Important: please keep your image under 700 pixels on the longest side for in-line viewing, and please keep the FILE SIZE UNDER 300kb. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here:http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km. This forum's moderators are allowing up to three images per week, so share some work!Hi Nikon people. Not to sound too regional, but here's hoping not too many of you are caught up in this nasty storm that's aimed at Thanksgiving travelers across the US. Keep your lenses dry! Happily, I've been working on indoor projects this week. On the long list of table-top product shooting was a this freshly maid bracelet. Shiny things, always a challenge. Hope everyone's got a peaceful few days with family ahead, and some nice dry photography to do. Share!
An unsuccessful Nikon FA purchase (it scratches the negatives) let me to take a couple shots I liked...
Nothing fancy, just a snap I took only a few minutes ago using the SB-N5 flash that just arrived today from Adorama's Amazon store. Flash angled upward and left, reflected off sheet of typing paper. Nikon V1, 10-30VR, SB-N5 flash, auto everything, portrait image mode, JPEG straight from camera. ISO 400, 1/60 @ f/4, 18mm. Should be a handy doodad for the rare occasions when I need flash with the V1. Not powerful, but no need for extra batteries, and the V1, 10-30VR and SB-N5 combo are lightweight enough I can hold it in one hand steadily and a makeshift reflector in the other. Suits my preferences.
A pair of Mallard ducks we see on our hike every morning. I always bring corn for them in the winter.
Ilkka--wonderful photos! Is that the new 58/1.4? If so, how are you finding it? The pictures certainly look sharp..thanks! Paul
Good day everyone! Hope you're enjoying the last sunny summer days before the winter...that's the subject of my photo for this week! Cheers!
Yes, it is the new 58/1.4 AF-S. I like it a lot; the colors are rich, the sharpness is good but it doesn't "shout" at you like with some other lenses that produce very contrasty fine detail but occasional artifacts in out of focus areas; with the 58mm AF-S the detail is there in the focused areas but it is more gentle and very smoothly transitions into soft out of focus areas. It is quite lightweight and the manual focus feel is nice. I'm very happy that Nikon focuses their effort on other characteristics than absolute resolution as most images are viewed on relatively low resolution platforms, mobile devices, computer screens, and small to moderate prints. The characteristics of the 58mm you can feel even at small display sizes but there is still plenty of detail which is seen in larger prints.
Here are mine for the week. While the plant is commonly called the Christmas cactus this one blooms on Thanksgiving. Nikon D800 + Voigtlander 28mm. Enjoy.
Great shots everyone. Well we have had some rain of late. Not the blowing hard rains, but a cool, light misty rain that just calls me out with the macro lens. D800 60mm with extension tube Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Stopped at Red Rock SP near Gallup NM for a hike a couple of weeks ago and this tree was backlit by the morning sun. I was so captivated by the silver leaves against the red rock that I didn't notice the tree was loaded with red berries until I reviewed the image during post.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I haven't posted here much lately but was out kayaking in Florida with my brother on Monday. Took my D80, recently aquired tokina 12-24 and its companion tokina 50-135 - this feels like a very good light weight kit for most of my outings though depending I will add a macro. Saw a wide variety of wading birds, turtles, and the first gators (several) I've encountered in the wild. Fantastic day of paddling!
I seem to be doing a lot of indoor photography at night this month. This is the latest at the Rendville Art Works Art Exhibit at the Bryn Du Mansion in Granville, Ohio. All photos taken with a D300 with 17-55 f/2.8 and SB-900 flash. For many of the indoor photos I had a LumiQuest 80-20 reflector mounted to the flash.
Rendville Art Works in Rendville, Ohio is an Independent Service Provider for Perry County Bd. of Developmental Disabilities. Most of the art on display, and for sale, was created by Perry DD clients.
The great stone circle at Avebury, Wiltshire, is set in a much larger prehistoric landscape. Most visitors don't get beyond the stone circle, but a mile or so to the north one shares the early neolithic site of Windmill Hill only with sheep and skylarks. There are views towards the late Neolithic mound of Silbury Hill (the largest prehistoric mound in Europe), as well as well preserved barrows (funerary mounds) of late Neolithic/ Early Bronze Age date. ~1 Silbury Hill from Windmill Hill
This is an empty Farmer's field in St.Phillippe in Quebec one late afternoon. This is a no-tripod 3 image HDR with some small adjustments in Capture NX. I used continuous high speed shutter and auto-bracket.
Southbound D&I train going through Canton, South Dakota. Had to use x5 Nikon SB-25 to light the train, and x3 White Lightning X3200 to light the elevator. Kent in SD
Playing around with my Ais 50mm f 1.4 (at f1.4) My son walked into the kitchen and became a subject. Happy Thanksgiving everbody!
Saw this M/Y A yacht in the Auckland Harbour a few days ago. Its unusual appearance caught my eye. The tour guide described it as property of a Russian tycoon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(yacht) Nikon D800E with 24-120mm/f4 AF-S VR lens @ 98mm, f8.
My accomodation in New Zealand was, of course, far more modest, but we did get to stay on the Milford Mariner for one night. Nikon D7100 with 80-400mm AF-S VR at 80mm, wide open at f4.5 and I used 1/800 sec since I was on a small boat.
One on my favorite clown shots from the Detroit Thanksgiving day parade, went downtown before day break to witness the staging of this event, snow, cold and a bit of wind to top it off, but just like true northerners this event was a well executed and attended event. Nikon D800E ISO 200 24-70 F/2.8 @ 56 mm f/5.6 1/20
As parade starts I decide that 3 1/2 hours of shoots the eager participants is enough and I head out, this shot represents the near beginning of the parade. Nikon D800E ISO 200 70-200 f/2.8 @ 70mm f/5.6 1/200
