Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #27

[Ian Rance]

<p>Eric - mozzie is short for mosquito.</p>

[tonmestrom]

<p>"ian, what's a mozzie?"<br /> A Dutch guy would call that a mosquito Eric. In Dutch that would be a "mug" Seems appropiate doesn't it?</p>

[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p>Wednesday again & here I am awake well into the night as usual. Well not really I fell asleep & woke up as usual. ;-)<br>

First up - to those who noticed my photo last week - thank you - I do recall Hamish & a few others. But it's been a long week & I've not been on top of stuff.<br>

Last week's thread was wonderful as always. Too many to comment on every one of them - oh so many talented photographers.<br>

So far this week....<br>

<strong>Per-Christian</strong> - beautiful sunset. I don't ever seem to be in the right place to photograph them...<br>

<strong>Ton</strong> - What a character you got in the Scottish Kilt wearing man. :-) Great shot as usual<br>

<strong>Hamish</strong> - lovely flowers - just love the light & setting in this one<br>

<strong>Alejandro</strong> - lovely<br>

<strong>Dieter</strong> - wonderful work on the chapel in Versailles. I know how dark that chapel can be as I've been there more than once. I've not ever seen it look that beautiful.<br>

<strong>Monika</strong> - lovely shot<br>

<strong>Leo Laksi</strong> - wonderful night shot of Hong Kong<br>

<strong>Matthew</strong> - stunning sunrise<br>

<strong>Pedro</strong> - beautiful<br>

<strong>Shawn</strong> - beautiful shot of (I think or oat)<br>

<strong>Andy</strong> - fun shot<br>

<strong>Jerry</strong> - what you've got is a Green Heron, commonly by bird photographers called a "Greenie" they have amazing colors when you get close to them & the light is right. Looks nothing like a Great Blue Heron & is a lot, & I mean a lot, smaller. :-)<br>

<strong>Ian</strong> - lovely sunset<br>

<strong>Joseph</strong> - wonderful colors.</p>

<p>And so now to my entry for the week - I'm back to doing my birds, sorry folks...<br>

This is another tiny chick. This time I was working with Black-necked Stilts & this is one of four this Stilt family has. The chick is probably about 10cm tall - if even, maybe about a week old. Shot with the D300 & my now serviced by Sigma Sigmonster 300-800mm f/5.6 EXIFs embedded as always.<br>

<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p197912248-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[kemalriza]

<p>Hi all,<br>

<br /> Again Wednesday and again we meet here with wonderful pictures :)<br /> Here is my contribution to this week<br>

Nikon D300 and Nikon 70-300 mm VR @ 122 mm, ISO 400, 1/400, F/10...</p><div></div>

[pcnilssen]

<p>Wow! just after 90 minutes so many fantastic and inspiring photos! Let's send a special thanks to Jose, who has the stamina to start these threads every week, which we look so forward to!<br />All good photos so far, but these have made a special impression:<br />Ton: Where do you find all those splendid characters? <br />Hamish: Beautiful, with exiting use of Depth of field<br />Jerry: I found the bird! ;) I guess we next week will see a macro shot of one of those blood sucking bugs? ;)<br />Monika: Thank you for your comment. Beautiful colors in your photo. It's summer, all right.<br />Pedro: Firm and exciting composition. The red flowers added a "punch".<br />Jens: In Norway we also celebrate "Sct. Hans Eve" - we don't burn our witches, however ;)<br />Andy: Funny family shot<br />Matthew: Thank you.<br />Joseph: Colorful image (and person). Nice mood.</p>

[neelphoto]

<p>Fisher Tower near Moab, UT. Scanned this week. Nikon FM3a, Nikkor 17-35 f2.8 AF-S.</p><div></div>

[hamish_gray]

 

<p >Thank you Lil! Your chick is beautiful</p>

<p >Per Christian, thank you.</p>

<p >Indranil Chandra, wow! what a fantastic place!</p>

 

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[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p><strong>Jerry</strong> - that looks like a Greenie (Green Heron) again. All it's done is stretch out its neck - - they have a very long one. Leg color is wrong for Great Blue Heron - gray/black legs. Also, head dress is that of an excited Green Heron. So - I'd say you got two Green Herons.<br>

<br /> <strong>Indranil</strong> - just a lovely shot. Amazing colors.<br>

<br /> <strong>Hamish</strong> - thank you so very much. That shot made my day. I could have taken a tad more light in the face, but the fact that the chick decided to do a Swan Lake interpretation was just more than I could ask for. :-)</p>

[joseph_leotta]

<p><strong>Indranil</strong> - You got me ready to book a trip to Utah WOW</p>

[sven keil]

<p>Hi,<br>

very beautiful pictures so far!<br>

Last weekend I attended a concert, and attached - 4 the 1st time - the <strong>AF-D 180mm/2.8</strong> to my <strong>D700</strong> . The picture was shot with ear plugs (but not because the music was so bad), with EV -1, at ISO 3200, with 1/250secs, TIFF, Automatic WB, handheld (with the aid of a police car to rest the ellbow), point metering, and wide open. Not a trace of "color fringing" thanks to in-camera processing.<br>

JOSE-ANGEL, you know the artist for sure (<em>Chambao</em> )!!!</p>

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[pcnilssen]

<p>Well, so far this week, it seems that we will have a competition between the themes birds and sunsets/-rises. ;)<br>

<strong>Lil:</strong> Your photos show you really must love birds. Beautiful color tones. Thank you for your comment. This time the pic was shot not far from our house. We were driving when I saw the motive and hit the brakes hard. My wife gets used to it now :D<br /><strong>Kemal:</strong> I'm glad I'm not the bird on the left. I guess it hurts.<br /><strong>MS Keil</strong>: Nice shot. You use one of my favorite lenses, the 180/2.8. It is awesome, even on a D300 ;)</p>

[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p><strong>Jerry</strong> - they often share the same habitats. Greenie is a lot smaller & mostly stays out of the way of the Great Blue Herons.</p>

[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p><strong>Per-Christian</strong> - - I love wildlife, I love animals, & I love Nature. Where I live, birds are the easiest to get to. Whenever I can I try for wildlife & Nature. Los Angeles is a strange combination...... I spend hours in the muck being eaten by ants, gnats etc to get the shots. :-) But it's worth it.</p>

[sven keil]

<p><strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=440542">Per-Christian Nilssen</a> <a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Frequent poster" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/3rolls.gif" alt="" title="Frequent poster" /> </a> </strong> : The 180mm/f2.8 is, besides my 85mm/f14, my favorite. I usually have it attached to my old D70s, and this combination equals the resolution obtained with 180mm+Fuji S5 (though the Fuji is rated usually somewhat higher than 6MP)</p>

<p><strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=1515544">Shawn McFarlane:</a> </strong> Very nice black-and-white work!</p>

<p><strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4034258">Hamish Gray</a> </strong> : nice background blur from the 50mm/f14 G!<strong> <br /> </strong></p>

[jose_angel]

<p><strong>MS</strong>, of course! <em>Pokito a poko </em>is broadcasted every hour here... I like this song sooooo much. I must say that I`m not devotee to the <em>flamenco-fussion </em>but many of her songs are just <em>wonderful.</em><br>

BTW, <strong>Shawn</strong>, once again I like your pic!</p>

[ken_i_h]

<p>As usual, great works everyone.<br>

This is my entry this week. Titled "what are you looking at?". Kidding. Just a quiet Fifth avenue early Sunday morning. These manequins seemed to be talking to each other.<br>

Ken</p><div></div>

[petter1]

<p><a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=440542">Per-Christian Nilssen</a> and <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2418329">Lil Judd</a>: Thank you for the comments.<br>

With these strong colored houses (there are some very bright red ones), you almost can't go wrong with the composition!<br>

Great pictures, everyone. It's one of those amazing weeks. Again!</p>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>Nice one Jose - simple, but great use of colour. I've got in fairly early this week and of the submissions so far the B&W ears of corn shot does it for me.<br>

Another scan from film as my humble addition this week. Taken in the English lakes on Kodak Gold100 film; Nikon 801s camera with Tokina ATX 28-70 f/2.8 @ 70mm, 1/60th second, f/8.</p><div></div>

[jim_interlicchio1]

<p>Shot at the Bronx Zoo on Monday</p><div></div>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Wow! So many beautiful landscapes, flowers, and birds - Per-Christian, Hamish, Monika, Matthew, Shawn, Lil, and others too. I need to get out more.</p>

<p>This is a toy my dad made for the little kids at a local school. You roll a ball down the chute and try to knock the guys' hats off. I tried to capture the action with continuous lighting and a slow shutter speed. That didn't work very well so added flash. Finally wound up compositing three different images.</p>

<p>D300, 85mm f/2.8 Micro PC, ISO 1600, 1/2 sec. @ f/22, bounced studio strobe modeling lights + SB900 with warming gel.</p><div></div>

[aldrich]

<p>Hi Everyone!</p>

<p>I'm up early this week! (6:00 AM EDT)</p>

<p><strong><em>@ Andy Chubb</em></strong> - Lovely family portrait!<br>

<strong><em>@ MS Keil</em></strong> - Very dramatic feeling to the shot. Looks like I'm right there with you!<br>

<strong><em>@ Everyone else so far</em></strong> - Very nice as usual!</p>

<p>OK...so I'm being sensible today. Rather than rush through a few shots from last week to stay as current as possible, I'm going to submit something just a bit less current while I put final touches on last week's. This shot is from the same shoot as my previous submission last week. Hope you enjoy it!</p>

<p>--Ryan</p><div></div>

[zoltan_varro]

<p>hi Everyone,<br>

VR can be magical! D90 handheld at 1/6 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1600, 18mm, VR on. The car is an old Citroen.<br>

Zoltan</p>

[hasse.linden]

<p>D3 85/1.8 SB800 in shoot through umbrella</p><div></div>

[zoltan_varro]

<p>hi Everyone,<br>

VR can be magical! D90 handheld at 1/6 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1600, 18mm, VR on. The car is an old Citroen.<br>

Zoltan</p>

[zoltan_varro]

<p>hi Everyone,<br>

VR can be magical! D90 handheld at 1/6 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1600, 18mm, VR on. The car is an old Citroen.<br>

Zoltan</p>