Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #4

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<p>Happy Wednesday, all. Here on the US east coast, we've had a few wet and gray winter days. We're still six or eight weeks from seeing fresh flora, so I've had to settle for something man-made that I found sprouting from the wall of a construction site.<br /><br />Please post a photo, and connect us to what you've been up to with your Nikon gear.</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Seagulls stay around in the Winter</strong><br /> <br /> Glad I got this one as I’ve either had no time to shoot, it gets dark before I get out of work or the weather is not cooperating. <br /> Just a quick stop at Hudson Park in New Rochelle while running around and this fellow seemed intent on posing and staying put for me. This shot caught my eye in post because of the way that the d300 preformed. This was just one of those shots that make you love your equipment. The camera hit the nail on the head perfectly. Just a little crop in post and that’s it.<br /> <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond300/"><strong>Nikon D300</strong></a><strong> </strong><a href="http://nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=2162"><strong>AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED</strong></a><strong><br /> Shot at 135 mm Program AE, </strong>^{<strong>1</strong>}<strong>/800 sec, f/14, ISO 640</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10570894-md.jpg" alt="winter seagull" /></p>

<p>Here is an infrared picture I made of Kiwanis park in Tempe, Arizona. Even though the image conveys the cool feeling of a winter landscape, in reality it was a hot summer afternoon with a temperature of about 110 deg F.</p><div></div>

<p>It's WeDNeSDaY everybody…..</p>

<p>Well, I am not happy with the results I got but I gave it a try…<br>

There is a little story behind this image…. My youngest son collects all kinds of stones. He spends all his money buying them. So I was in The Czech Republic and I found a big amber with a bee inside of it. It's about 6 or 7 cm long. I was with my costumer and she said that the stone was beautiful so I decided to buy it. I paid around 4,400 Czech Crowns for it. I was really happy, I thought it was really cheap. In my mind it was just around 2,400 Yen (22.00 USD). At night at the hotel, I started putting all my credit card bills together and adding them. That is when it hit me….. The silly stone wasn't 22 USD…. I was missing one "0"<br>

Next day I asked my costumer why she didn't tell me how much the stone was but she just replied…. "I didn't think 220 USD was a problem for you" :) Since then, I never leave the calculator at the hotel… even if I look silly I find out the real price even of a drink before I get my credit card out of the wallet! So my son got a very spensive stone…. and I decided to take a picture of it before he looses it!<br>

Macro shots are more difficult than what I thought… this is the best I could do….<br>

Cheers!</p><div></div>

<p>Cute</p><div></div>

<p>Hello to everyone from a warm 34 celcius in Brisbane<br>

My photo this week is from a walk around shooting in a light industrial area on the weekend.<br>

A very simple photo which i hope you like</p><div></div>

<p>My neighbor and pal Elvis. Always brings color to winter.</p><div></div>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2206786">Narayan Kovvali</a> that is a fantastic photo!</p>

<p>I was out this week playing with my Christmas present, a Nikon 200-400mm f/4 lens, at the Sepulveda basin bird sanctuary. Got this photo of a Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) with a monopod. This is a huge crop, but it came out pretty well and it was a lot of fun walking in the park.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Nikon Wednesday! Looking forward to seeing what everybody offers up this week. Last Wednesday was fantastic!<br>

<br />-Shane<br>

Gasworks Park Seattle Washington USA.</p><div></div>

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<p >Happy WedNEsDAy. Thank you to all that commented on my post last week. I appreciate your kind words!</p>

<p >I had worked all week trying to find and post a picture that I was pleased with. Had it narrowed down to three and decided to go out and shoot another sunset. Suddenly this beautiful bird arrived. It was absolutely magnificent. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks for looking. </p>

 

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<p>This is a hand held shot while testing out the 35mm f/2 lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Sorry, I didn't get back to comment on last weeks postings... I saw lots of great work as usual.</p>

<p>I really like the nice light in the city on clear winter days. Here's a shot from earlier in January. The subject is a favorite test subject, the Cheers Pub, downtown Boston. It's the most requested tourist spot in the city! During fall and spring, we get nice grazing light on the facade. In January, it's a little more direct. I wanted to see what the D300 would do with the dynamic range, from the highlights on the awnings to the shadows at the front door. I am pleased with the results.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Everybody,<br>

Joseph and Renee, thank you for your very kind comments, Joseph, I would certainly add your name to your list, that's for sure. <br>

My photo today is an abstract, I found this colourful lollipop and my good photography friend lent me his wonderful macro lens to photograph it. I tried all different settings, but the one I liked the best was the lollipop out of focus, so only the colours and swirls showed and I've decided to make this my Wednesday photo. <br>

Renee, when I've read, how much you paid for the stone (beautiful, by the way, they are quite valuable with the bees and flies in them and this one seems to be a large one, so not all is lost, it will hold it's value), I thought, that's a lot of money to spend on a present for a son. Wow, Renee must be rich (I know the value of Czech Krowns, so I was surprised). Now you know as well :-)<br>

Nikon D700, Tamron 90mm f/2.8; ISO 400, f/18, 1/40s</p><div></div>

<p >Happy Wednesday everyone! </p>

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<p >Thanks to Peter R., Lil, Mark H., Joseph L., Janne K. and Rene for your compliments on my last week Macro flower-worm pic. I am flattered.</p>

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<p >Rene, when I travel in Europe, I am always looking for old doors to shoot. But nothing came out as good as the one you posted last week. I am not giving up though. I‘ll continue to find “THE DOOR” on my next trip (whenever and wherever it will be).</p>

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<p >Now, about this week posting-<br>

While taking a walk at lunch time near work, I came across this little guy. Luckily I had my D300 with me. I did not know what kind of bird it was at first. I looked him up in my bird book, (Lil, I got a bird book) and found out its called Yellow-rumped Warbler. It’s such a cute little thing. I have to show it to everyone here. Hopefully you’ll like it too.</p><div></div>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2206786">Narayan</a> , wow.</p>

<p>Happy Wednesday.</p>

<p>Nothing special this week, I was back in film mode. Last Saturday, I was asked to teach some local girl scouts something about cameras. I gave them a little tour through camera and film history (after 30 min their attention wandered and had to be recaptured with some instant Fuji film), but I still had some Ektar 100 loaded in my F3.</p><div></div>

<p>Off to a great start for Wednesday! I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has been shooting this week. My contribution is the companion to my coyote two weeks ago. I went back to the same wetland area this past Thursday and found him running around through the bushes. I finally caught the Roadrunner in between darts. I had to tone down the highlights a bit in NX2 (still struggling with post processing). It's hard shooting in shadow and bright sunlight at the same time, not to mention a bird that runs this fast (at least for me). Anyway, here's The Roadrunner. I didn't see Mr. Coyote that day..<strong>Beep Beep!</strong> ;-)</p>

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(D90/150mm 2.8 Sigma, 1/1250, f.5, ISO 200).</p>

<p>Hello all...I will mostly be posting shots from the past few months as I have an ankle issue and it's hard for me to hike and shoot :( This was taken at York Beach Maine...left my Vermont cabin at 2am and drove to York for this sunrise...with 2 photo.net members...good times...the Nubble Lighthouse beacon is in the far left background...</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D300, 18-200mm Nikkor Zoom</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning all, and Happy Wednesday.<br>

My image was taken earlier in the week at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. Lots of geese and all wanting to be fed.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Wednesday everybody.<br>

It seems like the winter will never end. After what seems to be weeks of cloudy weather the sun finally broke through Saturday and I got this from the local harbour. </p>

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<p>We had a nasty blizzard over the past weekend that left many major roads impassible. The strong winds and frozen precipitation also reformed snow that had softened over the last two unusually moderate January weeks, and left it hardened against many surfaces such as this ratty old fence.</p>

<p>I biked half a mile out of town in -25C to get to this fence. It was totally worth it: this is quite possibly my very favourite winter photo so far.</p>

<p><img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/e/ep/epp_b/2010/01/26/2010-01-26_After_the_Blizzard.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D40 @ ISO 200, 1/250th<br /> 18-55 @ 38mm, f/16<br /> SB-600 @ 1/4th power -0.3EV, fired off-camera to the left</p>

I've got a bunch of artifacts that I want to photograph and this still life arena is new for me. My first attempt, I've got a lot to learn!<div></div>

<p>Portrait in blue</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning all,<br>

this lucky shot was taken Saturday last at Palo Alto Baylands Park, I was just taking my camera out of my car trunk when I captured this fleet footed character, I would call him a Hare but I think the correct term Stateside is Jack Rabbit, please someone correct me if I am wrong. BTW Jeannean that Roadrunner is so cool, do they really make that sound?</p><div></div>

<p>Bit of a bird theme going on this Wednesday - and before seeing the thread, I had decided on a bird image as well. D300, 300/4 AF-S with TC-17EII, ISO 1600, f/6.7, 1/1600s, +1 2/3 EV. Little bit of photoshop work - et voila:</p>

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