Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #20

[gary payne]

<p>Trying to learn more about close ups. Nikon D700 with 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 VR and Kenko 12mm tube.</p>

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[ryan_smith9]

<p>Went to father-in-law's competition and took this picture. Nikon D90 with Tamron 90mm f/2.8, ISO 1600, 1/60 hand-held with available light.</p>

[ryan_smith9]

<p>Oops, here is the picture</p><div></div>

[shirkwolfe]

<p>This bird was trying to feed at a hummingbird feeder which was quite awkward for him. I'll be back to study all the great photos here.</p>

[shirkwolfe]

<p>Oops. Page expired.</p><div></div>

[bogdan_nicolescu]

<p>Gift basket</p><div></div>

[doug_santo]

<p>Rufous Hummingbird, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA. D200 with Nikon 300/2.8, Tamron 1.4x teleconverter, effective focal length 630mm, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 220, spot metered.</p><div></div>

[shirkwolfe]

<p>I guess I'm not awake yet. The oriole was taken with a d700 and a 70-200 2.8 VR, hand held.</p>

[gus_ziovakis]

<p>Nice pictures here. I just received my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-D lens and was testing it on D80. Here is a sample.</p>

[gus_ziovakis]

<p>Nice pictures here. I just received my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-D lens and was testing it on D80. Here is a sample.</p><div></div>

[mt4x4]

<p>I can't beleive how fast this thread fills up. Its only 8 am here (MTN time) and there is already a bunch of great work posted!<br /> <br /> Here is my contribution for the week. It actually warmed up a little bit this weekend and the critters are starting to get out and about (of course it snowed again last night). These are yearling whitetail deer along the Gallatin River.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9138579-lg.jpg" alt="" width="699" height="468" /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Nikon D200, 300 f/4 ED-IF, Kenko 1.4x tele</strong></p>

[jannekaakinen]

<p>Excellent photos again, the spring and the nearing summer seems to have really inspired people here! I myself have started to look at the colors in a different way in my photography since I started using my S5 pro, it's really strange how a piece of equipment can open your eyes in a new way...</p>

<p>Well, here's my contribution for this week, taken again in a railway station near my workplace.<br>

Rusting metal - works every time for me. :) (1/640 sec, f/11, ISO 200)</p><div></div>

[greengart]

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Taken a couple of days ago and converted in camera to black and white. There is something intriguing to me about fire without color.<br>

D90 18-70mm lens</p>

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[hanappa]

<p>As usual, I look forward to the Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC with interest and trepidation. I was less than satisfied with my shooting this week, but have been going through some images from a few weeks ago. This is a piece of a torpedo brought up from the Jiyuan (Tsi-yuan), a German-built cruiser, part of the Chinese Beiyang fleet sunk during the Sino-Japanese war in the late 1890s. Picture was shot with Nikon D-300 and 18-200 VR (my travel lens). 1/50th at f 4.8, focal length around 50. Suggestions on how to bring out the depths of rusts and brass in post processing welcome.</p><div></div>

[gary_mcghee]

<p>Hasse, that's a great portrait.<br>

Hamish, great perspective and what a great place you live.<br>

Eric, i'm sure that guy from BRWN BFLO would be delighted with a copy of that shot. Did you use any noiseware at all for that shot?<br>

Dan, great catch of your youngest.<br>

Here's my effort for this week. It's a close up of a clematis growing on my fence in the back garden.</p><div></div>

[glenn_c1]

<p>My faves so far this week are Gus Ziovakis' and Nina Myers' photos: I think both have very appealing lighting and composition, and of course subjects. Ironically both have things going on in the background that I don't quite understand. If I may ask: Gus, what are the mottled green patches in the bottom third of the background in your shot? And Nina, what is causing the geometrical pattern that appears on the guitarist standing next to the singer in your photo?</p>

<p>In both cases I'm simply curious. I think the two of them are stunning photos.</p>

<p>I have a tough choice to make, myself, between three photos this week of my own that I rather like. I've chosen this one because, with the change of seasons, it will soon be truly out of place - it was actually taken around three weeks ago. It breaks a lot of the usual rules but for some reason I keep coming back to it.</p>

<p>D90, 16-85 VR @ 62mm, 1/100@f/5.6</p><div></div>

[dave_greenidge1]

<p>Taken on Monday in the tunnel between terminal A & B at Frankfurt airport.</p><div></div>

[nina_myers]

<p>hehe Glenn... the pattern is his sweater. :)</p>

<p>Thanks for the love though!</p>

[ilkka_nissila]

<p>Jose, that's a cool HCB style photograph. Mitch, I like your shot a lot. Is that a natural vignette or did you make it in post? It's nice to see all the variety of activities people participate in.</p>

[glenn_c1]

<p>Ah, yes. I see it now. Poor fellow doesn't know how to wear a sweater properly ;-)</p>

<p>Three others I want to mention:</p>

<p>Andy Chubb: Rather striking shot - I like it<br /> Robert Davies: I like the lighting and color play, very nice, eye-catching shot.<br /> Richard Armstrong: Stunning shot. Color, composition, and light are all, to my eye, perfect.</p>

[pcg856]

<p>Lower Manhattan,Manhattan & Brooklyn Bridges Tough to get a sharp image bobbing up an down on a boat</p><div></div>

[tri-x1]

<p>Nikon D300, Tokina 12-24mm lens.<br>

<img src="http://swcornell.com/webphoto/cart.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>A bit "nature" and "people" heavy this week! Let's redress the balance a bit.</p>

<p>Taken with a D700 and MF Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 @ f/22, studio flash plus some Photoshop fiddling, which I freely admit to. In fact I'd like to see a few more manipulated images on here personally, apart from the obvious saturation boosting that goes on.</p>

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[shamsaldin_hama_hama]

<p>Nikon D300 & nikkor 18-200 VR .</p><div></div>

[gus_ziovakis]

<p>Glenn: the picture was taken wide open at 155mm. The out of focus area (green patches at the bottom) were simply green grass and leaves. I am sure much more experienced folks could explain technical details why this had happened in the following situation. Thanks for your kind critique.</p>