Nikon Wednesday Pic 2010: #18

[steven_ford1]

<p>Thanks to everyone who commented on my picture last week. A really exceptional Wednesday's worth of pictures posted above me, Alexander Kleppesto's eyes along with Roberta Davidson's seashell really stuck out to me.<br>

<br /> Went to a friend's wedding at the beach last weekend, took lots of pictures of the couple, their family, the friends etc etc, but the picture that's really stuck with me is the one of the person who was but wasn't there. The groom's father lost a short but vicious battle with cancer almost 10 years ago, and could only be at the wedding in shirt, hat, and spirit.</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>Tiffany, your shot reminded me of my younger boy, playing street hockey, with his long blond hair blowing in the wind -- it was probably about 15 years ago, there were no consumer digital cameras, and film left me cold -- so no photographic memories, alas.</p>

[christoph_hammann]

<p>The way we ('re) used to do it:</p><div></div>

[Uhooru]

<p>Missed a week or two due too excessive work... This 1's with a D200 and I think 18-70.. <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/183886492_b3a7d2db00_o.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[marc_mccoy1]

<p>Thanks for all the comments the past few weeks, I am late this week all of my days melt together. For the few who asked what one of my photos were a few weeks back it was Oil and Water, the green red was a Mt. Dew Box! Here is mine for the week!</p><div></div>

[richvanwart]

<p>Spring comes to Boston's Back Bay! I'm infatuated with the Magnolias, and have been devoted to them since having a couple of photography courses, way back in the mid-1970's, at the Boston Center for Adult Education (this is a scene from the building's elegant courtyard, on Commonwealth Ave at Arlington Street, just across from the Public Garden). The flowering came and passed much earlier this year, so I'm revisiting this one from a couple of seasons back. Nikon D300, 17-55 mm Nikkor lens, "antiqued" a bit in PS Lightroom.</p><div></div>

[rich_miranda]

<p>What a beautifull collection of photographs, all of them inspire me to try and try again.<br>

Im posting a picture of our dinner tonite as we went to celebrate Mothers Day a little early with my inlaws. We went to a new restaurant (for us anyway) in San Francisco's Mission District..<br>

It was taken with a Nikon D80 and 50mm f1.4 lens<br>

Dinner was great, here is one of our dishes. Not midnite here yet so see you next wednesday.<br>

<a href="../photo/10981235&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10981235-md.jpg" border="0" alt="DSC_2809.JPG" width="680" height="456" /></a></p>

[richvanwart]

<p>Sorry! Re-posting that photo. Thought the size was small enough.<br>

 

 

<p >Spring comes to Boston's Back Bay! I'm infatuated with the Magnolias, and have been devoted to them since having a couple of photography courses, way back in the mid-1970's, at the Boston Center for Adult Education (this is a scene from the building's elegant courtyard, on Commonwealth Ave at Arlington Street, just across from the Public Garden). The flowering came and passed much earlier this year, so I'm revisiting this one from a couple of seasons back. Nikon D300, 17-55 mm Nikkor lens, "antiqued" a bit in PS Lightroom.</p>

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[boris_miljevic]

<p>One flame for this Wednesday Pic...</p><div></div>

[munim]

Who says the tropics doesn't have spring season? This flower blooms just once a year, if I'm lucky. D40 + 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8 1/200 ISO200.<div></div>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Wonderful pictures. Some that especially caught my eye:</p>

 

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<li><strong>Lil</strong>'s praying mantises—great photo, though they give me the creeps—can't learn to love insects.</li>

<li><strong>Jens</strong>'s wonderful pasture image, my favorite this week.</li>

<li><strong>Matthew</strong>'s surreal beach. What is "fluked"?</li>

<li><strong>Paul</strong>'s fishing dog.</li>

<li><strong>Brian</strong>'s Big Buddha.</li>

<li><strong>James Symington</strong>'s great black-and-white.</li>

<li><strong>Bill Nelson</strong>'s abandoned boat.</li>

<li><strong>Jose</strong>'s Lincoln Logs. I still have mine too. My son played with them, and maybe (someday, maybe—sigh) a grandchild may like them.</li>

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[greg_kowalczewski]

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<p ><strong>Thank you to Doug Rice for listing my shot in your generous list of acknowledgements. This week the shots that grabbed my attention included:</strong></p>

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<p ><strong>Alpo Syvanen</strong> - Very nice the way this reflection turned out in B&W.</p>

<p ><strong>Anish Mankathel</strong> - A great view looking up from the rocks.</p>

<p ><strong>Bill Nelson</strong> - Like the contrast between boat and background.</p>

<p ><strong>Boris Miljevic</strong> - Nice flame.</p>

<p ><strong>Carey Moulton</strong> - Great timing on the ball.</p>

<p ><strong>Doug Rice</strong> - An interesting effect that works.</p>

<p ><strong>Grant Tanner</strong> - Nicely done.</p>

<p ><strong>Jennifer Meighan</strong> - Particulary like the fall away in sharpness of the stem from the bug.</p>

<p ><strong>Jens Frederiksen</strong> - Until something better comes along - my favourite sheep under the tree shot.</p>

<p ><strong>Keith Obye</strong> - A very nice moment captured in B&W.</p>

<p ><strong>Lawrence</strong><strong> Ho</strong> - Great effect with the golden water.</p>

<p ><strong>Lil Judd</strong> - Awesome shot of the praying mantises. An all-time favourite.</p>

<p ><strong>Louis Meluso</strong> - Like the effect of the grain in this portrait.</p>

<p ><strong>Matthew Brennan</strong> - Super shot.</p>

<p ><strong>Ofer Sivan</strong> - Nice light and impact in B&W.</p>

<p ><strong>Paul V. Gorky</strong> - Nice sunlight effect on the flower.</p>

<p ><strong>Rick Dohme</strong> - Great shot of a caterpillar hard at work.</p>

<p ><strong>Roberta Davidson</strong> - The shell tells a wonderful journey.</p>

<p ><strong>Scott Pogorelc</strong> - Great moment in concentration and wind-up.</p>

<p ><strong>Steve Belden</strong> - Great pose and the red eye is a nice detail.</p>

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[marklcooper]

<p>The last two weeks I've spent my broadband Internet time working on the computer system at our regional juvenile lock-up. Interesting place to work but I certainly would NOT want to live there. Not a good place for posting on photo.net<g>.</p>

<p>Anyway, here's a group shot of our Cattle Dog puppy litter at 5 weeks old. If you remember from the earliest photos they were born pure white except for their black spots.</p>

<p>If you're interested, the full series of photos is at http://www.auntellensfarm.com/bull-x-jaz-litter-march-23-2010/day-one</p><div></div>

[birdied]

<p>Steven and Greg, thank you so much for your kind comments.<br>

Steven, your photo tells a beautiful story.</p>

[sebastianmoran]

<p>Had to miss #17, and late for this week, because of foreign travel. Before I left on the trip, shot this daffodil in my front yard late April up in New Hampshire. Always a treat to have the flowers emerge up there, even though it means the bugs are not far behind. Greetings to all my Nikon Wednesday friends!<br>

<img src="http://2under.net/images/nw/nw10-18.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

<h4>Daffodil, New Hampshire -- D300, 35mm f/2.0 AFD Nikkor, Polarizer</h4>

 

[lawrence_ho]

<p>Thank you, Tiffany and Greg. I know all is not lost and I do like that picture. It would make my 5:00 am trip down to the park that day more worthwhile if the cherry blossom was still around 8<. Looking forward to the upcoming Wednesday thread.<br>

Hey, Aguinaldo, do you own any lens other than a 14-24mm? Just kidding. You are truly a master of ultra wide angle shots. Keep the pictures coming 8></p>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Wednesday is almost here again.</p>