Nikon Wednesday 2011: #43

[Matt Laur]

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<p>A fine Nikon Wednesday to all. I'm still plowing my way through the post work on a marathon shoot from last week. As threatened, here's another scene from a large-scale emergency simulation that involved regional military and civilian first responders training side by side. Here, we see the 911th Engineer Company using a Blackhawk to fly in one of their Initial Response Team's Humvees. These guys specialize in highly dangerous USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) work in collapsed buildings, mines, and worse.<br /><br />The pilot and crew appeared over the tree line and maneuvered that large helicopter with two and half tons of dangling vehicle between building, light poles, and power lines. They set the vehicle down gently enough to protect eggs if they'd had them as payload, dropped the lines, and were gone over the next hill in under a minute. Really something to see. I was glad, by the way, to have a filter on the front of that 70-200 - that machine kicked up a lot of high-speed flying debris. Pointed your Nikon gear at any working professionals lately? Share a photo!</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Egret</p><div></div>

[lornesunley]

<p>Mother Tiger</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody! Here is a picture of I took in September, near Eureka, CA.</p><div></div>

[CoryAmmerman]

<p>Nothing as exciting as Matt's photo for me. Just getting some last macro shots in before all the flowers disappear for the winter.</p><div></div>

[jeannean_.]

<p>I don't think this Kiskadee is a working professional, but maybe. It flew by so fast, I didn't get the chance to ask. ;-) (D90/70-300mm VR@1/1000, f/6.3, ISO 400)</p>

<p><img src="http://jeannean.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v29/p643334842-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[tom_serio]

<p>Good Wednesday to Matt and everyone.<br>

The working yacht professionals are descending on Ft Lauderdale, FL this week for the Ft Lauderdale International Boat Show. And even if your yachts is not in the show, it's a good time to be in town and show off a bit. Here's M/Y Pegasus, at 257 feet she's no slouch. It sleeps 12 but takes a crew of up to 27 to run her. Shot from the 17th St Causeway.<br /><br /></p><div></div>

[elliot1]

<p>Soccer time...</p><div></div>

[Jerry_]

<p>Bound for Pensacola, in NW Florida-USA, and beyond....</p>

<p>A pair of locomotive engineers going west into the setting sun.</p><div></div>

[martin_z.]

<p>Nashville, Tennessee.</p>

<p>Maybe, years ago, it may have happened. I can guarantee that no stars stay here now.</p><div></div>

[bogdan_nicolescu]

<p>Remember summer</p><div></div>

[rich_johnson3]

<p>Aspen trees in Southern Utah at about 9,000 ft.</p><div></div>

[photojen]

<p>An apple from a tree in my yard. Taken at sunset, makes for a nice background, which I think is more interesting than the subject. Have a good one, all...</p><div></div>

[jose_rivera9]

<p>Great shots. Love the birds and the dune racer. This is from my flower set. They are still going strong. D300 Nikkor 60 f/2.8 micro @ ISO 200 f/13 @ 1/60 with bounce flash from SB 900</p><div></div>

[bms]

<p>Morning everyone....</p><div></div>

[wazungi]

<p>Good Wednesday Everyone,<br>

This is the upper part of an informal sculpture using old bricks and the Old Gent's bowling ball.</p><div></div>

[robert_wayt]

<p>Went looking for fall color last Sunday. At Lost Lake, found Mount Hood through a dense layer of vine maple leaves. Hood is Oregon's tallest mountain at 11,235 feet.</p><div></div>

[bikealps]

<p>our dog Annie running in the ocean this weekend... she has been tired ever since!</p><div></div>

[alex_zepeda]

<p>Shot this with the cursed Sigma. Thought the combination of the lit and unlit neon was kinda neat.<br /> <br /> <a href=" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6278635533_543ae1a318_z.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> D200 • ISO 100 • Sigma 30/1.4 • ƒ/5.0 • 1/1500th</p>

[erik_christensen3]

<p>Grandfather enjoying the kids in a Zoo.</p><div></div>

[james_c1]

<p>Roadside Rest</p><div></div>

[paul_b.1]

<p>Good Wednesday Everyone,<br>

The picture below was one of the first taken with my new 70-200/2,8 VR2...The flare resistence of this lens is very high , higher that I ever seen....I'm very pleased :-)</p><div></div>

[Dieter Schaefer]

<p>From a recent weekend trip to Salt Lake City. First time I got to use my newly acquired 16-35/4 VR lens; am very impressed by the flare resistance of this lens.</p><div></div>

[david_tasker1]

<p>horses at a polo match<br>

D70, 70-300 @122mm, f/4.2, 1/1000, ISO400</p><div></div>

[Uhooru]

<p>Love those horses. This is from last weekend-D700, 24-70 and flash....</p><div></div>