Nikon Wednesday 2012: #41

[Keith Gierman]

<p>A trip to the local butterfly house</p><div></div>

[ann_overland]

<p>Hi guys! Well done everyone. First snow is here!</p><div></div>

[garethleyland]

<p>Great shots again as always.<br>

No pies but I did catch this thistle enjoying the sunrise.</p><div></div>

[alex_zepeda]

<p>Fall in San Francisco means it's time for Fleet Week. The D600 is definitely not the camera of choice for birding, planes, or other wildlife... but it did quite well IMO.</p>

<p><a href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8067633252_d6f62f59eb_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="640" /></a><br /> D600 • ISO 640 • Nikon 180/2.8 AF • ƒ/5.0 • 1/1000th</p>

<p><a href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/8067240785_bb4fef1104_z.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> D600 • ISO 160 • Nikon 180/2.8 AF • ƒ/5.0 • 1/1000th</p>

<p><a href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8065986205_8d8711894e_z.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> D600 • ISO 160 • Nikon 180/2.8 AF • ƒ/5.0 • 1/2500th</p>

[vince-p]

<p>Alistair -- when you have a kid that age you barely ever get below ISO 3200 indoors; and you don't ever think about slowing down the shutter speed. They are constantly in motion, their faces are constantly shifting and changing expression. Kent -- it's a beautiful shot. </p>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Alastair and Vince, thanks for the kind words. I used aperture priority metering and auto ISO with the shutter speed setting all the way up in the Auto ISO menu. I seem to have more problems with subject and camera movement than with high ISO noise.</p>

<p>Developed in Lightroom. In the Detail panel I used luminance noise reduction to make the noise almost but not quite disappear when viewed at 200%, then sharpened enough to bring some sparkle back into the eyes viewed at 100% (over did it maybe), and finally applied masking so the sharpening wouldn't affect the smooth areas. I also added some grain with Topaz Black and White Effects, though it doesn't really show up in this small jpeg.</p>

[eric_arnold]

<p>here's a live shot with the d3s and 24-70. 1/200, f/4, ISO 6400, SOOC w/ slight crop.</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>Happy Wednesday everyone! Great pictures. I especially enjoyed Dieter's Super Hornet, Bob's portrait of Phil, Tom's ship and Doug's out house.</p>

<p>A great week for me - my wife bought me a Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 !</p>

<p>Here are some of my test shots. First a picture of the cat begging for food (pie?):</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>Secondly, a shot taken on Hove Beach in Sussex (UK):</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>and lastly, and my favourite so far; a picture of my youngest dodging the waves on Saltdean Beach, Sussex (UK)</p><div></div>

[jpalmer57]

<p>Did a little playing around with long exposures this past weekend.</p><div></div>

[nathansanborn]

<p>I've reached a point in my life where I am no longer afraid of spiders. I appreciate how their murderous traps and posionous fangs keep the insect populations in check, but they just no longer have the ability to bring dreadfull fear to me.</p>

<p>This combined with the purchase of a used 60mm 2.8D macro (clearance from KEH) got my eye pressed firmly into the viewfinder mere inches away from this little guy. Slowly moving closer, checking focus, "Oh how magnificant and majestic this tiny little thing is. I had no idea they had all of those little hairs covering their body."</p>

<p>Camera slightly bumps web, causing some subject movement... read, this gigantic MONSTER starts violently shaking in front of me, jumping around in the frame... "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! HE'S PISSED AND COMMING FOR REVENGE!"</p>

<p>Oh... never mind... close focus, very slight movement. Now what was I saying about my fearlessness?</p>

<p>On a side note, I'm the first person to tell you not to pixel peep, but that was before I had this macro lens. The detail it shows is amazing, and the closer you focus, and the closer you zoom, the more amazing it is.</p>

<p>Also, does anybody know what type of spider this is?</p><div></div>

[ann_overland]

<p>Hi Nathan, maybe it is an Araneus diadematus - garden spider/cross spider? Loved your little story :-)</p>

[mirceaciuca]

<p>Vama Veche is a village in Romania on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria...</p><div></div>

[mirceaciuca]

<p>- RedFox, roger! cshhhh...<br />- Sir, we are under attack! cshh cshhhhh...<br />- May the Force be with you, Sergeant!!! Someone will be there to help you up! <br />- Sir, Red Tails are here!!! Yeeeyyy!:D</p><div></div>

[mirceaciuca]

<p>- RedFox standing by...<br />- RedFox, roger, roger...cshhhhhhh cshhhhh...</p><div></div>

[richard__]

<p>Ann, I am sure glad to find out the proper name for this spider, I was having trouble locating it on the web, since the spiders don't weave a nametag into theirs.</p>

<p>We sure have an abundant supply of them outside this year in Northern California, I try not to get too close because they don't like the lens hitting their web.<br /> <img src="http://www.henleygraphics.com/images/_DSC0380_057.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="440" /><br /> <strong>60mm @ f/8.0, 1/25, ISO 400, D800E, with Tripod and Off Camera Flash</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.henleygraphics.com/images/_DSC0380_057-Center.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <strong>A 1:1 Image Center Crop</strong></p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>F4 + Nikkor 24/2...</p><div></div>

[JDMvW]

<p>My "new" Nikon F80</p><div></div>