Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #39

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<p>Hi, today a bit earlier than usual! I still have the pic on the F3 for developing... hence I need to post one taken few weeks ago.</p>

<p>It is not a live seagull, actually a stuffed sample from the science museum. Lightning was ugly (not only for photography) but liked the background colors and frame.</p>

<p>Taken with D700 @ ISO400, 14bit RAW, 24-85AFS, f8 - 1/60sec. I`m starting to dislike that Auto-ISO feature, this camera has enough speed for shooting under almost any condition, and surprises in terms of noise and lack of detail are then shown at the time of editing. Auto-ISO is too much forgiving to me...</p>

<p>Please post your favourite pic if you like, taken with Nikon gear. <em>Thank you all.</em><br /> [<em>P.S.</em><em> WeD PiC #38 </em>- <em>Thank you all for your participation and specially to those who commented (and sent some kind words) my last week`s pic!]</em></p><div></div>

 

<p ><strong>NIKONS FOR NIKON WEDNESDAY</strong></p>

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<p >It is 40 years this month since I got my first Nikon. I was 14 years old and starting high school. I started in photography when I was 12 using my father’s 35mm Voitlander Vitessa rangefinder. After a while I needed a more versatile camera. I can clearly remember the day my father took me downtown and brought me the Nikon. We went to The Camera Barn on Broadway in NYC in Sept 69. The Nikon F FTn with the 50mm 1.4, hard Nikon Eveready case Nikon skylight filter and Nikon lens hood was $365.00. I had no trouble getting on the HS newspaper and yearbook with that rig. 100’s of rolls of Tri-x went thru that camera when I was in HS.</p>

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<p >In 40 years there have been 15 Nikon Bodies with the newest being a D700. Still have them all except for 1 which was stolen. (FM) and 1 that was dropped the 1^st day I got it.(Nikkormat FT2).</p>

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<p ><strong>Here are the 3 Film classics. The original F-FTn , 1977 I got an F2 and my F3HP with a MD4</strong></p>

<p >Now I’m really in the mood to go shoot some film. If only I had some Kodachrome.</p>

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<p >Is this a Oxymoron – A digital picture of film cameras?</p>

<p >Taken with Nikon D700 using 24-85 AFd Nikkor</p>

<p ><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9813085-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="473" /> </p>

 

<p>A quick snapshot from the short hour I got to spend in downtown Chicago last weekend. Taken with a D700 and Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8.</p>

<p><img src="http://www.pureresistance.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5019&g2_serialNumber=2" alt="" width="533" height="800" /></p>

 

<p >Hello everyone…</p>

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<p >First off – thanks to everyone who commented on my photo last week. I notice that a few of you actually take the effort to write a few words on everyone’s picture!! In time I believe I will also succumb to it as well :)</p>

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<p >My picture for this week is a giant ceramic chess set which was set up in Trafalgar Square over the weekend. It is the work of a Spanish designer whose name I can’t remember. Taken with my D2x + 70-200mm @ F/4 ISO200 1/200 </p><div></div>

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<p>Happy WedNEsDAy, everybody!</p>

<p>A detail from an old door at the Fredriksten castle in Halden, Norway. This was the castle which was under siege by the Swedish king Karl 12th in 1718, when he was killed just 200 meters away from the castle. The scientists still debate who fired the lethal bullet. Was it a Norwegian solider protecting the castle, or did the shot come from within the Swedish army, which was tired of the wars of the somewhat unpopular king?</p>

<p>This image I have called "the old and the new"</p><div></div>

<p>Joseph,<br>

Congratulations with your Nikon anniversary! Your picture this week is almost camera porn! ;)</p>

<p>forgot the link. <a href="http://www.calatrava.com/main.htm">Here it is</a></p>

<p>I didn't have much time this week to go out and shoot, and when I finally did I was pretty uninspired... So not exactly the most Wednesday-worthy picture I'll ever submit, but I try to stick to the "shoot this week, post this wednesday" routine when I can.</p>

<p>Taken with a D300 with AI'd Nikkor 105 f/2.5 at f/4, 1/125th sec, ISO200.</p>

 

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.ww-web.nl/Images/wednesday/20090920_085.JPG" alt="" /></p>

<p align="center"><strong>Avoiding eye contact</strong></p>

<p>This is my first contribution to your forum, I am very impressed with the standard of the photos here, and I am sure there will be plenty of fantastic shots here again this Wednesday. Taken with D700, 70-200mm f/2.8 at 120 mm, 1/125s at f/5.6, ISO 200.</p>

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<p>Hello again,</p>

<p>Thank you to those who gave kind comments about my posts last two weeks, truly appreciated.</p>

<p>In my photo this week I tried to capture just how much larger a structure the Eiffel tower is compared to the rest of the buildings in Paris. It truly does "tower" over the city.</p>

<p>Zoltan</p><div></div>

<p>Hello everybody<br>

Taken a few weeks ago at San Isidro Racecourse, Buenos Aires<br>

D300 + 18-200 @170mm - 1/50 - f 5.6 - ISO 1000</p>

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<p>Wednesday already! First and foremost, thanks to everyone who commented on my image last week - very much appreciated. Hope I can find the time to reciprocate. Not much shooting done in the last week and way behind on processing images from the vacation trip. Took the camera outside for a quick shoot today - bees seem to like the basil plant in front of the house. D200 with 70-180/4.5-5.6 at 180mm, 1/640s, f/10, ISO 200 (that was unintentionally -2EV underexposed, took some doing to recover the image in post processing)</p><div></div>

<p>Good morning, Trendsetters,</p>

<p>No time to dip into my folder of un-looked-at shots this week (sitting at around 5,400 pic at the moment – it fills up as quickly as I can empty it!), so here's one from the files.</p>

<p>The image was taken at a spot called The Lower Portals in Mt. Barney National Park, Queensland, Australia. It's a 5 exposure HDR, shot with a D200 at ISO 100 and an 18-70 lens at 18mm, processed through Photomatix.</p>

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<p>Anish<br>

the name of the designer is Jaime Hayon, by</p>

<p>Well, the only photography I've done over the last week was a visit to Bolsa Chica in Huntington Beach to photograph birds. So, yet again I present a shot from my avian photography.<br /> It was amusing.... it was really dead with no activity. Everyone else had moved & I had just gotten into position & had set myself up the way I like etc with the Sigmonster. I was alone when suddenly this Snowy Egret decided it had had it with all the other Snowy Egrets & decided to chase them off. This is one of several very amusing shots with the Snowy Egret chasing the others away from his/her fishing spot. It happened so fast I've really lucky to have the shots. This shows the aggressor chasing one of the other Snowy Egrets out of the frame. Before he/she was done, three or four other Snowy Egrets had been chased off....<br /> D300 with the Sigmonster 300-800mm at 600mm, Manual Exposure f/8 1/1250s ISO 200 EXIFs embedded as always and a larger version can be seen here<br /> http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/p1058180627/h88cd565#h88cd565<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p143447397-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Loups de Mer - Black Sea</p><div></div>

<p>Hello guys and girls<br>

I'm getting later and later every week =) Or is it you, José, that is getting up earlier every morning?<br>

About my sushi picture last week, I want to thank you all for the nice comments. I honestly can't reply to every single one of you because my access to pnet from work is veeeery limited (I wasn't even supposed to login...).<br>

Every week the pictures get better and better. From all of you. I think we are learning from eachother as well!<br>

Anyway, this is my wife shooting some pool in a very dark room last Saturday night. D700's high ISO abilities amaze me every time. This was shot with a cheap 18-55 @ 22mm (hence the vignetting) @ f/3.5, 1/15s and ISO6400. There's some noise in the shadows, but still..ISO6400! I'm hooked! =)<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3946041914_ce2c5fbf08_o.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Alejandro<br>

That's the name. Thanks for that!</p>

<p>Nice to see your beautiful work again!<br /> Here is my contribution this week ...</p><div></div>

<p>I've been missing from here for a few months. Here is one from the weekend.<br>

d80 + 17-55mm @ 55mm, f7.1, 1/320, iso 100</p>

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<p>Some really superb photos already - the bar really is getting higher each week. I would like to say thank you to those who commented on my Pronea photo last week. Although I don't use APS as much as I used too, I still run a roll now and again - I like the 16:9 ratio.</p>

<p>For this weeks photo, I used my D50 and 105mm f2.5 Ai-S. These freshly fallen leaves told me in no uncertain terms that Autumn is nearing, then many more leaves will join them...</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Nikon Wednesday!</p>

<p>My contribution this week is a photo of part of a sculpture in Auckland's Western Park. Three of these rise from the ground as though they are half buried buildings.</p><div></div>

<p>Great start to this week's thread! I can't wait to see all of the contributions. Mine is one of the many bugs I shot over the weekend. I had a hard time choosing, but finally decided on this dragonfly because I was so taken with it's eyes. They are the prettiest blue eyes I've seen on a dragonfly. This was taken right before sundown in a wooded gully, so I used a diffused SB600. It lost some of the details in resizing, but the colors came out ok. Here's <strong> Ol' Blue Eyes:</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9814535-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="560" /><br>

<strong> D90/Sigma 150mm/diffused SB600 at f/8, 1/200, ISO 200</strong></p>

<p>I continue to do my 'housekeeping' - that is, to go back and post-process my favourite older images. This one is of an amazing Muslim floating village in Phang Na Bay, Thailand. For some reason, this image, which is very 'busy' in terms of subject matter, works best for me with an old-school mono+grain treatment and I've tried to get the balance right.<br>

Anway...</p><div></div>