Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #42

[jose_angel]

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<p>Hi all. I had the idea of working a bit on landscapes, but I usually don`t find good ocassions to do so... last weekend I visited the city of Toledo, in the middle-south Spain. This city have the highest concentration of monuments, museums and historic interesting places I remember. Every weekend the city is literally taken by thousands of visitants from all over the world. This view is from a near hill, it doesn`t show the river area which is the most beautiful to my liking, but show the overall look of the city.</p>

<p>D700 @ 200ISO, 24-70AFS at 32mm, f8 - 1/250sec. I forgot to remove the UV filter I attached days ago, don`t know if it causes the look the master image have. I`ll try to post a link to a larger version later (sadly my image storage site is under "System Maintenance" right now).</p>

<p>Please post your favourite pic taken with Nikon gear, as usual... <em>Thank you all</em></p><div></div>

[Rene11664880918]

<p>Well! WeDNeSDaY again. Uhmmm! I wish I was in a better mood but… I thought I would post this picture from the airport in Seoul but I missed the plane last evening. Now I have to look for a ticket and it will cost me at least what a good lens would :)</p>

<p>This a mural of a battle between the Czechs and the Swedish. Nothing to worry about right now. It seems it took place a few years before we were born! :)<br /> I was attracted by the paint outside a door with combination of real objects and money all over the ground. To me, the low light also gave this shot a more realistic view. <br /> After looking at the shots I took, I think on this one I got what I was looking for for. <br /> I hope you guys like it!</p>

<p>Happy WeDNeSDaY everyone!</p>

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[joseph_leotta]

<p><strong>On Lake Champlain</strong></p>

<p>This past weekend I went to Northern Vermont, up to the City of Burlington by the Canadian Border. Burlington is off of Lake Champlain which boarders on both Vermont and New York State. I have a house in southern Vermont that is a family retreat. It’s 200 miles or a 4 hour trip from where we live in NY. Burlington is another 140 miles more north, so it’s quite a ride (350 miles). But it was well worth it as I went to see 2 of my children that are away at college there at the University of Vermont (UVM).</p>

<p>It was rainy and overcast and not just a good day for photos. Towards the end of the day the clouds started to break up in dramatic fashion. This was just as the sun was starting to get low in the sky</p>

<p>Nikon D700 <a href="http://nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=1929">AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4D IF</a> at 60mm<br /> This one is only 78K</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9895981-lg.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="426" /></p>

[alex.held]

<p>Hello all<br>

Last Saturday I went to Autoclasica, a huge exhibition of classical cars here in my hometown, San Isidro, in Greater Buenos Aires <br />I really know nothing about cars but I love the different shapes and designs. When I was leaving the show, the owner of a 1950 Pontiac Streamliner told me: " I want to show you something". He got inside the car, turned on the light and made the Indian Head Mascot glow in the dusk. And then I knew what I was going to post for the next Wednesday Nikon pic!<br>

D300 + 18-200 VR 1/50 - f 5.6 - ISO 1000</p><div></div>

[hamish_gray]

<p>Taken at noon on Saturday after a 30cm snowfall the night before.<br />I applied a brown softlight gradient overlay in CS4 (approx 50% opacity) for increased contrast and a slight brown tint.</p><div></div>

[luisarguelles]

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<p >Like Jose Angel, I also seized the opportunity of the weekend to visit a beautiful city in Spain: Valladolid. There, I went to its Museum of Science. One of the floors is dedicated to neurosciences and since my wife is a doctor, she was explaining me things with lots of details. Interestingly, we noted a popular science activity where visitors can try to mount an human skull. I was amazed how she was able to mount the complete skull in less time I’m able to change lenses in my camera! (well, almost :)</p>

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[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p>I want to start by saying Thank You to those who commented upon my IR from the Mission last week.<br /> This week - went out with friends on Sunday with the intent of photographing birds. No birds made themselves available even with the promise of releases & payment in whatever form they requested.... No sun either.... So we made due with that which we could.<br /> I found some flowers to photograph & this is the result. Picked by my daughter....<br /> Shot with D300 + 300mm AF-S f/4 at ISO 640, 1/500s, f/8, -0.3 EV, A mode & Matrix metering. EXIFs as always embedded. Processed in between NX2 & CS3.<br>

Larger version can be seen here - http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/p1058180627/h2021aa0f#h2021aa0f<br>

<br /> <img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p539077135-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[darko_vrsic]

<p>Shooting ...</p><div></div>

[marc_henry1]

<p>My contribution is from the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel le Ferne, near Folkstone, Kent.</p><div></div>

[eric_arnold]

<p>here's a shot i took last weekend at the Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle, a national competition of graffiti artists. Each year, contestants are given a theme and save several hours to complete their work. This was one of the pieces from last year and displayed this year. the theme was 'Life.' I particularly like the vibrant colors here, and the message is definitely a relevant one.</p><div></div>

[jeannean_.]

<p>This milkweed tiger caterpillar has replaced the bees on my usual critters stake out vine. Reminds me of a scrub brush. (Taken at dawn on Saturday with my Nikon D90/Sigma 150mm 2.8 macro with SB600 diffused with LumiQuest softbox. 1/100, f.11) <br /> <strong> </strong><br>

<strong> Breakfast at Dawn</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9897772-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="469" /> <strong></strong></p>

[gary_mcghee]

<p>morning all, my shot this week was taken on sunday. it was such a clear night driving back from the coast in Wales we decided to try and capture some stars. this was taken at Bala lake. </p>

<p>D700, 35mm f/2 @ f/2.8, 30 secs @ ISO3200. </p><div></div>

[andy_chubb]

<p>Jose,<br>

thanks for starting off another good wednesday for us - great shot of Toledo. Mine is much closer to home - a shot of a tower block in Sheffield, but the sky was so good and the leaves made a nice contrast. D700, 24-70, 3 exposures 0.7 diff, merged and contrasted.<br>

andyc</p><div></div>

[dave_greenidge1]

<p>A photo from last Saturday night in Alaska. It was a suprise to have such a nice aurora.</p><div></div>

[aaron bonnici]

<p>Hi everyone,<br>

Already lot of images I like..keep it up everyone</p><div></div>

[Matthew Brennan]

<p>Despite these daisy flowers being a weed species in local pastures, I still love what they do for portraying landmarks like these feed grain silos around this farm where I work on Fridays. Image is reduced to 125kB....</p>

<p>Great range of perspective photography posted already, <strong>Lil</strong> - lovely composition. <strong>Hamish</strong>- beautiful detail, <strong>Jose</strong>- great view of Toledo, your image places it nicely in it's surrounds, <strong>Dave</strong>- magnificent auroral image - top marks from me.......</p><div></div>

[Ian Rance]

<p>Wow! I don't think I can match the quality this week - the standard is just too high. Anyway, the fun is in joining in so here is my photo showing baloon rides in the last minutes of sunlight over the Vale of Aylesbury.</p>

<p>Once again, thank you to those who commented on my entry last week.</p><div></div>

[oskar_ojala]

<p>Many thanks to those who commented on my photo last week!<br>

I'm building a backlog of unedited pics, but picked up this grab shot I took one evening that didn't need any editing. I like it a lot myself, but I'm not good at judging my own photos :-)</p><div></div>

[jannekaakinen]

<p>Good WedNEsDAY morning!</p>

<p>On Saturday I had finally some free time in my hands and decided to play around with my new tripod, couple of small cheap fill flashes and a bowl of apples that were forgotten on the table for a bit too long. :)</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9900621-lg.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="455" /> <br /> <strong>Fuji S5 Pro & Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 (@ 28mm, f/10, 2 sec, ISO 100) + Kobra Mk.II Fill flash<br /> </strong></p>

<p>Trying how combining the personal folder + critique tool + WeDNEsDAy PiC-thread works together, so you can leave comments & (true) critique for this pic on my WeDNEsDAy PiCs folder at<br /> <a href="../photo/9900621">http://www.photo.net/photo/9900621</a> <br /> Thanks!</p>

<p>P.S. And thanks to Pedro & Ray for your comments on last week's thread! I was too slow (again) with my comments... Sorry!</p>

[darrell_styner]

<p>Thanks to those who commented on my photo last week. I was inspired to get out and take something specifically for the occasion this week! This is North San Diego, CA as seen from Mt. Soledad, taken Monday, 10/12. D700, 24-70 at 70mm f/6.3, 13 sec., ISO 400.</p><div></div>

[janahughes]

<p>Great collection already, can't wait to see more. <br>

Alejandro, thank you for your very kind comment on my last week's picture. <br>

Here is my photo for this week.<br>

Nikon D700, 70-200mm f/2.8 at f/2.8, 1/1000s, ISO 400 </p><div></div>

[monika_epsefass]

<p>Happy Wednesday!</p>

<p>First of all, thanks to all those kind ones who take the time to comment pictures, and give me (and others) such gentle feedback.</p>

<p>This was taken on a really bad day in Italy - it was pouring down, but nevertheless, I decided to go against my solar addiction, and play the rain - here's the outcome. A harbour at the onset of yet another shower...<br>

<strong><em>D700 with 70-200/2.8 at f2.8</em> </strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.abload.de/img/188203666s19.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[petter1]

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<p>Good morning all<br>

I'm really late this week =)<br>

This is one of my mother-in-law's many plants. I had my 60 Micro f/2.8 AF-D for a few days and I couldn't resist taking a picture.<br>

I placed a SB800 camera left @ 1/16th and bounced it off a white tiled wall also to the left (hence the diffused shadows), triggered by CLS with D700's pop-up flash as a commander.<br>

This one is hanging on my dining room wall =)<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/3991432940_3bcd36e120_o.jpg" alt="" width="532" height="800" /></p>

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[sven keil]

<p>A nice Wednesday to everybody!<br>

After a while of absence, I am glad to participate again. Originally I had in mind posting a different photograph, but looking at Jose Ángel's proposition reminded me that I still had a lot of unprocessed stuff from Toledo, where I was invited for giving a talk at the university in February this year. I had the "luck" of variable weather, with a mixture of rain, sun, and even snow. I have been several times to Toledo before, usually sweating, but never with cold feet. My picture has been taken from the "Iglesia of the Jesuitas" (Spanglish :-) while a snow storm was approaching. The clouds seemed as if there was a curtain behind the Alcazar (the salient building in the background), it was really impressive. As a consequence of the storm I had cold feet another time (because I came from Barcelona with more "springish" shoes).<br>

Best, MS</p><div></div>

[jphotog]

<p>Not so productive lately, buy hey, why not a snapshot out my office window?<br>

D80, 50mm f/1.4D. f/8, 1/640s, ISO 100.</p><div></div>