Nikon Wednesday 2013: #5

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<p>A pleasant Wednesday to you Nikonophiles. If you're in much of the US, you've been on the Weather Rollercoaster this week. We've had some wild swings!<br /><br />Right after single-digit colds, we got a warm snap that woke up the leaf mold, some flowers, and ... the robins. Millions, probably billions of robins. They're like locusts, stripping every bud, berry, grub, and old french fry for miles around.<br /><br />This guy was downing slightly fermented holly berries like a frat boy at a keg party. Shot as we pulled up in the driveway, through the car window. He swallowed half a dozen whole while we watched. Did I mention there were trillions of these vagrants?<br /><br />Shot anything that popped up out of order this season? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>I guess winter time is good for bird photography. Here's one at the suet feeder in our back yard. I call it "Hungry Birds".</p>

<p>Harvey</p><div></div>

<p>Interesting phenomenon happens here occasionally in the Portland, OR area during the winter. Freezing fog combines with steam from a nearby Intel plant to produce a thick frost. I shot this image at a local park. It may look like snow but isn't.</p><div></div>

<p>Also captured near Portland, OR, in a rural area: a tired, weatherbeaten agricultural building. Shot in color, converted to black and white in post-processing.</p><div></div>

<p>i've been getting into my sigma 85/1.4 lately. it's fast and sharp. works well on a D3s.</p><div></div>

<p>but i still use my trusty d300s and tokina 12-24 from time to time...</p><div></div>

<p>This little guy has made himself at home on a branch outside my front door for the past week or so.</p>

<p>C</p><div></div>

<p>Mostly working on documentary projects recently. The overall theme hasn't quite gelled yet - something involving the daily routines for elderly and disabled folks, with frequent medical appointments, that sort of thing. I'm hoping the theme will gel after I sort through enough photos.</p>

<p>All taken with Nikon V1 and 10-30 zoom. I'm really liking the discrete V1 for this sort of candid documentary photography. These photos are all JPEGs straight from the V1, just resized in Lightroom. I shoot NEFs simultaneously but so far the V1 b&w JPEGs look great, a nice neutral look reminiscent of Kodak T400CN and Ilford XP2 Super.</p>

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<em>Sign-in for neurological exam to check for Parkinson's, one of four medical exams over three days last week.</em><br>

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<em>Checking for strength and tremors.</em><br>

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<em>A hug for the doctor after hearing the good news - it's not Parkinson's.</em></p>

<p>Here's a 1:1 crop of the eye. I admit to being a bit of a pixel peeper, and it's details like this that still have me seriously jonesing for a D800 (or preferably "e").</p>

<p>C</p><div></div>

<p>Marsh Arabs</p><div></div>

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<p>Out of season, out of year - reworked image from awhile ago</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everyone - almost didn't do this yet again. I have to force myself to remember the Wednesday thread.... Bad, but such is life.... I want to thank everyone who wished me speedy recovery last week. I appreciate your thoughts. I'm unfortunately no better & at this time waiting on MRI test results. I do wish this to end...<br>

So far great shots as usual - always fun to catch up with everyone this way. :-)<br>

<br /> But now to my photos. I have a lot of equipment I don't use & am planning to do something with. It's just collecting dust & I have a D800 to pay off ;-) So this week I decided to test a 80-200 f2.8 ED AF Macro Zoom I bought many years ago & haven't used more than the one time I took it out to test. It's great in the fact that it's a push pull, but I also have the 70-200 f/2.8 VR the original one & I don't use it all that much either - - so.... I better test them both & make a decision...<br /> So I used the D800 & the 80-200mm f 2.8 ED AF Macro Zoom together & my subject is my "munchkin" RCA Cajun Colt 45 aka ColieOlie our little American Shetland Stallion. My husband calls Colie my baby as he'll never get any larger than he is today. He's a pain to photograph due to his coloring... ;) But he is a ham ;) ColieOlie stands 44 1/2 inches tall at the withers (tallest point of his back) weighs in at about 375 lbs, but he thinks he's 17 hands tall weighing in at 1800 lbs. Talk about Little Man issues ;-) But he's by far the most beautiful pony I've ever met & I've met a few ;-)</p>

<p>I hope you'll enjoy my little ham ;-) Had a hard time picking which photos to present. He's simply too cute ;-)<br /> 1. f/4 @ 170 mm, 1/8000, ISO 220 -1 1/3 EV - talk about strange settings...<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v72/p1406110958-5.jpg" alt="" /><br /> 2. f/8 @ 170 mm, 1/640, ISO 400 -1/3 EV<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v78/p1406109704-5.jpg" alt="" /><br /> 3. f/8 @ 200 mm, 1/2500, ISO 400 -2EV<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v74/p1406111274-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>F2 + Tamron 70-210 SP...</p><div></div>

<p>The Parthenon at Centennial Park, Nashville TN, at sunrise.</p><div></div>

<p>One more...</p><div></div>

<p>Last one from the other end of the ice...</p><div></div>

<p>Mr. Blue had his annual checkup yesterday.</p><div></div>

<p>Some of my black and whites of Oklahoma</p><div></div>

<p>another</p><div></div>

<p>different</p><div></div>

<p><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=3911606">Chris Court</a>, I love the light on your lizard. It is unusual to have so much time to set up studio-type lighting on animals. Typically they don't cooperate.</p>

<p>The way these kids play soccer is that a bunch of them simply chase the ball. They haven't learned passing and how to use the entire field yet. My wife says it is like people chasing hot stocks. It is quite amusing.</p>

<p>I know, I am insane using a 200-400mm/f4 while most parents use point and shoots to capture their kids. 400mm, f4 on a D700 at ISO 400, 1/2000 sec.</p>

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<p>I was out in the cold taking pictures on the weekend - found this guy</p><div></div>

<p>Hello everyone! Please be patient with me - I'm learning! :) As such, I had my first class last week, and our assignment was to put our cameras on P mode and take series of shots playing with ISO. We too were on that wacky weather roller coaster, so I did a few series inside. This series is of a most willing subject, especially since he had to do nothing other than his favorite thing.<br>

D7000, 18-105mm lens at 105mm, ISO 400</p>

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<p>Last year I heard late there were a pair of Great Horned Owls that had two babies. By the time I got to see them they were as big as mom and dad. Still very cute and I had a great time watching them grow up. This year I'm going there earlier and mom is sitting on two eggs again. This is dad as he sits every day in a nearby tree guarding his family. Great macro Chris Court!! Nikon D3X. Nikon 80-400, 400mm, F/8, 1/125 sec, ISO 400</p><div></div>