Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #50

[annat]

<p>Here is my first attempt to post to the Wednesday Pic forum.<br>

Some Seagulls in New Zealand.</p><div></div>

[annat]

<p>The Seagull Trinity picture was shot with a Nikon D90. I entered this picture in my local Photo Club Competition, and the judge didn't believe that this was not a composite image. It is indeed one image. Because she didn't believe this was one image, she only gave me 7/10 for it. She said it looked "unreal".</p>

[james_hart1]

<p>No time for commenting this week, but all of your pictures are exceptionally good this week!<br /> This picture is atop Mrs. Macquarie's Chair overlooking the Sydney cityscape.<br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4173214034_afd6bcc59c_o.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="402" /> <br /> <strong>D80 - Tokina 12-24mm at 2 seconds</strong></p>

[tomted]

<p>Hi everyone..here's mine for the week. </p><div></div>

[jonathan_ventura]

<p>moon pyramid at teotihuacan- mexico city</p><div></div>

[wchen]

<p>My extremely expensive supermodel, my two-and-half-year old daughter, is straying to a building on the way to our apartment.<br>

Jones, Murali, Richard and Tom: thank you for kind words and suggestions on my WedNEsDAy PiC two weeks back. I am really pleased. I will keep shooting without looking through viewfinder :).</p><div></div>

[aguinaldo_de_paula]

<p>Copacabana beach....</p><div></div>

[dan_south]

<p>Hairdresser In Action (100 percent crop)</p>

<p>I'm submitting this extremely small crop to demonstrate how CLEAN a D700 file is at 100 percent and also to show the SHARPNESS of the 24-70 f/2.8 G lens.</p>

<p>D700, 24-70 f/2.8 G, two SB-800s with various diffusers, handheld.</p>

<p>Note: I applied slight compression during NEF-to-JPEG conversion to keep the file size under 300 kb. At the largest JPEG setting the image is sharper still.</p>

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[dan_south]

<p>Two thumbs up for...</p>

<p>Jonathan Ventura's Pyramid - I LOVE Teotihuacan!<br>

Monika's staircase - very creative<br>

Kris Heylen's carrot person - made me smile!<br>

John DiLeo's children in red - great expressions in excellent light</p>

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[silntbob333]

<p>Hello everyone. My picture this week is of some sort of plant that I saw in Monterey that I thought looked cool.</p><div></div>

[lancenoell]

<p>I finally got a picture of my wife that she'll let me show off!!! <br /> Taken at the Oregon Coast Thanksgiving weekend, just outside of Newport.<br /> Nikon D80 - 24mm 2.8, ISO200 1/640 @ f3.2</p>

<p>Also wanted to thank the following for the comments from last week:<br /> Allejandro, Paul, and Lil, thanks very much, means a lot.<br /> and<br /> James Hart - Thank you. That shot was taken a little further south at Fogerty Beach, just north of Depot Bay at around 8pm. The hotel we stay at has flood lights that they shine on the beach at night. Still pretty creepy being down there at night, by yourself, at high tide :) But fun!!<br /> I've got a couple more shots from the next evening that I'll share later.<br>

PS-Ernie - So sorry about your Dad.</p><div></div>

[photo5]

<p>A very late posting out here on the West Coast. I was at the airport on December 3rd dropping my wife off to fly to Japan. I was going to go but a final exam got in the way and I had to cancel. The exam was this morning and I think I did pretty well. Here is a photo I took at the airport shortly before returning to my car.<br>

<br /> <img src="http://hull534.smugmug.com/photos/736996076_k3PnW-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Nikon P6000 1/100sec at f4.1, ISO 64. Processed from NRW Raw file in NX2. I like this little camera very much.</p>

[Uhooru]

<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4146131141_65369210ae_o.jpg" alt="" /> D700 24-70</p>

[greg_kowalczewski]

<p >I had time to look more closely. These stood out for me … </p>

<p >Dieter Schaefer – HDR, very nice.</p>

<p >Alejandra Held – Nice eye contact.</p>

<p >Kemal Riza – Kept coming back to this one. The pose is interesting.</p>

<p >Jeannean Buglady – Narrow DOF, red and ice, all nice.</p>

<p >Jana Hughes – My favourite this week. Rich colours and nice framing.</p>

<p >Matt Laur – Always learning from the way you explain your shots. Thank you.</p>

<p >James Kazan – Nice illumination and precise angles.</p>

<p >Douglas Mosman – This is a great way to show how to burn glass beads.</p>

<p >Kris Heylen – Cute and creative.</p>

<p >Jennifer Meighan – The “about-to-happen” storm is very convincing.</p>

<p >Tiffany Brook – The one on the left transgressed?</p>

<p >Epp B – Spectacular view.</p>

<p >Michael Brown – You should be proud of this shot (and so should she).</p>

<p >Anna Taher – I wonder about judges who chose not to believe what you tell them (your shot looks fine to me).</p>

<p >Bryan Meadows – Great colours and shapes. This is my equal favourite this week (along with Jana).</p>

<p >Thanks to all for posting.</p>

[bms]

<p>Tiffany -thanks! I love you Santa shot, those kids expressions are priceless!</p>

<p>Great job everyone. A few that caught my eye:<br>

<strong>Jose</strong> - great B&W, perfect exposure<br>

<strong>Rene</strong> - is the camera built in? and people complaine about the price of the D3x!<br>

<strong>Dieter</strong> - love how you processed the HDR<br>

<strong>Monika</strong> - very interesting idea, noir indeed<br>

<strong>Hamish</strong> - you can see the fun!<br>

<strong>Uzay</strong> - love the tranquility<br>

<strong>Jeannean</strong> - truly exceptional flower shot<br>

<strong>Greg</strong> - perfect timing<br>

<strong>Rodger</strong> - great composition<br>

<strong>Louis</strong> - love the portrait<br>

<strong>Roberta</strong> - I agree, nicely captured expression<br>

<strong>Sanford</strong> - like it<br>

<strong>Erik</strong> - Nice to be wanted, great shot. Too bad the family wasn't game</p>

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[ray_tatnell]

<p>Go with the flow.Taken at Coylumbridge Scotland</p>

[ray_tatnell]

<p>Nikon D80 18-70 VR</p><div></div>

[Dieter Schaefer]

<p>18-70 VR - didn't know Nikon made that one...</p>

[annat]

<p>Greg Kowalczewski, Thanks for your support.<br>

When I reduced the image to fit into this forum, it looks pixelated. Why is that, and how do I avoid it?<br>

Taken with a Nikon D90</p>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Anna, your image looks pixelated because it is a very highly compressed jpeg—only about 17K bytes. Most of the images here are at least 100K or so, and some are close to 300K, which is the legal limit. How did you reduce the image? Photoshop (and I believe most other editing programs) let you specify the degree of jpeg compression so that you can strike an appropriate balance between image quality and file size.</p>

<p>Very nice picture by the way.</p>

[dwmosman]

<p>OK, my favorites for the week<br /> Hamish Gray - great kids!<br /> Peter Giraudin - clever use of light<br /> Issac Sam - pretty jewel tones<br /> James Kazan - nice composition<br /> Gej Jones - looks like a painting, nice vanishing point <br /> Tiffany Brook - great kids too!</p>

<p>And thanks Greg for the comment.</p>

[leicaglow]

<p>Man, what a thread these HuMPdaYs have become.</p>

<p>I'm a little late this week, but the weather on the High Desert has caused a lot of extra work I wasn't planning on. Thanks for everyone's kind comments in the past. Now I get to give some feedback since I'm posting so late.</p>

<p>Jose, I miss getting high. I used to mountain climb.<br /> Joseph, Beautiful reflections.<br /> Rene, I might give up a Leica for that bike.<br /> Anish, Nice light and motion.<br /> Dieter, That shot blows me away! Beautiful colors.<br /> Monika, Absolutely fabulous. Love your creativity. I know a great image when I wish I had taken it<g>.<br /> Jonas, I like the way the foreground pops.<br /> Tolga, It take courage to photograph movement and trading sharpness for ambiance.<br /> Alejandro, What a cutie. I'm a sucker for a kid with ears on.<br /> Gary, I like the way the kite color pops against the subdued background.<br /> Ian, I love these high shots. I can't think of a vantage point near Hyde Park with that high of view. I like the subtle color.<br /> Jeannean, Gorgeous color and composition.<br /> Richard, I like the house in the snow. Very old fashioned. I like the light.<br /> Rick, Peg Leg Pete looks like he had a bit too much to drink.<br /> Keerthi, Beautiful light.<br /> Greg, I like the action.<br /> Pascal... you lived to post it. Amazing.<br /> Dallas, Another vote for the 70-300. Nice and sharp.<br /> Bill, Love it. I love to watch ducks land.<br /> Benjamin, Funny shot.<br /> Rodger, Nice angle, sharp, and interesting.<br /> Doug, I can smell the gun powder. Fired a .458 Magnum a few times. It about took off my finger.<br /> Matt, No dogs?<br /> Ertugrul, Lovely shot.<br /> Phil, It's nice that we can photograph and show all of our friends and relatives.<br /> Issac, Love the green against the blue.<br /> Shun, Nice shot. Kind of an old lens for you though.<g><br /> James, Clean as always.<br /> Steve, I like the strong colors and composition.<br /> Maurice, Nice vantage point.<br /> Robert, Beautiful shot and light.<br /> Kris, Maybe you're not getting enough meat in your diet.<br /> Erik, Nice portrait.<br /> Jennifer, I like the feeling of this shot and that the horse is looking back toward the camera.<br /> Tiffany, I'm not a fan of the border, but I like the photo. Expressions are great, and the range of values in the white and skin tones are beautiful.<br /> Shane, Very nice.<br /> Peter, Vermin? Looks like well cared for vermin.<br /> Murali, Freakie!<br /> Richard, Beautiful shot. I miss being closer to the ocean.<br /> Barry, Very nice shot. I love the perspective and the trail behind the surfer.<br /> Lil, Nice IR shot. I've got a replacement filter coming this week, and can't wait to do more of it.<br /> Epp, Very neat photo. <br /> Tony, My next bike is going to be a K1300 GT I think. Too much snow around here to think about it yet.<br /> Richard V., We've had a lot of these guys in my neck of the woods. Haven't seen them in these parts for a long time.<br /> Tim, Fascinating image. I really like it. The flare in the middle really helps, I think.<br /> Raden, Beautiful flower, composition, color, and background.<br /> Bryan, Wonderful color and PP. Very subtle.<br /> Lance, I instantly recognized the location. Hope to get to the coast over Xmas. Did you whale watch?<br /> Dave, Strong imagery with the plane above and the delicate features below. Really works.<br /> Barry, I really like this picture. Makes you wonder.<br /> <br /> Here's my shot. I reshot this image to include the second pony in the background. Don't know if I posted the original. This is with a D200 and 85mm f/1.8.</p><div></div>

[Ian Rance]

<p>Thanks Michael. I was on the big wheel at the Winter Wonderland and you can see the wheel here <a href="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10319042-lg.jpg">http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10319042-lg.jpg</a> - almost as good as the London Eye, but much cheaper and quieter.</p>

[r1a2d3ok]

<p>Michael thats what I thought when I saw him staggering down the dock. He almost fell off. Then I saw his foot was actually broken and turrned backwards. Thanks for the comment.<br>

Tiffany Brooks- I loved your kids in the Santa hats very cute and nice lighting.<br>

Kris- Just loved Carrot Man cute and great picture.<br>

Jeannean- I thought your Frosted Bougainvillea gave me cold shivers. I'm glad I'm in Fl. Great pic.<br>

I wish I had the time to comment on everyone the were great this week again.</p>

[andrew_kass]

<p>Here is my contribution this week from Chicago. This is a picture of a motorcycle in the Toys for Tots Parade, an annual motorcycle parade in Chicago every December with about 30,000 bikes. Each biker donates a gift for a needy child.</p>

<p>Nikon d300, nikon 16-85, s:1/1000, a: 4.0 iso: 400</p>