Nikon Wednesday Pic 2010: #51

[Michael R Freeman]

<p>Greetings to all, and best wishes for a Merry Christmas. Great photos as always. This was taken this past Saturday. Unfortunately no white Christmas for us in Nova Scotia, as what little dusting of snow we did have has rained off, with more rain in the forecast for the balance of the week. Bummer! :)</p>

<p>D200, AF-S DX Nikkor 18~70mm f/3.5-4.5G, 1/125s at f/8 ...</p><div></div>

[tank1]

<p>Winter solstice lunar eclipse, thru 8" newtonian and D700.</p><div></div>

[kunstmacher]

<p>Natilla Navideña, i.e. Colombian Christmas Pudding, Christmas without Natilla is not really Christmas.<br>

Nikon D80 - 18-135mm kit lens - Available light - Handheld<br>

<a title="Natilla navideña colombiana by kunstmacher, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5255191196_4614dd482b_z.jpg" alt="Natilla navideña colombiana" width="640" height="428" /></a><br>

<strong>Natilla</strong></p>

[tomsheridan]

<p>At my Xmas office party for the kids ....</p><div></div>

[bnelson]

<p>Great pictures as usual. Doug, like the church shot again.<br>

Great eclipse photos. My photo was shot through clouds during a lull in the storm in Northern California</p><div></div>

[nicolaiecostel]

<p>Lovely shots guys and gals, my contribution this week was shot last night using D700+85 1.8, SB800 and SB28 on lightstands with umbrellas:</p><div></div>

[janine_burger]

<p>Hi all, haven't been around much lately, but here is a photo a took today at the zoo, was lucky enough to be ready with the camera at the right time..</p>

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[bikealps]

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5611683">Andrés Arteaga</a> -- very nice shot -- well composed, and very nice use of selective focus. it's tricky to make a photo work where there are out of focus elements in front of the focus plane. good job! Feliz Navidad to you!!!<br>

Paula Wang -- brilliant light!<br>

Mikhail Ysypkin -- great dog shot, you humble me!<br>

Ian Griffiths -- I love it!<br>

Ray House -- brilliant portrait<br>

Barry Fisher -- great light and a great expression/pose/moment</p>

[pcg856]

<p>Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree</p><div></div>

[User_5050610]

<p>Paula Wang and Doug Santo--great shots!<br>

Thank you!<br>

Many others, too--winter seems to bring out the best.<br>

Paul</p>

[kunstmacher]

<p>Thank you very much for your nice comments Allan Armstrong. I had just finished serving it when I took the picture. Very low light conditions from the window next to the table, but somehow I managed to get it done, even with my dirty hands :D playing a little with the three plates, the focus and the table. <br>

Merry christmas to you all!</p>

[jos__arnaud]

<p>Fellow Nikonians,<br>

As Matt Laur mentions, in the Winter solstice there is not much time for daylight photo, even in the Southernmost countries of Europe. In the Carmo Museum, in Lisbon, we have to light up at about 5pm, but the ruins of the old church, destroyed by the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, that houses the oldest portuguese Museum gain a very special atmosphere.</p><div></div>

[hugh_davis]

<p>My nephew had his 21st birthday on 12/20. I stayed up a little late working on a birthday card for him. Nikon D300, 70-300 VR, 5 exposures combined in PSE 8.</p><div></div>

[scott_murphy_photography]

<p>Shot with a newly acquired 300mm f/2.8 ED-IF AIS Nikkor. That thing is a <em><strong>beast</strong></em>, but is a tremendous lens.</p>

[jose_rivera9]

<p>Being Christmas week, I did some volunteer work at my school taking Santa portraits. This one stood out. The santa is the baby's grandpa (first and only grandchild) I love the eyes of Santa.</p><div></div>

[todd_johnson3]

<p>Minnesota High School Hockey</p><div></div>

[John Di Leo]

<p>Good week for photos everyone, especially <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=1539916">steve tanquary</a>. That's a very hard shot<br>

These young ladies were about to go on stage at Sacred Heart Academy for the pre-K and K Christmas recital.<br>

D700/24-70<img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i252/snapshot1219/SacredHeartChristmas-101-1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[birdied]

<p>Happy Holidays everyone ! I wish you and your families joy, peace, health and laughter.<br>

I have been trying to practice focus stacking. This is a photo of frost on the edge of a leaf that had fallen in the grass. </p>

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[tholte]

<p>Another photo from a storm two weeks ago. </p><div></div>

[dj88]

<p><strong>Merry Christmas all.</strong><br>

<img src="http://members.shaw.ca/dj88_solana/photos/DnD_12-18-2010_3873DSC_5483small crop.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="702" /><br>

<strong> D90 35mm 1.8G. ISO 400</strong></p>

[p. wang]

<p> Happy Holidays everyone. Paul B., Martin Z. and Allan A. thank you for your nice comments on my piture.</p>

[nicole_litalien]

<p>Happy Wednesday to All! As always, a fabulous array of work by everyone. I mentioned quite a few months ago that I was hoping to acquire a couple strobes to start trying my hand at some studio lighting. Well....I finally took the plunge! Though I had my eye on AB's, I decided to give the Elinchrom BXRis a go. I have to stay I was very very very hesitant (perhaps intimidated is a better word!) but overall, for my first attempt I managed to muddle through *somewhat*...I certainly have a huge learning curve ahead of me but oh wow - this is gonna be FUN!! Now to order a much needed meter! </p><div></div>

[Uhooru]

<p>Allan Armstrong, thank you for your comments on my photo this week.</p>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>So many great pictures. Some favorites:</p>

<ul>

<li>Barry Fisher - a decisive moment for sure</li>

<li>Marc McCoy - beautifully done</li>

<li>Richard Lanthier - Very cool! Guess he wasn't interested in shooting squirrels.</li>

<li>Jennifer Meighan</li>

<li>Don Harper</li>

<li>John Crowe</li>

<li>all the great eclipse pictures</li>

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<p>I wrote about my failure in the other thread.</p>

<p>D300, 600mm f/5.6 ED.</p><div></div>

[ofey_kalakar]

<p>Happy Festivess for the rest-of-us! Tis the season to air out grievances and partake in the feats of strength.</p><div></div>