Nikon Wednesday 2016: #50

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<p>Out for a midnight walk with the dog on this crisp, clear Nikon Wednesday in December ... and smelled a healthy dose of natural gas coming up through the pavement out in front of the house. Yeah, I called the gas company, so hopefully I'll still be here for Nikon Wednesday 2016 #51 next week! But of course that got me staring at the pavement, and one thing leads to another. Here's a long exposure of ... the street. And a manhole cover suspiciously close to the smell of that LNG. Come on, gas company, get here and check it out!<br /><br />Lots of great contributions last week, Nikon people. Looking forward to what's what this time around. Share some photos!</p><div></div>

<p>Winter blues.<br>

Nikon D800 w/16-35</p><div></div>

<p>Fine snow blowing down off the pine trees. </p><div></div>

<p>Light snow, Bromont Quebec.<br /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18322018-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="544" /></p>

<p>That's a great opening shot Matt Laur<br>

Here are mine for the week. Again pictures from the Catskills, NY</p><div></div>

<p>#2</p><div></div>

<p>#3</p><div></div>

<p>Cold morning blend of 2 images with Photoshop CC.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18322017-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="680" /></p>

<p>Holiday spirit.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18322019-lg.jpg" alt="" width="1500" height="1252" /></p>

<p>Getting close to midnight</p><div></div>

<p>Some Christmas Card shots already this morning.<br>

Curt is that Pine Creek in Pennsylvania?</p>

<p>Our latest snowfall, Iowa.</p><div></div>

<p>My holiday snap collection had reached Canyonlands (which turned out to be cooler than expected - and we only spent the morning driving some of Island in the Sky; we had Arches in the afternoon, or next week, depending on how you look at it). Therefore I had a bit more light than Matt to work with. :-) I was nervous about bothering with Moab given that we weren't going to hike, but it was absolutely worth it. It's a toss-up between this image and one which doesn't look like you're on the edge of a cliff until you look closely... but let's represent the location.</p><div></div>

<p>Fractals - as above, so below.</p><div></div>

<p>And finally, that feeling when you stand on a large rock and then notice the crack running all the way across it. Where I'm standing was going to end up at the bottom of the cliff before long (geological time). Amazing blue skies there, by the way (yay altitude); I wish we had HDR viewing options in Photo.net - I lose saturation in making the shadows visible.</p><div></div>

<p>Great landscapes Curt and Andrew. This cityscape is the Westside Highway, Hudson River and Jersey City.</p><div></div>

<p>Kansas City Southern Christmas Train on December 1, 2016 in West Point, Mississippi.</p><div></div>

<p>Another KCS.</p><div></div>

<p>The Christmas Locomotive.</p><div></div>

<p>Part of the Hudson Yards construction site.</p><div></div>

<p>Madison Square Garden and the Empire State Building.</p><div></div>

<p>Foggy morning today. Nikon d700, 16-35 f/22, 8 stop nd, 15 sec exposure. Title for you banjo fans. </p><div></div>

<p>Downtown Santa Barbara, Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center<br>

Nikon D700, Sigma 24/1.4 at f/1.8, 1/40s, ISO 250<br>

<a title="Christmas Spirit" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5603/31273064660_a0938f6663_b.jpg" alt="Christmas Spirit" width="681" height="1024" /></a></p>

<p>L'Arcade Barber Shop, D700, Sigma 24/1.4 at f/4, 1/60s, ISO 320<br>

<a title="Barber Shop" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/684/31273058840_d76037becb_b.jpg" alt="Barber Shop" width="819" height="1024" /></a></p>

<p>Victoria Street Barber Shop (through glass door); D700, Sigma 24/1.4 at f/4, 1/60s, ISO 2200<br>

<a title="Barber Shop" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/400/31645582925_030c6ec454_b.jpg" alt="Barber Shop" width="683" height="1024" /></a></p>

<p>Matt, here is an ode to photos of street/road/highway surfaces:</p><div></div>

<p>And the famous sign at Roy's:</p><div></div>