Nikon Wednesday 2012: #23

[doug_santo]

<p>Interior scene at St. Basil's, Los Angeles. D700, 14 mm.</p><div></div>

[pvg photography]

Haven't posted in a while, but am looking forward to being more active and enjoying all of the fine shots

being shared. This was taken on Mother's Day at the Denver Arboretum.<div></div>

[tholte]

<p>I like interesting lawn ornaments and this one was rather unique.</p><div></div>

[yardkat]

<p>My girl dog Brandy. Never enough time for photography, but lots of pictures of my dogs. :)</p><div></div>

[krisheylen]

<p>A few friends and I got out of bed very early to find out whether the rumours are true that there's also a short period of good light in the middle of the night, like 6:15 AM. It turned out to be true :-)<br>

Sunrise over the Costa Brava. Nikon D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8.<br>

<a title="Salida de sol por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7289328142_39c730a24b_z.jpg" alt="Salida de sol" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

[jannekaakinen]

<p>Hi everyone! Been too busy with work, so here's a shot from last week. A leftover shot from a product shoot.</p>

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[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>Excellent photos this week a s well!! Keep up the good work! Here's my niece while she was rehearsing for "Swan Lake" . Take care all of you! </p><div></div>

[photojen]

<p>I had an on-looker watching me photograph bugs and rain drops the other day, in front of my house. I never print my photos, but I just may have this one printed.</p><div></div>

[bms]

<p>John D., my favorite venus shot.<br>

Rick, Jennean, Roberta, great bird shots (as usual).<br>

Ilkka, great street shot!<br>

Jennifer, just stunning.</p>

[upriver]

<p>In keeping with Matt's theme across the table from me this young lad was inspired to perform a balancing act while awaiting a delayed entree.</p><div></div>

[al_anderson]

<p>Great Photos! <strong> Balance</strong></p><div></div>

[pieter_nel1]

<p>Love the bird photos this week - specially the egret. Getting to winter in the southern hemisphere now so its dark quite early. Managed to get some die hard anglers on Monday evening.</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>Happy Wednesday everyone. Thanks for mentioning my photo from last week Nathan. Nice pun!</p>

<p>What an inspiring collection of pictures once again! My favourites this week are:<br /> Mark's fireworks - I'm always a sucker for those<br /> Jose's jellyfish<br /> Jeannean's and Roberta's egrets - wow! You guys deliver every week :-)<br /> John D'd transit - I think the clouds make it<br /> and last but not least, Jennifer's deer</p>

<p>I decided not to go to London for the Jubilee celebrations and spent the weekend close to home. I took this from a local vantage point at about the time the Queen and thousands of her subjects were getting soaked on the River Thames.</p><div></div>

[pat_warner]

<p>ONE CENT OBVERSE, CAMERA CHECK</p><div></div>

[justthings]

<p>Just some nice flowers in Richmond, VA.</p><div></div>

[diane_madura]

<p>D7000, Nikon 16-85 lens, ISO 100, f8, 1/3 sec.</p><div></div>

[jpalmer57]

<p>Another great Nikon Wednesday. Rick I also really like your Snowy Egret. I'm going to offer a construction site abstract. </p><div></div>

[sunray1]

<p>Some sunny hours at the end of a rainy day...</p><div></div>

[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>What a week...so many beautiful photos!<br>

Matt Laur, Mark Sirota, Bashar Alsabi, Barry Clemmons, Ilkka Nissila, Rick Moran, Jeannean, Scott Sanford, Kent Shafer, Aguinaldo de Paula, Roberta Davidson, Tim Holte, J. Edwards, Janne Kaakinen, Jennifer Meighan, Al Anderson...I loved your pictures a little more than the rest. Cheers!</p>

[steve_lyon1]

<p>Along with most everyone else, I was able to photograph the Venus transit yesterday. This was taken in Tucson, AZ where clouds weren't an issue but heat is. This was taken at "Prime Focus" (straight through the telescope) of a 1980's vintage Celestron C5 (1250mm f/10) with a Solar Screen filter (aluminized mylar). The filter passes more blue than anything, so I fixed white balance in Lightroom 4.1. This is full frame from the D40. This is just moments after "2nd contact" when Venus was fully on the sun.</p><div></div>

[sadanand]

<p>Another great Wednesday with so many beautiful pictures. Caught this scene at the 'Rolling thunder 2012' event in Washington DC., during the Memorial day weekend. This puppy was so scared of the 'roar' from all those motor cycles, the owner had to carry him </p><div></div>

[chuck_crutchfield]

<p>Lots of wonderful photo art this week again! My pic was a quick shot from a recent morning on the beach.</p>

[chuck_crutchfield]

<p>See above.</p><div></div>

[wchen]

<p>It is me in another hopefully 20 years...</p><div></div>

[John Di Leo]

<p>Thanks to all who commented. It is much appreciated, especially from this talented community.</p>