Nikon Wednesday 2011: #33

[tom_serio]

<p>Trying to keep a child's spirits up amongst the devastation that surrounds him after the tornado outbreak in Alabama in April, my colleague Todd allows this young lad to play and have a few laughs as he pours water over Todd’s head. We were on-site as part of our company’s disaster response team, and were assessing the damage in Toney, AL, northwest of Huntsville. Every home on this street was destroyed, but the neighbors persevered.</p><div></div>

[doug_santo]

<p>Church of the Angels, Pasadena, CA. D700, 14 mm.</p><div></div>

[peter_doucette]

<p>Not as much action as gary sempler's, but I like the colors. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the return of the Indy cars on August 14th.</p><div></div>

[pvg photography]

<p>Greetings Nikon Lovers. I was visiting my parents house recently and the hummingbirds were quite active at one of their feeders. I was able to set my tripod and camera on a table a few feet from the feeder and using the remote, fire off a bunch of pictures. In hind sight I should have pushed the iso higher, so I could have stopped a little more of the wing motion.</p><div></div>

[jrickert]

<p>Nikon D-80 No flash used. Propped the camera on a folded towel on the floor. <img src="../photo/13999775" alt="" /></p>

[vrankin]

<p>Looking for something colorful on the weekend, I visited the Des Moines Botanical Center and found some nice afternoon light on the outdoor sculpture and flower beds.</p><div></div>

[wpahnelas]

<p>flowers in the wild. later this fall a brush against this weed will leave one covered in "hitchhikers"...</p><div></div>

[jannekaakinen]

<p>This little dame visited us again last week, took this one on Monday when she was enjoying her evening treat. She <em>really</em> loves her DentaStix... </p>

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[upriver]

<p>It keeping with Matt's youthful theme, this photo was taken after completing family portraits on the beach, while vacationing at the Outer Banks. </p>

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[yardkat]

<p>So many fantastic photos, you guys are a talented bunch.<br>

There was a nearby balloon festival, this particular night was called Balloon Glow, they fire the balloons up at night but keep them on the ground. It was a very dark evening as a mean dust storm moved in, so I didn't get a lot of shots, and most I didn't like and were very noisy, but I got one I sort of liked and I guess that's all that matters!</p><div></div>

[silcoxrfphoto]

<p>Tour of Utah, six grueling stages. Photo taken 07/07/2011</p><div></div>

[george_allred]

<p>walking around this past Sunday</p><div></div>

[Christopher Sperry Photogr]

<p>From my two day visit to Yellowstone National Park in mid-July. Taken from the viewing platform at the brink of Lower Yellowstone Falls; The power of the river at high water was tremendous. I stayed there for over an hour as the light changed, then walked downstream to another vantage point. D80 w/Tamron 17-50. Hand-held, stabilized by leaning against the guard rail.</p><div></div>

[rsands]

<p>A little later than usual to the party, but glad to be here. Favorites this week:</p>

<p>Lorne Sunley's bird<br>

Phil Burt's dog<br>

Erik's camel?<br>

Chris Sperry's yellowstone</p>

<p>Didn't have a lot of time this week, so here's one from a couple weeks back, an outstanding beach day. Did have to spend some time avoiding the 'deposits' from these guys.....</p>

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[LeTGiao_Gallery]

<p>So many great posts!!!<br>

My share this week is an ad on the wall of a building in Los Angeles.</p><div></div>

[Nickens]

<p>Hollis Garden, Lakeland, Florida</p>

[kdpowell]

<p>Happy Wednesday,<br>

Here is a picture of youth for this week.<br>

Keith</p><div></div>

[Nickens]

<p>Hollis Gardens, Lakeland, Florida</p><div></div>

[tpernal]

<p>Always a pleasure to view so many diverse posts. Here's a Black Skimmer that just snagged a snack!</p><div></div>

[juhofoto]

<p>Lovely pictures this week.<br>

Haven't taken any photos recently, but I have started to go through all the pictures that I took during my 4 months visit to Aberdeen, Scotland.<br />This photo is from April and shows my daughter on the beach.<br>

<img src="http://www.elisanet.fi/juhofoto/photo/kerttu_rannalla.jpg" alt="" width="492" height="700" /></p>

[mark_mitchell5]

<p>Many great photos here today. And, Dolly's back again to say hi.</p><div></div>

[ilkka_nissila]

<p>Early Saturday morning I was trying to make images of the meteor shower. However, the fog didn't make that easy so I decided to look into it as an element of the landscape. This is a lake valley in Nuuksio in moonlight.</p><div></div>

[lkarnes]

<p>Up close on a backyard perennial with extension tube on my old manual 50mm Nikkor 1.8 and the D7000.</p>

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[victorwei]

<p>Teddey</p><div></div>

[dawn_eggleton]

<p>Hi All<br>

Again a lovely selection this week as there appears to be a lot of water based pics here is my contribution taken a couple of weeks ago from the top of a ferry heading into Portsmouth Harbour. I loved the contrast of the Victorian Fort in the Foreground with the Modern Millenium tower in the background. The forts known as Palmerston's follies were obselete before they were finished and now this one is up for sale as an interesting property for someone who doesn't like neighbours!</p><div></div>