Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #1

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<p>A Happy New Year, and of course Happy Nikon Wednesday to everybody.<br /><br />I didn't want to mix things up too much, with Jose Angel getting some long deserved rest from this weekly task (thanks again, Jose!). But mixing things up got me thinking about this still very functional Sunbeam Mixmaster. It's almost 20 years older than I am, far more stylish, and can still run at full speed.<br /><br />Shot between dinner and dessert the other evening, this used a D300 at ISO 200 and 1/60th with a 50/1.4 at f/2.5. The onboard CLS commander was talking to an off-camera SB-800 at 1/4 power, camera left across the room, doing a casual ceiling/wall bounce. B&W conversion in NX2.<br /><br />Please post your own image, and show us what you've been up to with your Nikon gear. <br /> </p><div></div>

<p>An image made with my "new" D200 and an ancient 28mm f3.5 AI Nikkor. Being new to digital I am having fun learning all the basics....</p><div></div>

<p>Casino Niagara lobby in ultra wide angle. Shot with D3s mounted with a 14-24mm lens @ ISO8000, F8, 1/80s, 14mm FL.<br /> <img src="http://cameraface.smugmug.com/photos/758543468_5SZmD-X3-1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

The very first bloom of a new rose I planted a few months ago... Yes, its that warm in California!<div></div>

<p>So it begins; the long, cold dark of winter.</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Major Snow in Vermont</strong><br /> <strong> </strong><br /> I spent the last 5 days up in Vermont with family and friends to see the New Year in. If you were following the news, Northern Vermont got hit with a monster storm that broke records, almost 36 inches of snow in 36 hours. In southern Vermont we only got 18 to 20 inches. Believe me it was enough for one storm.<br /> Here’s a news link:<br /> <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100104/NEWS02/100103021/1007/Vermont-snowstorm-breaks-record">http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100104/NEWS02/100103021/1007/Vermont-snowstorm-breaks-record</a></p>

<p>Playing with some of my manual focus lens on a digital body, this shot taken late in day, almost has the look of a painting instead of a photo.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond300/"><strong>Nikon D300</strong></a><strong> Nikkor MF 80-200 F4 AI @ 80mm</strong><br /> <strong><strong>Aperture-priority AE, </strong>^{<strong>1</strong>}<strong>/60 sec, ISO 1250</strong></strong></p>

<p>New Year’s photographic resolutions<br /> 1 - Shoot more film<br /> 2 - Get a macro lens<br /> 3 – Replace the D700 that I no longer have, but loved<br>

<br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10451231-md.jpg" alt="Vermont Snow Wednesday 2010-1" /></p>

<p>Housecleaning in the new year, I came across some scanned Velvia slides on Kodak DVD's, pre-digital camera days. Not a new photo, but "re-mastered" today.</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for stepping in Matt, and for starting the tradition Jose.</p>

<p>D300s with 105mm f2.8 AIS; image target: reflected and refracted light at water-air, water-glass and air-glass interfaces in a glass half filled with water. </p><div></div>

<p>The 2010 has brought me resolution to try a project 365 (yes one of those one photo a day) using only a 50G ... just to make life more complex.<br>

This one was day two photo, some empty office (because it was lunch time) near work ... can you see the snow? It is everyday below 0C here :-(</p>

<p><img src="http://thefoodtraveller.smugmug.com/Portfolio/TFT-fotolog/DSC8071And9moretonemapped/757357496_rdg7R-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="534" /><br>

<em>D700, AFS 50G, HDR</em></p>

<p>Happy New Year!</p>

<p>D700, 24-70 f/2.8 G, Capture NX 2</p>

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<p>Wow, an early post opportunity, great, thanks Matt. Looking forward to more good stuff this time. This is a banquet hall near Beverly Hills, shot for their web site and brochure.</p><div></div>

<p>A typical local decoration</p><div></div>

<p>It's now only 6 months to warmth and summer - I find that it is not so cold outside when I think of that. Today we have minus 20 degrees Celcius, but the weatherman has forecasted a bit colder the coming weekend, and a possibility of minus 40 just 200 kilometers away. Cold winds from Siberia, they say!<br>

This shot was made in minus 15 degrees at our marina, and is one of the first shots with my new Sigma 150-500.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://hull534.smugmug.com/photos/758599852_aJbVP-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Lake Boren near my home. Nikon Coolpix P6000 at ISO 64</p>

<p>Common Snipe</p><div></div>

<p>Another Wednesday starts with great photos! (Although it is still Tuesday here in California).<br>

Matt, thank you for taking over from Jose.<br>

My only chance to shoot pictures these days is when I walk my dog; so here is the golden retriever I ran into today.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy wednesday all,<br>

<strong>D700 + 24 f/2.8 AF-D ISO 800 f/4.5</strong><br>

Aya Triada Church-Istanbul<br>

<img src="http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7031/ecliszmini.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

<p>Hello Everybody,<br>

Matt, thank you for running this thread, I really appreciate it. Thank you goes to Jose too. <br>

I am sending today a photo of a spider on rain drops adorned web, I don't have a macro lens, but I couldn't leave this web there without photographing it, so I used my 24-70 mm. I know, the photo isn't perfect, but I like it. <br>

Nikon D700, 24-70 mm; f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/1600s/ f/7.1</p><div></div>

<p>Hello all<br>

Last week I posted a metal flower, now a real one.</p>

<p>D300 + 18-200 VR @200mm - 1/15 - f 5.6 - ISO 200</p><div></div>

<p>Matt! I wasn't expecting you to start until this afternoon, Europe time! Well done on getting things started so early :-)<br /><br />Happy New Year everyone. <br /><br />I shot this picture this morning at 6:15am. I got up early and went outside to catch the cold :-) <br /><br />The thermometer on the wall showed -23.4 degrees C. <br /><br />I set up my tripod with the camera on bulb mode and locked open the exposure with my ML-36. I then walked around with my SB-900 and flashed it manually up into the trees a few times.</p><div></div>

<p>happy Wednesday.<br>

Why not start 2010 with a white swan? Took this Monday and it is still cold out there.</p><div></div>

<p>Taken last weekend during a wedding. Not only another car`s part, this statue has behind an interesting, beatiful story: <a href="http://northstargallery.com/cars/spiritofecstacy.htm">link</a>.</p>

<p>Nikon D700 @ 200ISO, 70-200VRII (200mm), f2.8 - 1/500sec., hand held with VR on. Deep overcast.<br>

Processed in NX2, it`s a 30% crop of the original frame. Resized to fit here. This lens is sharp!</p><div></div>

<p>Wow, Matt's up early.... :-)<br>

Happy New Year to all of you, and may all your wishes come true. The best of health and happiness, and always loads of light and tons of views and impressions.</p>

<p>This is from a series on New Year's Eve in Zurich: "everything is illuminated".<br>

<em>D700 at ISO 1600, 24-70 2.8 at f4.</em></p>

<p><img src="http://www.abload.de/img/757392005__zuri087tgp.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Happy New Year everyone!<br>

Already six days into the 2010 - and I haven't even touched a Nikon! The shot below was taken during a stroll on Christmas Eve, Nikon D200, 35/1.8 DX AF-S, 1/40s, f/10, ISO200.</p><div></div>

<p>Welcome to the helm Capt Laur, and a happy new year to everyone. Per Christian, at least you are getting to test your Sigmonster and D300 in Arctic conditions and they still work. I hope you were wearing thick gloves to handle all that freezing cold heavy metal.<br>

Todays entry is from an air to air session we did on Christmas eve. Andy wanted to do some aerial photos of his new Decathlon aerobatic airplane for his website so I was flown in another light airplane while Andy formated up to us. Its not easy for the pilots flying in close formation or the photographer. Very careful briefing between the pilots is necessary so they know what each is doing at any time. With the photos you have to contend with reflections off the canopy, bumps and shakes, little time to think or make adjustments, etc but I got enough decent ones. Here Andy is in one his closer formations and concentrating hard to maintain a safe distance. He had a second chap with him who was taking a few shots of us, but on closer examination of the photo I noticed he was holding onto the sicky bag instead of his camera !<br>

<img src="http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr327/eurocypria/DSC_3752.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>D700, iso 800, f/7.1, 1/125, nikon 24-120mm at 120mm</strong><br>

Up this afternoon again so just enough time to dust off the camera. Have a good week.</p>