Nikon Wednesday 2013: #24

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<p>Hello Nikonistas - a good Wednesday to everyone. We've just soaked up a tropical-feeling several inches of rain. That, and the sticky warm air, seem to have made the Calla Lillies wake up. Shooting them in the rain and clouds seemed the right thing to do. Watcha got? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>A building in the Namibian diamond mining ghost town of Kolmanskuppe. I took a photo tour with Marsel Van Oosten there last week. This was one of the amazing places we visited. We spent two days there, wandering the ruins and photographing the sand-filled homes in the light of dawn and dusk.</p><div></div>

<p>Vintage military aircraft at Blaine MN Airport Days last week.</p><div></div>

<p>First of three images from last Saturday's Yankees-Mariners game at Safeco Field in Seattle. This first one is of Yankees infielder Jayson Nix warming up.</p><div></div>

<p>Although the game was in Seattle, Yankees fans were out in droves. I caught these two sitting behind the Yankees dugout and framed them against the natural colors and stadium architecture.</p><div></div>

<p>Speedy Yankees leadoff hitter Brett Gardner strokes his third hit of the game to help the Yankees defeat Seattle, 3-1.</p><div></div>

<p>Joshua Tree N.P.</p><div></div>

<p>I've learned a lot about post-processing in the last several years, and gotten some new, better tools too (PV2012 in Lightroom 4, especially). So here's one I rejected back in 2008 that I've just reprocessed using modern techniques.</p>

<p>Shot under low clouds and heavy fog on July 4, 2008 on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The fireworks show was delayed, waiting for the fog to clear... It had lifted just far enough by this point to get the show started.</p>

<p><a title="Foggy Nantucket Fireworks by Mark Sirota, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7360/8982931141_594f8d6877_z.jpg" alt="Foggy Nantucket Fireworks" width="640" height="427" /></a><br /> Nikon D200, 18-200 @ 60mm, ISO 800, ƒ/8, 3.0 seconds. Not the way I'd shoot it today...</p>

Here are 3 shots of my son,Alain. These are the first shots taken with my new D800.<div></div>

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<p>Nikon D7100 with 200-400mm lens @ 200mm, f5.6, 1/800 sec and ISO 400</p><div></div>

<p>D800E with 24-120mm/f4 @ 52mm, f5.6. Here I wish I had a 50mm/f1.4 or 1.8 with me for shallower depth of field. The background is way too busy.</p><div></div>

<p>Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill got married in Stockholm on Saturday. There was a parade of soldiers on horses, some guests and of course the newlyweds in a carriage.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm not sure why the attachement process doesn't work. I'll try one more time with the picture of the couple.</p><div></div>

<p>Here the mounted soldiers are approaching the Royal Palace. The road is guarded by soldiers on foot.</p><div></div>

<p>Took this shot out the front windshield of my car on a recent trip.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everyone and happy Wednesday!</p>

<p>Couple of weeks ago I finally decided to get a full frame digital body, and natural way to go was to get back into the Dark Side with bodies as well - so I bought a new D600!</p>

<p>I was curious to see how the D600 compares against my old Fuji S5, so I did a quick shoot with one of my favorite models, Polkka - a Rhodesian Ridgeback. The results were as expected: D600 triumphs in sharpness and resolution, but the Fuji still had better color. On D600 dynamic range was something I need to keep studying - Fuji S5 and D600 both have great DR, but where with Fuji I can easily overexpose and find detail in highlights, with D600 I really need to pay more attention in protecting the highlights. On the other hand, D600 "shines" in shadow details. To be honest, I still feel more comfortable with Fuji, but I just need to shoot more with D600, flip my brain around with DR and exposure and see how it works with my style. </p>

<p>With small web-sized images one really can't see much difference in sharpness, but it's there if you look closely, the hair detail in the neck for example seems clearer in D600 shot even in these small pics.</p>

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<p>Good Day my friends! How's your week till now? Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos. Cheers!</p><div></div>

<p>Hi,<br>

My contributions this week are in the sense of Matt's first photo - flowers. I hope you'll like it.<br>

Regards, Miha.</p><div></div>

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

<p>The third one. What do you think about it?</p><div></div>

<p>Black Skimmers are very fun to watch. Nikon D3X, Nikon 300 2.8, 1/640 sec, f/10, ISO 400</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning everyone. Such great shots today. <br>

My first is a white Peony in the back yard. </p><div></div>

<p>An old shot from my archives. A nice big buck in velvet on a very early misty morning.</p>

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