Nikon Wednesday 2016: #4

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<p>Well it's been an interesting few days here in the Mid-Atlantic area, as we had a ample (and as it turns out, very accurate) warning of a doozy of a blizzard. Started coming down last Friday, brought us almost 30 inches to shovel, and we just a couple hours ago - Tuesday night - finally saw the county trucks come through to plow. Happily, we had plenty of supplies (and ibuprofen for sore snow shoveling muscles).<br /><br />The road crews did what they could in advance, and really put down the road salt - piles of it. I suspect at least a few fellow Nikonistas show some snow this past week? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>And the welcome sight of that big ol' plow truck. Alas, he's making 4-foot walls of icy crud in front of everyone's driveways, but it can't be helped. Back out for more shoveling in the morning!</p><div></div>

<p>Hi all. Mogan lake in Ankara / Turkey. Nikon D600, ISO 200, Nikon 50mm F1.4 lens MF.<br>

I wish you warm days....</p><div></div>

<p>Nant Gwynant</p><div></div>

<p>Basilica of Sainte Anne de Beaupre</p><div></div>

<p>Yes, we got snow here in New Jersey. Lots of snow. Here are some pictures. Nikon Df w/ Nikon 28-70mm.</p><div></div>

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<p>Maryland's Eastern Shore had half the snowfall of Baltimore's suburbs - only 15" in my yard (drifted to twice that in my driveway). Here are a few images shot before a day-long shoveling effort started.</p><div></div>

<p>A friend's car.</p><div></div>

<p>North Carolina Mountains, 12 inches. Forecast. Cold and Bleak, 50% chance of misery changing to depression later in the season.<br>

<img src="http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/17/50/72/69/bleak_13.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="466" /></p>

<p>Snow in the Crepe Myrtles.</p><div></div>

<p>We had our big snow Monday, here in Iowa. Some places got as much as 2 inches. :)</p>

<p>This one's from the dog park. Two new friends, meeting to play.</p><div></div>

<p>No snow here, and nothing playing at the Joy Theater.</p><div></div>

<p>Over here on the US West Coast, it looks like spring is around the corner.</p>

<p>Nikon D800E with 18-35mm/f3.5-4.5 AF-S @ 22mm, f11, 1/100 sec and ISO 100.</p><div></div>

<p>Here in MN we have had less snow than the "normal" 60 inches or so. Still, its been dreary. I recently purchased a used Nikkor 50mm 1.8 D lens and have been playing around with it. My only other 50mm is a really sharp 1.4 AiS, but focusing manually with a digital camera has been a challenge. I just figured out I can use auto fine tune with the new lens. Here's some examples using our cats this morning. After testing for the most pleasing out of focus rendering, or bokeh, I find that f 2.5 works well for this lens and still retains the shallow depth of focus. </p>

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<p>Gus</p><div></div>

<p>I used some of snow bound time to photograph some old slides. This one was originally taken with a Nikon N-90s in 1989 on a cold fall hike in New Hampshire.</p><div></div>

<p>Gus again</p><div></div>

<p>Immature Bald Eagle</p><div></div>

<p>A cold -27 C view, late efternoon. Only about 20 cm of light snow.</p><div></div>

<p>I'll join Shun in the not-as-cold-looking photos - no such winter weather here. This one is actually about as bad as it gets :-)</p><div></div>

<p>I guess I'll have to stay home. Nothing good playing anywhere!</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D7200 with Tamron 17-50F/2.8 99 bottles of beer <br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18178878-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="450" /></p>

<p>Nikon D7100 Sigma 30F/1.4<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18110166-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="440" /></p>