Nikon Wednesday 2012: #37

[lornesunley]

<p>and a large</p><div></div>

[jim_interlicchio1]

<p>nyc </p><div></div>

[andy_chubb]

<p>Hi,<br>

thanks for kicking us off Shun. My contribution is from a brief few seconds of the peleton from day 2 of the Tour of Britain passing by out in the nearby Derbyshire countryside. Pictured is Bradley Wiggins, first British winner of the Tour de France in an awfully long time....Nikon D700, 70-200 VRII<br>

Have a great Wednesday<br>

andyc</p><div></div>

[james_symington1]

<p>Some pictures from my Hawaiian trip with the D800E and some CZ lenses.</p><div></div>

[james_symington1]

<p>Another one</p><div></div>

[james_symington1]

<p>Lastly...</p><div></div>

[martin_z.]

<p>Here are a few shots from an old soda shop. The place is the real deal, just as it was about 50 years ago - not a reproduction or re-creation.</p>

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[martin_z.]

<p>#2</p><div></div>

[martin_z.]

<p>#3</p><div></div>

[jeannean_.]

<p>I suspect there's a typo in the title of this thread or I missed the memo about Nikon changing it's name to Nion. ;-) I love your series of shots Shun...especially the first one! Mine is one of the many dragonflies flitting about. There were literally 100's flying around this morning. (D7000/Sigma 150 macro @ 1/250, f/10, ISO 200)</p>

<p><img src="http://jeannean.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v62/p1117306198-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[doug_santo]

<p>Learning to drive a train. Western Pacific Railroad Museum. D700, 14 mm.</p><div></div>

[mark_sirota1]

<p>Thanks again to those who have commented on my fireworks photos this summer. As I mentioned last week, I've been working on fireworks photos this summer, with much of August spent on abstracts.</p>

<p>For this set I switched from the 180/2.8D to the 105/2.8 AF-S Micro, still shooting from the same location. I wanted to go wider to get some more other-worldly results like the first one below, but it turns out this lens makes it tougher -- the AF-S mechanism means you can't as easily feel the ends of the focus travel, and the focus travel is simply longer on macro lenses.</p>

<p><a title="20120831-9902 by Mark Sirota, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7951258274_2e45698e48_z.jpg" alt="20120831-9902" width="640" height="426" /></a></p>

<p><a title="20120831-9959 by Mark Sirota, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/7951265632_46b28e8a23_z.jpg" alt="20120831-9959" width="640" height="426" /></a></p>

<p><a title="20120831-9947 by Mark Sirota, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7951263626_25bb568819_z.jpg" alt="20120831-9947" width="640" height="426" /></a><br>

Click on them to see them bigger on Flickr, and to see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_sirota/sets/72157631455045588/">the rest of the set</a>. As before, these are all single frames shot on a D700 with minimal, straightforward, global processing in LR4.</p>

<p>My success rate was lower (only 8 keepers in 10 minutes, compared with 27 and 32 in the first two attempts), but the results were quite different. While I think I'm done with these for the near future, if I ever do try again I might give the 85/1.8D a try.</p>

[birdied]

<p>Wonderful shots ! Shun love your series. Mark, your fireworks series has been amazing and these latest are so creative! Very well done.<br>

Was trying to shoot this young male hummingbird when we both got a surprise. He got the cigar plant blossom stuck on his bill. Not sure which one of us it surprised the most.<br>

He shook it off in a matter of seconds and continued on to feed and then to guard the plant.</p>

<p> All taken with the D7000 and 500mm f/4.<br>

Hope you enjoy.<img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v55/p1117350040-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

[birdied]

<p>Really having trouble loading photos. Tried to load all 3 , just would not work.<br>

Let me try for the other 2.<img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v58/p1117350052-4.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="621" /><img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v67/p1117350064-5.jpg" alt="" width="622" height="700" /></p>

[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p>Good Morning in Nikon land (since Jeannean commented on the name change I'll wait on the official one) Womderful shots everyone.<br>

<br />I got out to photograph this weekend but all I can see is how rusty I am. I make the silliest of mistakes. Still I came home with a few I'm happy with. All taken with the D800 & Sigmonster 300-800 f/5.6<br>

<br />"Walking Like An Egyptian" f/8 @ 800 mm, 1/1000, ISO 400 0EV<br>

<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v62/p1116471766-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>"In the Land of Green Lives the Clapper Rail" f/8 @ 800 mm, 1/400, ISO 640 0EV (A first for me)</p>

<p><img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v56/p1116471892-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>"On the Hunt" (My first juvenile Sora only seen an adult once before) f/8 @ 800 mm, 1/200, ISO 1000 0EV</p>

<p><img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v67/p1116471876-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>OK Lets see if I've done this right. My first attempt</p>

[birdied]

<p>Not sure why my second and third picture are not showing up. Let me try once again. If duplicated, can you delete one of the posts.<br>

thanks</p><div></div>

[birdied]

<p>Last one</p><div></div>

[jonathan_parkhouse1]

<p>We've just moved house; the new one has an entirely different invertebrate fauna in the garden, including this one who took a shine to our sundial and spent most of Saturday afternoon there sunning itself:</p><div></div>

[torben.palm]

<p>Happy Wednesday, everyone!</p>

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[jannekaakinen]

<p>Hi fellow Nikonistas! One week away and everything has changed! Three photos, wow!</p>

<p>OK, let's see how this works... I bought couple really cheap flashes from net and took some test shots, just to see if the sub 30 euro flashes are up for anything...</p>

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[thadley]

<p><img src="../photo/16260212" alt="" />I had some wonderful skies a couple of days ago in a park in Candiac Quebec. </p><div></div>

[jannekaakinen]

<p>...and another one with cheap flash...</p>

<p><img src="http://g3.img-dpreview.com/0CDB51F3CA254D0C95F4A258012A65C7.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="700" /></p>

[thadley]

<p>Same park - another shot</p><div></div>

[hanappa]

<p>Took my new toys out for a test run, while my son tagged along with my D300. These are not great, but i am already enjoying the D800, and particularly my new 60mm macro. </p><div></div>

[hanappa]

<p>Another Seed Head</p><div></div>