Nikon Wednesday 2015: #21

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<p>Howdy Nikon people. Yes, it was a long holiday weekend, and across the nation, millions of grills were fired up. Including ours. Sausage, it was. Any primitive rituals happen in front of your camera? Share!</p><div></div>

<p>Usually a B&W shooter with film or digital I admit to smiling when I saw the soft colors and tones produced by home developed Portra 160.</p><div></div>

<p>... and I smiled when I saw the contrast and 'drawing' of this old lens. Welsh Poppy.</p><div></div>

<p>matt, i hate you for this...<br /> forgot my wallet at home..hungry..and then i see this.<br /> well..<br />now for something completely different<br /> shun, you should go to one of these ;)</p>

<p>this band is called sylosis. a british metal band.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18028012-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="452" /></p>

<p>nikon d3, iso 400, 24-70, 1/5th, f 2.8</p>

<p>The annual Airshow visit....well, one of 4 this year! This one is Duxford VE Day Commemoration. (Should read ISO 200)</p>

<p>Hawker Fury</p><div></div>

<p>B17 and Friends.</p><div></div>

<p>De Havilland Dominie (DH 89A). Military trainer variant of the more famous D H Dragon Rapide, built 1941.</p><div></div>

<p>weekend trip to New Mexico to visit son. Just north of Santa Fe.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello everyone. Edwin B Forsythe bird sanctuary birds for me this week. Nikon D800 w/ Nikon 300mm f4. Enjoy.</p><div></div>

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<p>A ritual for some perhaps, this was my first time there</p><div></div>

<p>Mike - I really like the looks of that De Havilland. I'd like to see a shot of it in flight. Thanks for sharing it.<br>

I am as captivated (or more) by the details and transformation of flowers as they age and wither as when they are fresh and at their 'peak'. This is an older rose on one of our rose 'weeds' (I've tried for years to kill this by cutting it down to the ground but it won't die). </p><div></div>

<p>Two different eras, an L-5 and the ubiquitous Huey arriving at the Tuskegee, Al airport for the annual fly-in.</p>

<p>Rick H.</p><div></div>

<p>Tribute to BB King</p><div></div>

<p>One More</p><div></div>

<p>Purple Lupine in the front yard.</p><div></div>

<p>Calico Pennant Dragonfly (Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, Pennsylvania)</p><div></div>

<p>The conductor.</p><div></div>

<p>Janna performed at the World Village Festival in Helsinki on Saturday.</p><div></div>

<p>Marimekko had their annual summer fashion show outdoors.</p><div></div>

<p>Thankfully this time the floor of the catwalk was white, so it was possible to shoot into the light.</p><div></div>

<p>Santa Barbara Zoo, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake</p><div></div>

<p>White-handed Gibbon</p><div></div>

<p>Chilean Flamingo</p><div></div>