Nikon Wednesday 2012: #6

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<p>Hello Nikonistas, and a good mid-winter Nikon Wednesday to you. Here in the US, we've just had one of peculiar local holidays (the Super Bowl, which is a food preparation event that includes, also, some televised sporting activity and very expensive commercials). I've attached a quick shot of the chili we made for the occasion. Our poor dinner guests had to avert their eyes as I set up a slaved SB800 across the table for some short lighting. But such is serving food to a photographer! <br /><br />Used your Nikon gear to shoot anything cultural, spicey, sports-related, or fattening? Share a photo!</p>

<p>Squirrel?</p><div></div>

<p>Woops. Here's that chili. It was NOT made of squirrel.</p><div></div>

<p>Last night, South Sound, Grand Cayman, under a full moon.</p><div></div>

<p>Goodmorning Nikonians! Happy Wednesday to you all. Thank you very much to those who commented on my picture last week. It was much appreciated. It made the Wednesday even better.<br>

<br /> (My favorites from last week were the pictures from Matt Laur, Jonathan Parkhouse, John Farrar, Michail Tsypkin, Tanay Bhattacharya, Gej Jones and “the winner” Tom Mann with his magnificent abstract work. I wish I knew how to add elements to a picture to make art like that.)<br>

<br /> My picture this week was taken last night. The lake is about to freeze, and the ice was making some very loud and strange sounds. They scared me because they came so suddenly every time, and it was turning dark. I have never heard that before. It must be powerful forces at work. When I had finished shooting, I turned around and there was the moon rising over the mountain top. The moon was full, and it reflected beautifully in the lake.</p><div></div>

Good Start. Love the photos and the Squirrel looks great. Didn't have time to shoot this week with all of my school work. This is one from two years ago.<div></div>

<p>Ralph, one of my dogs.</p><div></div>

<p>Morning all, I took this at the weekend on Topsail Beach N.C, there is hardly ever a person on it this time of year, in the distance is a little house that is on stilts into the ocean.</p>

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<p><a title="Dundee v Hudson by Bashar Alshabi, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/basharalshabi/6793822385/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6793822385_a35a6e1854_z.jpg" alt="Dundee v Hudson" width="640" height="459" /></a></p>

<p>As a former professor, I know it is sometimes difficult to get everyones attention. This group of generally attentive eagles was photographed on the Nooksack River in NW Washington.</p><div></div>

<p>Well it's not spicy... at least I don't think it is. But it is fairly warm. As seen at the "Rainforests of the World" exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.</p>

<p><a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6833961413_44965625f1_z.jpg" alt="Tree frog" /></a><br>

D200 • ISO 500 • Nikon 105/2.5 Ai • ƒ/2.5 • 1/180th</p>

<p>Matt,</p>

<p>Did you get odd looks from the others in your house, while setting up a shot of your plate of food ?</p>

<p>It looks good. Can you send me the recipe ? :)</p>

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

<p>From Jan. 2004, a street in an Ohio River town.</p><div></div>

<p>On Monday took a trip to Ano Nuevo State Park to photograph Elephant Seals. While being guided by the ranger, an Alpha male started clearing the beach of younger upstarts and the next thing we knew, they were within 15-20 feet of us. This caused a lot of excitement with the rangers and the photographers had a field day. Someone said it was like an E ticket at Disneyland. (Pleeez don't make me explain what an E ticket is!)</p>

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<p><img src="../photo/15118700" alt="" />Good morning. Mine is of a piece of ice with an abstract shape (Fish?) hanging from a shrub. I had to be lying down in a foot of snow, got under the ice and pointed up to the sky. The polarizer helped with the color. Lots of excitement in the air with the new Nikon 800 36Mp being announced. </p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday morning to all. Great shots so far.<br>

Ron, great shot of those Eagles. Most folks never see one at a time let alone 4.<br>

Bill, I love that Pelican landing. Perfect timing.<br>

We finally got a nice wet snow fall last week here in Ashland County Ohio so I took the old Nikon N75 out and captured a wooded area on our daily walk through the woods. Later that afternoon all the snow had melted. Crazy winter. </p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday all.</p><div></div>

<p>Last sunset of 2011! Taken from San Joaquin Wildlife Reserve, Irvine, CA on New Year's Eve 2011.</p><div></div>

<p>Moonlight. Lights and mist in the valley; snow and cloud on the mountains. And a bonus - the small red dot in the centre is Jupiter. And yes, the 20 s exposure means the planet and stars are starting to show trails.</p><div></div>

<p>Tribute to Nina Simone concert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</p><div></div>

<p>My grandson Brandon asking my advice on getting a D5100...</p><div></div>

Happy Wednesday......

Another ducky in flight......<div></div>

<p>Greetings to all, a snapshot taken while waiting for friends to arrive for dinner during a recent trip to Paris (France).<br>

At "Le timbre poste" (post stamp), Porte de Vanves. Place not quite as small as the name suggests, I've seen much smaller joints in NYC. But it was packed...<br>

Food was good, and the beer, divine. Photos taken later that evening were a lot less steady!</p><div></div>

<p>Did this on saturday, looking for details at the Rio's Botanical Garden while testing my recently acquired Nikkor 500mm f/4P IF-ED.</p><div></div>