Nikon Wednesday 2013: #41

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<p>A good Nikon Wednesday to everyone! So, a commercial gig came up - and I needed to get in quick round of late afternoon shots of a 45-foot RV that had just been cleaned and prepped for sale. So, there were a lot like the one below. Lots of little details on a vehicle that size, and the interior lighting is at about half a dozen different color temps, not counting what comes in the windows. Sometimes the most mundane little projects can make for interesting challenges. What'd you shoot this past week? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>Of course, I also had to get the roof of the vehicle, to show the three air conditioning units. Out came the camera drone! You can see where I have it hovering over the truck, doing some look-down shots of all of that surface area. Yeah, any excuse to fly the drone - but this time it really was the right tool for the job, since I didn't bring a 15-foot ladder with me!</p><div></div>

<p>Some stuff from the zoo this week.<br>

<br />Samangs are probably the most challenging friends to shoot.</p>

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<p>Cap des Rosiers Lighthouse near Gaspe' Quebec Canada. The tallest lighthouse in Canada.</p><div></div>

<p>Colorful birds are relatively easy.</p>

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<p>Finally, one of the girls.</p>

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<p>Just bring me my coffee and nobody gets hurt.</p>

 

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<p><a href="/photo/17552040&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17552040-md.jpg" alt="Just bring me my coffee and nobody gets hurt." width="680" height="450" border="0" /></a><br>

Nikon D2H, 50/1.8D AF Nikkor, ISO 200, f/2 @ 1/8th second.<br>

Usually I couldn't hold this steady at a slow shutter speed but I was leaning against the table.</p>

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<p>A impromptu shoot with friends just to stay loose before a paid business portrait shoot the next day.</p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody! No interesting photos last week, so I am posting something from my vacation in northern California in August -- two shots of Darlingtonia californica, otherwise knows as cobra lily, an insect eating plant. </p><div></div>

<p>Another from my warm up set. Love good window light.</p><div></div>

<p>And one more.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17551440" alt="" />Good Morning. This was taken in Parc Tremblant in Quebec.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17547277" alt="" />Lac Superieur in Tremblant Quebec. It was taken last week at a subdued sunrise.</p><div></div>

<p>:-) nothing tastes better than a ...</p><div></div>

<p>Hi,<br>

Now some pictures from a raptor show I visited past summer. All pics made with D300s and 70-200 f/2.8 VR I (the old one).<br>

Hope you like them.<br />Regards, Miha.</p><div></div>

<p>Next one</p><div></div>

<p>Now the 100% crop from the owl's eye. You can see the audience...</p><div></div>

<p>A misty morning... autumn is making itself known in the UK.</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D7100 with 80-400mm/f4.5-5.6 AF-S VR @ 400mm, f5.6, 1/320 sec and ISO 400.<br>

My shutter speed was on the slow side for a moving duck, so some of the images in this sequence show a bit of motion blur, but this one is quite sharp.</p><div></div>

<p>Going back a bit further than the past week, I took the D600 along with me on a road trip to Northern California and then back down the coast (and tried to use a non-stabilized lens to shoot from a moving car):</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/10165787726_a5d5494114_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Got a chance to see a friend's band perform (that's a giant dancing hot dog in the background):</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/10122823123_9407c8552b_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Got a chance to see Bonnie Raitt perform:</p>

<p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/10095514953_89cf3df41e_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Passed the time learning my new FE2...</p>

<p>A portrait near a window, always an easy shot...<br>

<img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-8CNC7hw/0/O/C41_BW_5_28.jpg" alt="" width="436" height="700" /><br>

<strong>Nikon FE2, 50mm f1.4 Nikkor lens, Kodak BW400CN</strong></p>

<p>A Monarch butterfly who visited a flower I was shooting. Serendipity!<br>

<img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-7b5SFLs/0/O/Roll1394_4.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="500" /><br>

<strong>Nikon FE2, 105mm f2.5 Nikkor lens, Konica 100VX film</strong></p>

<p>And lastly, a lazy easy picture of a fallen tree.<br>

<img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-m8mvJL2/0/O/C41_BW_5_12.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="484" /><br>

<strong>Nikon FE2, 105mm f2.5 Nikkor lens, Kodak BW400CN</strong></p>

<p>Good Morning All:</p>

<p>I just returned from a business trip to Paris. A great city for photography, although it was overcast nearly all week and little chance for blue skies in any photos. I've never seen so many people with DSLRs but it seemed that Canons outnumbered Nikons by at least 3 to 1.</p><div></div>

<p>When in NY we rode the Statton Island Ferry to see this fine Lady. Between the waves and a not fast lens I was having alot of trouble getting an in focus shot. 6400 ISO wasn't fast enough. So I pushed this shot to 25,600. Had to still bend my knees and try to steady camera in between the bouncing boat. Got a couple in focus. Surprised it came out this good it was around midnight. Nikon D3, Nikon 28-300 f/3.5, 160ss, F/5.6, 250mm, ISO 25,600</p><div></div>

<p>Howdy Nikon Buds!!! Was at Niagara for a Conference last week. Got a few decent night shots without a tripod bracing myself.</p><div></div>

<p>Dancing at State Fair of Texas.</p><div></div>