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Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #5


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<p>Another cold weekend gave me a chance to catch up on some cozy indoor product shooting work.<br /><br />Now, look sharp, and post an image showing what you've been up to with your Nikon gear.</p><div>00Vfou-216965584.jpg.dc3e1880aeac8df8257a9f77159a831b.jpg</div>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who commented on my last week's infrared photograph (and also the previous week's macro). This week I would like to share a sunset photograph which was made in the South Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona.</p><div>00Vfp0-216969584.jpg.ca7abeee9dcbc2997f57a4f88f95be2c.jpg</div>
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<p>Passers by, Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney Nikkor 50mm f1.4 @f8 1/250 on D700. This image is very sharp even at magnification in its original form; for some reason, my approach to reducing its size must result in some deterioration in its quality.</p><div>00Vfp4-216971584.jpg.01a4be9ea5b90c2578ec9d7fb0cedf7c.jpg</div>
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<p>My buddy Matt and I traveled the frozen Kuskokwim River to Kwethluk on Sunday to visit and photograph the village. After shooting for a couple of hours we met Kira; she and a friend had been entertaining Matt's dog Ripley through the window of his Subaru. Matt, being a trusting and friendly soul, handed over his precious dSLR to Kira who went to work as if she had had formal training. I shot over fifty exposures of her with his camera - me, firing off frames like a desperate hack. Kira shot one exposure for every dozen of mine - I'd hear the Canon shutter fire “clunk", then my Nikon: tchet-tchet-tchet ... tchet-tchet-tchet, then Kira: "clunk". I thought that she was having trouble finding the shutter release and I imagined that she was capturing a typical six year old's photos: heads chopped off, wildly crooked horizons. Then, to Matt's and my surprise, she raised her right arm to compose in portrait mode. We looked at each other, jaws dropping in disbelief. Once back in Bethel we immediately backed up our cards and anxiously opened our files. All of Kira's shots were thoughtfully composed and engaging, horizons as level as can be. After a few rounds of editing most of my shots have been deleted and I'm left with this image of a little Yupik Eskimo girl enjoying her talent for photography.<br>

HaPPy WedNEsDAy<br>

(Nikon D300s with Voigtlander 58mm f1.4 @f4)</p><div>00Vfp7-216971684.jpg.70b1ffa6b6b8600986009931bfe1d27f.jpg</div>

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<p>Hello everyone<br>

Another week of wonderful photos to look at. I would like to thank Roberta, Jana, and Janne for their kind words last week.<br>

Today i have a photo of a Firewheel tree flower. You will have to forgive me as i don't know the correct name. The flower is mainly red with a touch of yellow but i had trouble doing it justice in colour so have turned it into a selenium colour to show the fantastic lines of this flower.<br>

I planted this tree 14 years ago and it took 13 years to flower and this year it is covered in the flowers</p><div>00VfpA-216971784.jpg.ddee174d0a077bd342688fa82da35d5b.jpg</div>

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<p>Nice start and looking forward to seeing all the rest of this week's photos! Sorry for another Roadrunner photo this week, but it was suggested by better photographers than I to try and get down to eye level, so I went back to see if I could find him and got lucky. I hid behind the bushes and when he poked his head out, got this shot. The leaves blurred out most of his body, but I kind of liked the effect. (D90/70-300mmVR, 1/250, f5.6, ISO 400)</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10616797-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="544" /></p>

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<p>Hello Everybody,<br>

firstly thank you to Don Harper, Filip Lucin, Juho Niva, Roberta Davidson, Mark H, Joseph Leotta and Janne Kaakinen for your very kind comments on my last week's photo. I really appreciate it. <br>

This week a portrait of my son with his teddy bear taken in my studio, it was almost impossible to photograph him, he was moving and running and lying on the floor and turning with his back towards me, but suddenly he sat down and had this quiet moment with the teddy bear he loves. <br>

Taken with D700, 85 mm, f/1.8; 1/125s, f/9, ISO 200</p><div>00VfpK-216975684.jpg.58203d69fd3fcaa4a6463a24282e6e47.jpg</div>

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<p>This week I post a shot I took this last Sunday which a friend of mine has picked of my latest work. So this is in honor of said friend. I'm still really "off" about my photography, but I go out & shoot. It's when I come home I lose all my "feel" for them.<br>

I didn't have my macro with me - we were out shooting birds - but as always I had my Lensbaby with me & I had my macro attachments as well. So when we found these fungi being lit so nicely by the sun, I pulled out the <strong>Lensbaby </strong> & attached it to the <strong>D300</strong> & added the <strong>4x Macro attachment.</strong> EXIFs are <strong>NIKON D300, f/5.6 @ 50 mm , 1/200 , ISO 640 -0.7 EV - </strong> handheld as there was no way of setting up a tripod & I was on the ground. <br>

<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p194704986-4.jpg" alt="" /><br>

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<p>Texas has a reputation for taking its high school football very seriously. Fewer people know that many school districts in Texas also devote significant time and effort to their music programs. The students in this picture were selected to be the state honors full orchestra this year, so they're preparing for a concert in a couple of weeks at the state's music educator's convention. The full orchestra has many of its rehearsals outside of school hours because most of the time the string orchestra and the wind ensemble (band) are separate groups in different classes. It was inspiring to see these kids spend three hours on a Sunday afternoon focused on polishing some difficult music; even a visitor like me could hear the improvement through the afternoon.</p>

<p>I got lots of pictures of players concentrating on their work, directors looking dramatic, forests of violin bows, and cascades of brass. But this picture caught everyone during a happy pause, when the string players cracked up about something, and the directors let it go for a few moments. It's a glimpse at a group of dedicated students and teachers who genuinely enjoy making their art succeed.</p>

<p>Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 at f/4, 1/180 (nothing remarkable about that).</p><div>00VfpU-216979584.jpg.48d820a05cbc488e34f4e417a82ef3fd.jpg</div>

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<p>Wow...I am early. Not even 10 here in Seattle.</p>

<p>Narayan...Exquisite...truly...simple and so powerful</p>

<p>Eric...Great shot and DEFINITELY my favorite story.</p>

<p>Jeannean...I agree...great effect. Remarkable texture on the bird.</p>

<p>Jeff...Another great shot. The hole adds another story to the one you've captured. Beautiful and majestic animal.</p>

<p>Jana...Sweet sweet shot...lil boy blue</p>

<p>My contribution is from a job I am editing right now. Taking a little break to see whats going on at PN. One of those sweet hush peace moments where my goal is for the camera and me to disappear for a second.</p><div>00Vfpo-216983684.jpg.a05ca6300e1528d8341dbe71113d0d20.jpg</div>

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<p >Happy Wednesday everyone! </p>

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<p >Roberta and Mark H.: thank you for your comments on my little bird photo posted last week.</p>

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<p >Dieter S.: your Red-tailed hawk photo posted last week is stunning. I love it. I like the soft color of the back ground and the sharp detail of the bird. Excellent.</p>

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<p >Lil, you could be right. It could be a Bushtit. However, in my bird book, the bushtit is grayer in color and with a long tail. The little bird in the photo is more yellow-brownish but lack of stripes colors. I am not sure anymore. I am not a bird expert. L</p>

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<p >I went back to the Año Nuevo CA state park last Friday to visit the sea elephants the second time of the season. This time, there were a lot of baby sea elephants. This picture is showing a mom sea elephant defending her new born baby from an army of sea gulls. Life is tough.</p>

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<p>Ah Wednesday comes round again, this interesting shot is not manipulated at all it was shot out of my office window, the combination of 80 year old glass a telephoto lens at full aperture and back lighting make for an interesting effect, I normally wouldn't take a shot through glass but that was all there was between the cute bird and a fascinated little black cat. </p><div>00Vfq5-216989584.jpg.adcb326c09912cb7c292e80a1b06b7aa.jpg</div>
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