from the past. This first one was taken out of my car window on the way to work. It was March, and we had a late snowfall, covering this person's bike.</p><div></div>

<p>Winter woods.</p><div></div>

<p>Ice fishermen.</p><div></div>

<p>Merry Christmas...</p><div></div>

<p>Carousel at the Senate Square in Helsinki.</p><div></div>

<p>More photos from the train gardens we hosted the last two weeks. I had a fun time with light painting of the toy trains at night and taking inspiration from O. Winston Link and Kent Staubas.</p><div></div>

<p>The Hiawatha rolls past a drivein theater.</p><div></div>

<p>Academic bookstore.</p><div></div>

<p>Rolling through Iowa on the Super Chief. The grain elevator is modeled by a friend who grew up in Iowa.</p><div></div>

<p>I fouled up and posted this on last week's forum. A change from snow scenes. After I finished photographing the family at the beach for a Christmas picture, he managed to slip off the rock. The water was cold but he enjoyed it.</p><div></div>

<p>This is our Dog Duke<br>

<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10806428_10152934179444452_1080972293177415614_n.jpg?oh=27cb4a911ec5e44da71dbc3c8ca0c2fb&oe=5503AB91&__gda__=1429819527_932b142693acf9a0e0233927abe68bbf" alt="" width="548" height="660" /></p>

<p>Nikon D300, 35-135 f3.5-4.5 AF Nikkor @ 135 f8: built in flash, front curtain, 0 compensation; ISO400, 1/125.</p><div></div>

<p>John Harper,<br>

That is a very realistic shot of that train and grain elevators. Very nicely done. </p>

<p>The Christmas Market in Helsinki was very busy on Saturday and Sunday.</p><div></div>

Hi guys! Hope you are all fine. Long time no post...

Not sure if I have posted this image earlier. My daughter's ballet class at year end show...<div></div>

<p>Coming home from the everglades I got stuck on the wrong side of US1. All East West streets where blocked as a motorcycle run from Miami to the Keys was underway. With nothing but to wait I grabbed a camera and lens out of my truck to make the wait easier. The name of the event was "Cops ride for kids" and there was thousands of bikes. I got lots of good shots but I never seen this bike called a T Rex before which I thought was a pretty cool looking bike. So here it is.<br>

Thanks for looking.<br>

D300 w 70-200 vr1</p>

<p><img src="http://www.slopoki1.com/Events/Cops-Ride-For-Kids/i-NDKxqTj/0/M/D30_0547-M.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>We had a disastrous snowstorm that knocked out power for a long time. But the power company people were out in force. There were about 6 buckets to the mile on this stretch.</p>

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<p>The stickiest snow I've ever seen, it just would not fall off or melt off. But it sure was pretty!</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17926128" alt="" />As my mother would say, "the devil finds work for idle hands". This shot is a small section of my camera backpack.</p>

<p>Panayotis - thanks for the 'mention'. Your bench shot is also quite appealing.<br>

Matthew (Vermont) - we had snow like that in Montreal but did not get any blue skies and now the rain is beginning to wash it away.</p><div></div>

<p>Got treated to a day at Safari Park.</p><div></div>

<p>Second one...</p><div></div>