Nikon Wednesday 2012: #2

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<p>Hello Nikon people. Hope everyone's shaken off the holiday lethargy, and has refocused the energy into passionate creativity. Trying to do that myself, and getting caught up on some little nagging tasks. To accompany another project, I wanted to get a macro shot of the detail features on a cast-iron Japanese teapot. Black surfaces! Funky hob-nail textures! Alluring curves! Lots of reasons to experiment with light, and the likely need to reproduce the same set-up down the road. So, I always take some reference shots of the rig (light position, grip gear, etc).<br>

<br /> My older D200 and one or another of the venerable kit lenses is always handy for back-up duty and BTS shots, so here's what amounts to optical note-taking. You can see a black mesh gobo taking some of the glare off the pot's enameled handle, and a small reflector throwing a bit of light from that socked beauty dish back into the shadows on the dark side of the object. Got any images that give hints about your <em>process</em>, rather than the results? Share a photo!</p><div></div>

<p>Pelican at White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas.</p><div></div>

<p>Winnie the Pooh</p><div></div>

<p>I haven't finished editing this weeks shot but this one is from December.</p><div></div>

<p>Condensation</p><div></div>

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<p>Happy Wednesday everyone.....</p>

<p>The soon to be finished Tokyo Sky Tree.<br /> I have noticed that foreigners think the name is Sky Tower instead of Sky Tree....</p><div></div>

<p>Boy Fishing</p><div></div>

<p>My Gibson ESS Mastertone 5 string.</p><div></div>

<p>If you don't mind a Christmas leftover, here's a shot from a family gift exchange game we play. My mother-in-law reacts to rolling the right dice to be able to trade her gift for someone else's.</p><div></div>

<p>D90, ISO 200, 1/200 @ f/8</p><div></div>

<p>Have a nice week all.<br>

This little hook is about 1 centimeter. -And rusty.</p><div></div>

<p>May 2011</p><div></div>

<p>Under construction</p><div></div>

<p>20-50mm AIS Nikkor zoom lens on a Panasonic G2.</p><div></div>

<p>On Matt's theme - you can infer the process here. Find the place, get as near to the sweet spot f stop as the dof allows, tripod, pull the sky down (not literally) with a 2-stop ND grad, whenthat's adjusted slide the 3-stop ND in, wait, wait, mirror up, cable release. Another day, another dawn. </p><div></div>

<p>May the new year be filled with good relations, happiness and love in your hearts...</p><div></div>

<p>Morning Nikonistas,<br>

Not much on the process sorry Matt. Though this is part of a set I shot last weekend on complete chance! Driving along the Esplanade at Aberdeen Beach, I saw a flock of birds on the verge...found a place to pull over, jumped in the back seat and used the car as a hide.<br /><a href="../photo/14964472">D40X (50-500mm F/4-6.3G) 500mm, F/7.1@ 1/125s, ISO 400</a><img src="../photo/14964472" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>Young skier.</p>

<p>Nikon D7000 with 70-200mm/f2.8 AF-S VR II @ 150mm, f4, 1/1250 sec, ISO 400</p><div></div>

<p>I had the luck to find a zoom Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 ED Ais new in box.<br>

What a wonderful piece of glass!<br>

This is the first test.</p><div></div>

<p>That's some set-up Matt! My set-up is pretty simple: a dewey morning and lighting by Mother Nature. The process is pretty simple too...be willing to get down and get wet! Wild Lantana flower refraction on dewey grass. (D90/Sigma 150mm macro@1/250, f/13, ISO 400, 2 shot stack in PS) I'm always amazed by things if I take time and stop to look. (Thanks to Mark Mitchell and Chris Wick for your comments last week on my sweet bee. Much appreciated. :)</p>

<p><img src="http://jeannean.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v41/p414232706-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>D700, 50mm f/1.4 AF-D, ISO 800, 1/80 @ f/4.</p><div></div>

<p>fish!... , not very into photos</p>

<p>. .<strong>Face Of an Angel</strong></p><div></div>

<p>Hello Nikonites! How does it come that my favourite photos are always taken with equipment I don't own (yet)? I hope it doesn't evolve into a nasty NAS :-)</p>

<p>D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, SB-600 through umbrella.</p>

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<p>Yes I can!</p><div></div>