Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #22

[dennis_brabender]

<p>Great start to another Wednesday.<br>

My favorites so far this week:<br>

Matthew's night shot<br>

Fred's tiny dancers<br>

Monika's watchman<br>

Lil's pagoda<br>

and Erik's seascape<br>

My contribution this week is my first real attempt at a formal portrait any constructive comments would be appreciated.<br>

Nikon D40 170mm f5.6 1/8 sec</p><div></div>

[dan park]

<p>Boy in Blue</p><div></div>

[wayne_wrights]

<p>My image this week is another one from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I just happened upon a flock of turkeys in the woods and started following them. These two turkeys jumped on the log and I was able to capture a few shots. Thanks for viewing</p><div></div>

[ryan_smith9]

<p>We were playing with my daughter in the pool outside and took this shot with an old 70-210mm 4-5.6 lens at 5.6 and 210mm at 1/400 sec. Obviously touched up a little with an added effect in LR2.</p><div></div>

[shamsaldin_hama_hama]

<p>Nikon D300 & Nikkor 70-200 VR<br>

F/7.1<br>

1/200s<br>

iso 200</p><div></div>

[bruce_margolis]

<p>Great shot, Jose. Hamish, beautiful shot. Sanford, great work with the 18-200. And Eric, you are in landscape mode? Love it.</p>

<p>This photo is from inside the Sistine Chapel. Not really a point and shoot, more a tilt and shoot. They have a 'no photo' policy there so this is simply tilting the camera up toward the ceiling and hoping for the best. Many security people inside and if you look carefully, you can see the cameras along the railing.</p>

<p>For this I used the Tammy 17-50 wide open with some PC correction. Center detail was very good, the edges lost some detail. My wife bought a Vatican book there, amazing the quality of photo you can get when they let you use tripods, strobes, and large format.</p>

<p>D300 with 17-50 @ 17mm, f/2.8, ISO 1600....</p>

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[stevenseelig]

<p>Over the weekend I was working with my 14-24 lens and for some strange reason I tried to shoot some flowers. Normally, I would use my 105 macro lens. So I am curious as to what people think of the result of this experiment.</p><div></div>

[stevenseelig]

<p>Over the weekend I was working with my 14-24 lens and for some strange reason I tried to shoot some flowers. Normally, I would use my 105 macro lens. So I am curious as to what people think of the result of this experiment.</p>

[chriscourt]

<p>Missed last week, but not this one!<br>

Great thread!</p>

<p>D300, 105mm f2.8 micro (VR), ISO 200, F7.1, 1/320 sec, tripod mounted, natural light</p><div></div>

[nina_myers]

<p>Great stuff again everybody!</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3567788406_a5f9dd90d4.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>

<p>Another from the hair competition.</p>

<p>D300, 135mm f/2 at f/8, 1/125, ASA200, studio lighting, + Lightroom processing.</p>

[torben.palm]

<p>Great work everybody!<br>

D300, AFS 60mm macro, F/4 and 1/60s.</p>

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[dallasmcvickerphotography]

<p>I never get this right but I wish to share this....lets see what happens. :)</p><div></div>

[ron_scubadiver1]

<p>Lots of interesting stuff here. Stairs off the San Antonio Riverwalk Sigma 10-20 @10mm, CNX2:</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3559867839_d33d8fef66_o.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[dave_greenidge1]

<p>Per-Christian - Ah, spring in Norway!, Monika - Nice lighting, Lil - beautiful IR shot, Darko - very nice, Sanford - I like how the trees look like outstretched arms, David L. - great action composition, Chris - your dragonfly is amazingly 3d.</p>

<p>Here is a shot from last Tuesday, the building to the right it mostly glass and metal and was reflecting an intense amount sunlight.</p>

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[sanford_dickerson]

<p><a href="http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Sanford504/SAN_8344-1.jpg">http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Sanford504/SAN_8344-1.jpg</a><br>

Taken a Rancocas Indian Reservation, Rancocas, NJ during their Arts festival.<br>

D200, 18-200vr</p><div></div>

[khoa]

<p>I joined a few weeks ago and this is my first post. I'm pretty happy with the results but could use some tips on post processing to make it look better. <br>

Mustangs @ Williams Square in Los Colinas, Texas<br>

D300, ISO 200, 35-70mm 2.8, 1/400 @ f10 - cropped at bottom to remove building shadow<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9255112-lg.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="558" /></p>

[nimesh_patel]

<p>Recycling man. Boston. Nikon D70S, 70-200 f5.6.</p>

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[pietropa]

<p><img src="http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/turbovirus/nodeG2.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<td ><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/d40x/">Nikon D40X</a> </strong></td>

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<td ><strong>(1/4)</strong></td>

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<td ><strong>f/6.3</strong></td>

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<td ><strong>24 mm</strong></td>

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[keerthi]

<p>Hello! Fellow Nikonians,<br>

This forum is just inspirational for sure. One cannot but admire the great talent on display here and learn a few tricks from the more experienced peers. An occassional pat on the back for a good effort adds adrinalin to ones enthusiasm.<br>

This week I particularly liked Matthew Brennan,Alejandro Held,Richard Armstrong and Lil Judd's pictures.<br>

I visited a museum where I found many statuettes made of terracotta (Oven baked clay).Here is one of them.</p><div></div>

[josephwalsh]

<p>Homage to David Lynch</p><div></div>

[freddy.tu]

<p>Wednesday again weeee!<br /> @MonikaEpsefass really amazing night shot<br /> @HamishGray great reflection<br /> For my part, I had three BBQs this weekend. This one was taken during one of them.</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3538008060_ff2dee1aa7.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>

<p align="center"><strong>Feel The Heat</strong></p>

<p align="center"><strong>[D90, 50mm 1.4G, Manual 1/100 f/1.4</strong> ,<strong>ISO 200</strong> <strong>]</strong></p>

[chriscourt]

<p>As usual, some beautiful shots here. Someone should publish a book of this thread :-)</p>

<p>Jose, Pedro, Hamish, Lil, Hector, Fred and Per-Christian, all gorgeous.</p>

<p>Matthew: Wow. Just, wow.</p>

<p>Torben, is that a Mini's door?</p>

<p>Thanks for the Kudos Dave.</p>

<p>Chris</p>

[Dieter Schaefer]

<p>5:30 AM Wednesday morning where I live - and this thread already has 65 entries - and probably a few more before I finish typing this - 73 to be exact.<br /> Jose - f64 - wouldn't have thought it kept that much detail; excellent shot<br /> Matthew - this came out really nice<br /> Hector - that look is priceless<br /> Lil - really looks like a winterscape<br /> Hamish - what a landscape - love the composition of the shot and the awesome reflection<br /> Richard - nice subject isolation - great lighting on the tulip<br /> Susan - awesome wedding shot<br /> Chris Court - beautiful composition and light on the little monster<br /> Nina Myers - another awesome portrait<br /> I didn't use my Nikon to shoot at the I Madonnari - Italian Street Painting Festival this Memorial Day Weekend in front of the Santa Barbara Mission and haven't processed the shots I took the previous weekend driving up Highway 1 to Monterey. Haven't shot too many birds lately either - this shot of a Snowy Plover checking me out is from mid-May. D300, 300/4 AF-S with TC-17EII, SB-600 with Better Beamer, 1/1250s, f/6.7 (fully open), ISO 220</p><div></div>

[SolaresLarrave]

Finally, I got to post something again...<p>As usual, a thread that is a pleasure to read and look at. <p>Now, my

contribution: taken last year, in a nice garden in Rockford, IL<p><center><a

href=" title="Leaf on Stones by franciscosl, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3565701710_2c72b67f6c_o.jpg" width="600" height="908" alt="Leaf on Stones"

/></a><p><i>Nikon F100, Sigma AF 105mm and Konica ISO 200 film</i></center><p>Thanks to everyone for posting here!

[matters410]

<p>Hello all. Quite a nice start so far. I have my own insect story. My cat found this big moth crawling on the ground in my backyard. I held the cat back while the moth slowly climbed a small tree and expanded its wings over the next 5 hours or so. I managed to squeeze my tripod under the tree and got this shot, and many others over the course of the afternoon. The next day a male tracked her down and I got a number of interesting photos of the two mating. I hope she layed the eggs in the same tree but I haven't found them yet. I used my D300 with 105 micro VR and tripod with a ball head. It was shot wide open (which at that distance, was f/3.3. 1/250th sec, ISO 320. Those shriveled wings eventually reached a span of at least 5 inches (the male was bigger still). Spring is wonderful.</p><div></div>