WedNEsDAy PiC #13

<p>Hi all. A friend of mine is somekind of artist, <i>Antoni Tàpies</i> style. Actually I consider him so, and in our circle of friends his "work" is highly considered... my subject this week is a detail of one of his very demanded "desk lamps". </p>

<p>D700 @ 200ISO, 14bit RAW, 105VR, 1/125sec - f22, all camera tricks off. I decided to use this lens after reading some new threads about the lens. The original, full sized image, seems to me astoundingly sharp, and the lens is a joy to use; the manual focus ring is not as "perfect" as the one on my 105/4 but works, especially in conjunction with the "Live View" feature.</p>

<p>Please feel free to post your pic taken with Nikon gear, as usual.</p><div></div>

<p>I can't see your picture Jose! Uhmm!<br>

Anyway, I went to see how the colony of Herons close to my home is doing this year! They are just beginning to mate and they got scare when they saw me. I was using my blind for the first time but it didn't work with them. I will check again in a couple of weeks after they have their egg so they are more tolerant. this time they all took off.<br>

Here is one of the few shots I took. I kinda like it but the far away wing position is not good. Besides that I thought it was ok.... Cheers!</p><div></div>

<p>Every day after lunch we go for a walk around the plant. This was started 11 years ago by two german men and this tradition has been passed on ever since. There are a couple of rules on this walk: -no talking about work -slow pace. A couple of months ago, some of us came up with the idea to take a picture every day and post it in a <a href="http://avoltinha.blogspot.com">blog</a>. It's been updated not so regularly, but that's not the point =). Anyway, this is yesterday's picture.</p><div></div>

<p>I woke up this morning and realized that it was WedNEsDAy and I did not have a picture!! So I hurried to get dressed, got my camera, tripod and SB900 (which was on another tripod) and took this picture out of my living room window. I'm afraid it's not much and a little colorless in the early morning light, but I didn't have much time before I had to be at work. I probably scared the life out of the little bird with the flash too. <br />D300 with 70-300VR @ 300mm, ISO 800, 1/100s, f10 and an SB900 off camera.</p><div></div>

<p>I had my first go at proper street photography this week. It was a little scarey at first but overall good fun and I will be trying again.<br /> D80 + 17-55 @ 35mm, f3.2, 1/250, iso200 - Cork City, Ireland</p><div></div>

<p>For my photo this week I saw that the blackthorn had blossomed and with the backdrop of the old barns and blue sky I thought it made a typical 'Spring scene'.</p><div></div>

<p>This picture was taken at a local restaurant this weekend..., with D300 and the cheap 35-80D.</p><div></div>

<p>a beautiful hazy spring morning up at esthwaite on saturday.</p><div></div>

<p>Renè, I know my subject is somewhat odd... just a detail of an even more odd desk lamp. I rejected to shoot the whole lamp because I was not able to show the actual impression it generates... I`m thinking to post another one next week. Mine is "too hard".<br /> Tàpies work is way more known (MOMA, all Guggenheims, Hirshhorn, etc.); like my friend, extremely controversial. Check <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.elpais.com/recorte/20070908elpbabens_5/XLCO/Ies/20070908elpbabens_5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.elpais.com/fotografia/Escritorio/paja/Antoni/Tapies/elpdiacul/20070908elpbabens_5/Ies/&usg=__u5qq8w36H2_HjDrJjwYJA2x7Mlc=&h=456&w=620&sz=36&hl=es&start=46&um=1&tbnid=tJYtNXLvGjfweM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAntoni%2BT%25C3%25A0pies%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Des%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Des-es%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1">this "sculpture"</a>. I take this "art expressions" with some sense of humour.</p>

<p>My image this week was taken with a Wisner 5 X 7 View Camera with a Nikkor-W 210mm lens @ f32. Film used was Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 80, developed in Pyro. Thanks for looking</p><div></div>

<p>hello again.<br>

when i was playing (jenka, i don't know the english name) with my mom, dad and older brother i took this picture. i like how i focus on the game pieces and my mother looks out of focus on the background.<br>

thank you.</p><div></div>

<p>Greetings from the still frozen upper peninsula of Michigan! This is on the ice on the southeastern shore of Lake Superior this weekend. My son and his wife are with my daughter to give some idea of the immense expanse and size of the ice. I used my D300 with the 18-200 VR at f8, 1/400 sec, iso 200, at 18 mm. There are some beautiful shots here again already this morning! Have a great day everyone!<br>

Dick</p><div></div>

<p>Great picture , Hideyuki..., the best image from your portofolio, so far.</p>

<p>Nice job, Shawn, good eye. Street photography is exhilarating. I need to get back out and do some more myself.</p>

<p>Gary, I'm seldom moved to comment on landscapes but that one is just about perfect. Elegantly simple, beautifully muted colors. A real classic look and feel reminiscent of the early watercolor era.</p>

<p>Hideyuki, I like your photo as well. In the US we call that game "Jenga".<br>

I too like Gary's shot. Nothing like that golden light.<br>

Cool UFO Paul....did you get taken to their leader?<br>

My picture is of one of my backyard friends from a different perspective. We feed the local brown squirels peanuts during the winter months when their food gets a little scarce.<br>

D3 70-200VR</p><div></div>

<p>My Pooch, looking out over Lake Michigan.</p><div></div>

<p>Wednesday noon at the beach -1C. Have a nice day.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi, Saturday night, out in town with my camera - D80, Sigma 10-20mm, three exposures, HDR'ed in Photomatix.</p><div></div>

<p>Sunday was our 50th annual local art festival. Artists of all types, they claim there were 2,000 participants. Photography exhibitors were excellent. Lots of fine art, B&W, large format landscape, etc.</p>

<p>BTW, many exhibitors had signs that said "No Photography" and many others wouldn't allow it. One guy told me that three guys were making the rounds at the booths. Two would distract the exhibitor while the third was taking photos. His fear: A copy of his work would end up in a Wal-Mart for $20 in a couple months.</p>

<p>One glass sculptor was shocked when I asked permission to take a few photos. Said no one ever asked before. </p>

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<p>Shot with my Nikon D80.<br>

jf</p><div></div>

<p>Let's try this again....you would think that I would have figured out how to get it right the first time by now...<br>

Here is a picture of an Emerald Swallowtail that I took on the first day of spring. At least it's spring in Florida. Looks like Richard has a while left to wait.<br />Dennis</p><div></div>

Rene: au contrare; its a great shot. Hideyuki: as usual you are setting a high standard. Hamish: another procrastinator- heh,heh. Dick: well you certainly took the wind out of my anticipated squawk about having to get out in 27 degree cold to make the contribution:) Gary: a museum piece. Bruce: just a delight of color and composition. Can we expect to buy it at Wall-Mart for $20 soon? And now (drum roll) my onlyest street shot ever. BTW I hate to see my breath.<div></div>

<p>Hello guys, D300/ Sigma 90/2.8 MACRO.<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3385065364_1ba25bfbfa_o.jpg" alt="" width="834" height="606" /></p>

<p > My lazy cat .</p>

<p>Hideyuki, that's an awesome shot. Gary's has a lot of atmosphere and beautiful light.<br>

I got to do some processing - B&W conversion to be exact. Image taken with D300 and Sigma 150/2.8, processed with DxO, converted to B&W using Channel Mixer and AgfaPan 25 preset, warm gray tritone Orton and Ethereal Glow applied.</p><div></div>

<p>Looks like this week has an "arty" vibe to it - here's my shot.<br>

This large Acrylic sculpture is from my mother-in-law's house, but I don't remember the artist's name.<br>

When she first got it there was a fuss because it hadn't been signed, so I helped crate it up to send - I remember it was really heavy!<br>

D60 with 50mm G 1.4</p><div></div>