Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC 2010: #2

[greg_jones1]

<p>I found a marvelous old car boneyard in South Carolina. This one surely had character.</p><div></div>

[3sh]

<p>As Lil Judd is not posting birds today, let me post one taken last saturday at the riverside. All my learning curves are related to this site and whenever I feel that this week I cannot go anywhere to take a picture, I made a trip to the riverside which is half mile from my home and it never disappoint me. Also I have not used my Sigma 150-500mm HSM APO OS much, so I took that lens with the 50mm/1.8 only and used the bigma 95%. I was not happy with the bigma being not sharp but also lacked fast auto-focusing. This time it managed to do fast focusing, may be due to the reason that the birds are large(common seagulls) but still am not happy with the sharpness. But the light was bright enough to blow out details of white, so this time I am not blaming the bigma for being not up to my expectation. I will keep trying with it till I save enough money to buy a better costly glass.<br>

Anyway my thanks to Lil Judd for commenting on my photos from previous wednesday forums and my apologies to all the posters for not commenting on their posts. As I am at the beginner stage, I like mostly all the posts in some way or other but not mature enough to comment on them.<br>

And one more thing, I thought that I am becoming crazy to post on wednesday thread and so I was waiting for todays thread and thought that I will post just after Matt. But alas, nikon fans are crazy enough to compete even in this issue. Its 17 past 3am in east cost, just waiting for the thread, after eliminating the mice which was bothering my goodnight sleep for last few nights.<br>

Cheers<br>

Hota</p><div></div>

[Mankuthel]

<p>Taken during the New Year's Day Parade..</p><div></div>

[3sh]

<p>ohh, now I know why I am late. It's the time zone issue which prevented me to see the thread until 2:47am. So sad!</p>

[aguinaldo_de_paula]

<p>Waiting, alone in the park....</p><div></div>

[oskar_ojala]

<p>It's been cold here and I now have a lot of material to choose from. This little piece of ice is around 1:1 magnification, but unfortunately not sharp all over since had I shot it straight on the background would have been bad. Artificial lighting was also out of the question and it was getting dark so quickly that focus stacking didn't work out. Well, most of it is sharp anyway and I like it.</p><div></div>

[monika_epsefass]

<p>Good morning and happy Wednesday!<br>

This day starts out great already! What lovely photos!</p>

<p>This one was taken in Berne/Switzerland a few days ago, on a bleak and rainy day - Berne is capital of small passages, I believe, and if you'll ever have the chance to go there, do it :<br>

<img src="http://www.abload.de/img/756292533__bern01xqpm.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>Nikon D700 / 24-70 2.8 @ f5.6, I think.</em></p>

[jose_angel]

<p>Taken during a cloudy day walk... suddenly there was a small hole between the clouds and the sun appeared for a few seconds; unconsciously, I lifted the camera and shot. Without any good reason I focused to infinity (probably I was still obsessed about my lens`performance) and decided to use a wide aperture... At first, I disliked the lack of foreground sharpness, but actually this issue manage my eyes to the skyline, something I currently like.</p>

<p>D700 @ 200ISO, 14bit RAW, 70-200VRII (200mm), f4 - 1/1000sec., VR on. Processed in NX2, no Ps or color manipulation on the image.</p><div></div>

[greg_kowalczewski]

<p >My mother’s dog is called Benji, but I prefer to call him Runaway because any time someone opens the front door he runs away. Not sure how to cure the problem … unless of course I do the unthinkable and start shooting him … with a Canon!</p>

<p > </p>

<p >I love the stories behind the pictures, so keep telling them. Yes I know, a picture is worth a thousand words – but sometimes I don’t get any of them.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >This thread is rocking early, so everybody join in and have some fun. No excuses for <em >just watching</em>.</p><div></div>

[gary_mcghee]

<p>Hi everyone, my photo this week was taken on Saturday up at Hiraethog forest in North Wales. We've had an unusually large amount of snow this year.</p>

<p>Cheers, Gary.</p>

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[Ian Rance]

<p>Bad driving conditions - this road is usually packed with traffic, but the snow here in the UK is really taking its toll. Nikon F3, 36-72mm Series E, Fuji Superia 400.</p><div></div>

[monika_epsefass]

<p>@Erik Christensen: it's a nice picture, but you've shown in on several occasions on the Wednesday thread.... time to unpack the camera and go shoot some more... ;-)</p>

[ahmet_yildirim]

<p>Having looked for Wednesday, feeling the soothing sharing something same between brothers and sisters all over the world; so wonderful. Nikon D300 Tokina 11-16mm.</p><div></div>

[ArthurRichardson]

<p>No Daddy, I don't want you to take my picture.<br />One of the four loves in my life.</p>

<p>D700 + 85mm 1.4 AIS 200ISO 1/250 @ F2.0</p><div></div>

[uzay_ki_i]

<p><img src="http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3443/cheerlady.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>D700 + 180 2.8 AF @2.8 ISO 1600</strong></p>

[ken_i_h]

<p>My first try of a seagull photo, in way-below-freezing temperature seaside park last weekend. Patience didn't last long unfortunately in that weather... Thank you, Dan, for your comments for my photo last week - guess it was very local event :-) Good work, everyone (I see a few deja-vus - is it only me?)!</p><div></div>

[kemalriza]

<p>Hi all,<br>

Good morning, good evening, good night to all of you...<br>

First of all, I thank you, Durukan Payzanoglu, Roberta Davidson, Ray Gosalia and Lil Judd, for your kind comments for last week...<br>

Here is my contribution.<br>

Nikon D300 and 70-300 VR @ 220 mm, ISO 400, f/10, 1/1600.</p>

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[jeannean_.]

<p>Oh wow, wonderful photos so far! Happy Wednesday everyone!</p>

<p>I was at one of the wetlands on Monday taking pictures of waterfowl and was surprised by this coyote. I think I surprised him too. It was a dreary gray day and not many people were there. I guess he thought he had the place to himself, and looks like he didn't appreciate my company. I think I took better photos this week, but this (to me) was the most interesting since I rarely come this close to coyotes, and now really understand the benefit of shooting in RAW. I was able to recover a lot of details due to the poor light on his side of the little pond (thanks for the NX2 recommendation Lil and Roberta). I have so much to learn, but this is part of my photography "New Year's resolution"...shoot different subjects and learn how to post process. The coyote certainly is a different subject for me and the conversion from RAW was an interesting experience, so here's Mr. Coyote: (D90/Nikon 70-300mmVR: 125/f5.6/ISO 400)</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10491471-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="578" /></p>

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[boris_miljevic]

<p>I went to Zagreb last week and found some new year's spirit on the streets :)</p><div></div>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>From a puppy portrait session last Sunday, this is Calvin, a 12 week old golden retriever.</p>

<p>D700, 60mm f/2.8 AF Micro Nikkor, SB900 (manual mode) in silver umbrella high on camera right, Vivitar 283HV in white umbrella low on camera left, ISO 200, 1/60 @ f/7.1.</p><div></div>

[knobstone]

<p>Another cold Nikon WedNEsDAy here. And more great images from everyone. My offering is of some of the few berries left on the barberry bush. Thanks to Greg, Dallas, Roberta, Richard, and Lil for their kind words from last week. </p><div></div>

[pcg856]

<p>Nikon D90 105MM f/18 1/160S ISO 200</p><div></div>

[rarmstrong]

<p>Good morning!<br>

No time this morning to peruse the first images. This shot is from a helicopter in Kauai, flying down a valley toward the Napali coast on the north side of the island. It is better larger and can be viewed here...<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/10485135&size=lg">http://www.photo.net/photo/10485135&size=lg</a><br>

It was taken at f6.3, 1/200 sec, iso 400, 18 mm, handheld with my D300, 18-200 mm VR zoom and a circular polarizer.<br>

Have a great day!<br>

Dick</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Nikon D3S with 500mm/f4 AF-S, 1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 320. I was using aperture priority and the shutter speed is slower than what I intended. Typically I use 1/1000 to 1/1500 for surfing.</p><div></div>

[dallasmcvickerphotography]

<p>I believe I have shared before that this is my favorite bird here in Florida. the Tri-colored Heron. They are so full of life. Yesterday while out shooting, there was so much action. I saw a Great Blue Heron chasing off a teenage aligator by yelling at it. It is also nesting time so there was a lot of jockeying for nesting positions. But I liked the Blue on Blue from this one.</p><div></div>