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Nikon Wednesday 2016: #51


Matt Laur

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<p>I've gone far enough, I think, in my memory lane of my early years as a Nikonian/Nikonista this one was in 1980 -- I stuck with non-AI until 2004, however. If they had put out the Df at that time, I might still be a Nikon shooter,:|</p><div>00eHnI-566993084.thumb.jpg.337a4eedf55f585b8c39c6acef43a17f.jpg</div>
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<p>We obviously cut it a bit fine on the daylight, having done a bit of Canyonlands in the morning and tried to fit in Arches in the afternoon. Here's the end of the day, from Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint - a bit less crowded for us than for those who'd done the hike to Delicate Arch itself. A sign in the carpark says it's a 6m climb. That's a typo - it was 60m, which is a difference you notice at the end of a long day if you're carrying as much camera kit (and belly) as I do. There was an amazing sunset, but since you can't tell it's from Arches I'll not share it now. Also, nobody told me how many bats there are there after the sun goes down - I have some small and blurry photos, but this obviously means I <em>need</em> a 400mm f/2.8 so I can go back...</p><div>00eHnc-566993584.thumb.jpg.6ad37829e6269ddef25256552952e18c.jpg</div>
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<p>Finally, a token attempt to be seasonal. Merry Christmas/happy Hannukah/enjoy the winter solstice festival or whatever you're doing this holiday season, everyone. I'll mostly be trying to forget the events of 2016, except for my holiday and the friends on this forum. Happy shooting for 2017!</p><div>00eHni-566993884.thumb.jpg.74d55211d416748724fdf1adda1d16af.jpg</div>
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<p>Bob Bill, it was taken Tuesday morning on the shore of Lake Michigan about a mile north of downtown Milwaukee. I have been documenting this location for many years and in a few minutes, am heading there again to see if there is any ice left after two warm days.</p>
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<p>@<a href="/photodb/user?user_id=4303235">Andrew Garrard</a> I'm so glad my pictures and story touched you. If we don't take (and sometimes add those apocryphal "1000" words) meaningful photos, and share them, we end up being famous recluses like Vivian Maier and our work only gets seen after we die. By then the 1000 words are lost.</p>

<p>I must say too, I've enjoyed your Western USA landscapes as well. Some day, perhaps, my family and I will make the great American vacation and head west. I only hope to capture the scenes as well as you have done.</p>

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<p>Agreed, Patrick - though I wish I had more time to work on my technique so I felt better about sharing! I'll definitely devote time to wiping cat nose prints off my lenses over the Christmas holiday.<br />

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And most kind, about my holiday snaps. I'm aware that a lot of the joy of an image is seeing something new (or in a new way), and that for many regulars here I'm mostly sharing the obvious images of tourist traps in their back yards; I'm trying to share some of my more unusual shots in recognition of that, but I'm not <i>that</i> creative, so thank you for sticking with me - and especially thank you again to everyone who helped me plan the trip! The scenery is certainly spectacular, however little justice I've done it, and if I encourage anyone to see it for themselves, that's a good thing (so long as they're not going to add to the various stories this year of vandalism). By my calculations I'll have finished sharing images (Dinosaur and Yellowstone to come) just in time to have gone back on my next holiday. I'll try to keep up the habit of posting and share some images of the UK; I just need to find a way to make drizzle and cigarette butts look photogenic...<br />

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Again, lovely inspirational images, everyone. Happy holidays (and enjoy any photographic gifts you may get to sate your NAS!)</p>

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