Nikon Wednesday 2013: #47

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<p>Hello Nikon people - a good Wednesday to all. It must be late autumn, because our local government has sent around the special machine used to turn curb-side lawn rakings into a giant toxic plume of powdered, lung-burning, eye-watering, weaponized leaf mold. But soon we'll see the <em>other</em> special machine that sprays that experimental new beet juice brine mix that's supposed to make the street asphalt hostile to winter ice... but which also coats everything within a hundred meters with a corrosive, salty film of thoat-attacking sodium dust. I'm not sure what they have planned for spring, but I bet it'll involve a truck spraying something poisonous to save us from mosquitos carrying West Nile virus. The county truck fleet stays busy year-round.<br /><br />Photographed any recurring signs of the season? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>Good Morning All:<br /><br />This shot taken at the Louvre back in September gives the illusion of the museum viewers being part of the gathering depicted in the Wedding Feast at Cana by Caliari (a.k.a. Veronese).</p><div></div>

<p>This is an old shot, but someone wanted it printed as an 8 x 10, so I rediscovered it.</p>

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<p>To address Matt’s topic, here’s a shot taken back in the spring at the start of a logging operation near my home with a similar feeling of polluting the air with bits of organic matter. I’m sure these machines can be used in most any season unless heavy snow limits their mobility.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17590452" alt="" />Mine was taken on from the beachfront of Lac Munroe this past October in the provincial park of Tremblant - Diablo sector.</p><div></div>

<p>The last bit of Fall color up in WI earlier this month...</p>

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<p>Some portraits of Shira (our lively 1 year old Siberian husky) taken a few weeks back. </p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/shira4.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/shira3.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://graysfoto.com/content/wildlife/shira5.jpg" alt="" width="471" height="700" /></p>

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<p>This week did some shots in the woods.</p><div></div>

<p>Number two.</p><div></div>

<p>Number three.</p><div></div>

<p>Conventional autumn, now being blown away.</p><div></div>

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<p>Late day at the train station. Taken 1 week ago.</p><div></div>

<p>Alice Walker. D300s, sigma 50-150, sbv600.</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning everyone. My two shots are from my deck where I live in SW Michigan. Sunday we had some severe thunderstorms pass through the area. The first shot is of the sky about an hour after the storm passed through. The second shot is essentially the same area of the sky about 10 minutes later.</p><div></div>

<p>Sign of season now sadly past: turtle racing in Nisswa, Minnesota. Humans must stay within inner ring; first turtle to outer ring wins. To spur their beasts to glory, humans may pour water on them and, of course, cajole, cheer, threaten with soup pots, etc.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is my second shot.</p><div></div>

<p>Very gloomy rainy day yesterday but the birds didn't care at all. Nikon D3, Nikon 300 2.8, F/ 6.3, 1/1250 sec, ISO 800</p><div></div>

<p>Lexie posing for a photo</p><div></div>

<p>Lexie's Spider Monkey taking a break from all the rough playing. She loves this thing. </p><div></div>

<p>I'm on a roll this morning. Here is one more posting that I just shot about 10 minutes go. It's taken with a Vivitar 650-1300 zoom lens.</p><div></div>

<p>First, a sign of fall</p><div></div>

<p>First snowfall</p><div></div>

<p>Citadel mascots General #9 & Boo #9 retired & were succeeded by General #10 & Boo #10. And they participated in reviewing a parade in theirs & other dignitaries honor. There was also a flyover.</p><div></div>

<p>Flyover at parade</p><div></div>