Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #1

[kemalriza]

<p>Hi all,<br>

Happy Wednesday and Happy New Year to all of you.<br>

My contribution is a picture taken with my new gear Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR II<br>

Nikon D300 and 70-200 VR II @ 200 mm, ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/100</p><div></div>

[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p>Happy New Year to those I've not had a chance to say so. A new year & a new driver in the driver's seat. Thank you Matt for taking over this responsibility.Nice shots already, so it would seem we're bringing in 2010 with a bang. :-)<br>

I went out shooting again this weekend with another friend from Seattle & he wanted birds as well - so all I have to present is another bird. I have as usual had a horrible time trying to decide which to post, but it is what it is...<br>

I was out with all these friends & this Western Grebe decided to do what's either a stretch or some breeding behavior. I find that many birds are already paired up to my surprise. So we were watching these two Western Grebes swimming around. Only one did the behavior, which could indicate just a stretch. But sometimes the males do things to entice the females... And since I don't speak Grebe..... Well you decide... Oh, this is not the photo Ross & Andrea picked. It just didn't work in the size the thread requires to me.<br>

<strong>D300 & Sigmonster, ISO 400, Manual exposure, 1/1600s f/8 </strong> - larger version can be seen here ( as I find many of these really don't carry through in this size)<br>

http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/p1058180627/h3ea68888#h3ea68888<br>

<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p1051101320-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[peteraitch]

<p>Matt,<br>

Happy Wednesday! It's my first "snow day" in 29 years today so, uniquely, I have the luxury of taking a photo specifically for this thread <em>after</em> you have so kindly initiated it.<br>

Our trusty Philips handmixer packed up just before Christmas (after 22 years) and was never very photogenic anyway. Here's the replacement, courtesy of Amazon:</p><div></div>

[aguinaldo_de_paula]

<p>Selling tickets in a small circus. No one is buying....</p><div></div>

[paul_b.1]

<p>Good morning and a happy new year to everyone. Taken with D300 + 70-300VR at 300mm (vr on) ASA 200, 1/200, F9 :</p><div></div>

[jeannean_.]

<p>Happy New Year and Happy Wednesday! Found this wooly caterpillar in my front yard yesterday and went in to grab the camera. It was overcast and not a lot of light, but didn't use the flash since it wasn't moving too fast. I ended up liking the soft lighting, so decided to post this. Taken with D90/Sigma 150 2.8 at 1/60, f.11, ISO 800. Once again, thank you Matt for taking over for Jose. Wonderful shots so far!</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10453950-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="547" /></p>

[juhaniv]

<p>Good Morning and Happy New Year. My photo is from last week studio shoot with my son. This was the first time for him in a studio, and first time I was setting up the lights all by my self. Nikon D700, ISO 200, 28-70 @ 52mm, f/5.6.</p>

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[ken_i_h]

<p>Thank you Matt for taking over the important role! Dan and Lil, thank you for your comments on my entry last week.<br>

This week is "after the party", taken near the Times Square on the second day of the year.<br>

Hope everybody had a nice holidays.</p><div></div>

[knobstone]

<p>Taken yesterday afternoon. A cardinal awaits time at the feeder, after the alpha male leaves. Always interesting to watch the interaction of the different birds. Welcome to Matt as “team leader” of the Nikon WedNEsDAy thread</p><div></div>

[glenjo]

<p>Christmas cactus blooms at Christmas.</p><div></div>

[marc_henry1]

<p>Thanks Matt for continuing a very worthwhile tradition.<br>

This was shot yesterday afternoon on the shingle at Dungeness just after a snowfall.<br>

Enjoy,<br>

Marc<br>

Nikon D700, 16mm f2.8 fisheye, f5 at 1/30 sec ISO 200</p><div></div>

[elliot1]

<p>New Years under the 'lights'.</p><div></div>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Great start Matt! Our family used to have a mixer like that—it brings back memories.</p>

<p>My picture was made with a D700, 200mm f/4 AiS lens, ISO 1600, 1/640 @ f/4, stream-of-consciousness post-processing.</p><div></div>

[phil_burt]

<p>Happy New Year to all and here we go again with the start of a wonderful year in pictures.<br>

Matt "Thank You" for taking over with this as it is the highlight of my week.<br>

It has just plumb been colld down here in Western Kentucky and I haven't ventured out of the house hardly at all for a few days. We have some snow coming and I hope that it will be enough to get some good winter photos.<br>

Being inside I went to our newly acquired almost in the house cat, Munch-a-Bunch.<br>

phil b<br>

benton, ky</p><div></div>

[ray_rg]

<p>Good Morning WedNEsDAy :)</p>

<p>My picture was taken on New Year Day afternoon. My son was enjoying pancake with chocolate chips and watching animation series on tv. I liked his concentration of watching tv and eating, also I liked the colors of yellow plastic cup and red t-shirt.</p>

<p>This is taken with Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8<br /> Model: <em>NIKON D90</em> <br /> ISO: <em>800</em> <br /> Exposure: <em>1/100 sec</em> <br /> Aperture: <em>2.8</em> <br /> Focal Length: <em>44mm</em></p>

<p><em><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v_Hx1NTKpoc/S0J3EC-Dy-I/AAAAAAAABEM/qkqlDihe-hU/s800/DSC_1278_1.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> </em></p>

<p>I hope you all like it.</p>

<p>Ray</p>

[jannekaakinen]

<p>Happy WedNEsDAy & New Year!</p>

<p>First, thanks to Lil & Jeannean for your comments to my pic in last weeks thread. I missed commenting phase - again...</p>

<p><a href="../photo/10454970"> This one</a> was shot yesterday evening from our living room window. It was a cold night and it was snowing this really light snow and lights were reflecting from those tiny snowflakes, creating nice beams of light that were constantly changing. Kinda like a "poor man's Urban Aurora Borealis". :)</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10454970-lg.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="470" /><br>

<strong>Fuji S5 Pro + Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 (@ 11mm, f/4, 3 sec., ISO 400, handheld)</strong></p>

[gwen_klaus]

<p>Happy New Year to all of you around the world. Yesterday Bill & I celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary and I picked this photo for the card I made him taken on the road to our favorite sportsman club. Nikon D300 14-24 F/2.8 lens.</p><div></div>

[dallasmcvickerphotography]

<p>From the collection. Enjoy.</p><div></div>

[midan_smith]

<p>Happy new year!! I love my D700, hand-held photos in the dark suddenly made easy! Dublin Airport early in the morning with a nikon 18-35 3.5-4.5D.</p><div></div>

[CvhKaar]

<p>Hey Matt, thanks for taking over this topic.<br>

A happy new year to all Photographers , picture takers, snappers or whatever you like to be !<br>

Almost the end of last year we had a day at the circus , and its amazingly difficult to take pictures at ringsite , in the dark, no flash allowed !! ( my first time.... ).</p>

<p>A snapshot at the circus not processed just shrunk.. ..<br />Nikon D300 85mm 1.4 at F6.3 1/250</p><div></div>

[r1a2d3ok]

<p>I was playing around with my old lenses. I read an article here on PN about using your old Mamiya 645 lenses on your Nikon DSLR. So I found the Adapter ring and resurrected my two manual lenses. Great glass that was just sitting in my closet. This was shot indoors with a little daylight from a window and fluorescent lights. Nikon D3, M645-A1 adapter ring, Mamiya 150mm, f4, 125s, ISO 500.</p><div></div>

[ashim]

<p>This is from last year. Took some pics in a vacation last week but am yet to process them.</p>

<p><strong>"Old and Dying"</strong><br>

<img src="http://ashim.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p654323240.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>D300, Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF-D</strong></p>

[durukan_payzanoglu]

<p>Hi all!!<br>

First, I owe a late thank you to those who commented on my photo in #48.<br>

This week's submission is the result of a series of experiments both in production and photography of chaviar from salmon roe. I spent 2.5 hours to produce edible chaviar from a sack of salmon roe that I got from the local fish market for free!! and then another 2.5 hours trying to get a decent shot using my 50mm f1.8 with a helios 50mm in front of it hand held!! this is the final product.<br>

Hope you enjoy it.<br>

Best wishes for the new year.<br>

Durukan</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Good morning all. <br>

It is very cold in Texas this morning and the forecast says the temps will drop to the teens by tomorrow. Today's image was taken near my house before the weather turned COLD. </p><div></div>

[pvg photography]

<p>Happy New Year One and All!! I hope that everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday season. My photo to start off the new year is one of the my first shots taken on New Years day. It is a shot of my nephew and his great grandmother (my grandmother as well) who turned 99, on New Years Day!!! While I love the expression on my nephews face, I still can't help thinking about all of the changes my grandmother has seen since 1911. For those also wondering, she is in very good health and is the family card shark. I'll be back later for commenting. Oh yeah, welcome to our new thread initiator, Matt.</p><div></div>