Nikon Wednesday 2013: #11

[Matt Laur]

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<p>Hello Nikonistas - let's have a busy thread this week, all right? Busy is a good word. One of my episodic gigs, Nikon gear in hand, is the need to shoot a client's vehicle inventory for web listings. He sells ... not inexpensive trucks. We've usually got a very compressed schedule (sometimes just minutes), never any control over the weather, and never time to mess with lighting. It's in and out, and the images rarely spend much time being looked at once they help to sell the vehicle. The idea is to help him look better than his competitors, who all seem to show off expensive products with drunken-looking blurry smartphone shots. Working through some revised post on a few, here are some quick grabs from a recent session. What have you been up to?</p><div></div>

[Matt Laur]

<p>Scenes like this view of the truck's shower and master bedroom are full of mixed color temp lights, and a nightmare of straight lines that want to warp and converge when you're in cramped quarters with an ultra-wide lens.</p><div></div>

[Matt Laur]

<p>Trying to get at least some detail in the external through-the windows scenery while also mixing up interior 12v lighting and a bit of bounced fill flash ... exciting. Maybe time to chimp a couple of shots before just shooting and moving on. Yay for RAW files and some latitude in post!<br /><br />Nothing glamorous, but good practice for dealing with very mixed-up light.</p><div></div>

[mitchell_freedman]

<p>Following two days of being socked in, nice light break in the storm clouds. Tubac, Arizona</p><div></div>

[mccosh]

<p>Sunset at a wedding on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand.</p><div></div>

[norfolk_nsfw_maybee]

<p>My brother started bird photography a couple months ago, so I broke out the 300mm MF lens, stuck it on my D7000 yesterday.<br>

This was my third pic.<br>

<img src="http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h332/sweetmk22/Birds/nuthatchphoto_zps65a338c3.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="526" /></p>

<p>He said it would take me two weeks to get another spread wing pic.</p>

<p>OK, birders, is that true!?</p>

[Rene11664880918]

<p>I have a few ducks this week....</p><div></div>

[Rene11664880918]

<p>Some how, this guys look really funny to me....</p><div></div>

[Rene11664880918]

<p>And a cute one.....</p><div></div>

[tony_demonte]

<p>Rome! a fun trip with some great pictures.</p><div></div>

[tony_demonte]

<p>and one more from Rome.....the Spanish steps</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>S Curves</p><div></div>

[nathansanborn]

<p>Another friend this weekend.</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>F3/T, Zoom-Nikkor 35-105mm f/3.5 AI-S, EPN<br>

For a book on bronze casting</p><div></div>

[bob_dein]

<p>I met Steve in Sarasota, and asked if I could take his picture.<br /> <img src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/bobdein/03-13-13Steve_zpsf90712f0.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="465" /><br /> Nikon D90, NIKKOR 50mm f1.4 @ f2.4<br /> http://www.deinfaces.com/</p>

[ShunCheung]

<P>A couple of images from Indian Wells, California. This year, I only brought the D800E, and it reminded me over and over why it is not a sports camera.</P>

<p>Nikon D800E with 300mm/f2.8 AF-S + TC-14E, stopped down 1 stop to f5.6, 1/1000 sec and ISO 250</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Nikon D800E with 300mm/f2.8 AF-S at f4, 1/1600 sec and ISO 100</p><div></div>

[bogdan_nicolescu]

<p>Istanbul</p><div></div>

[Alex_Es]

<p>Nikon F3 + Nikon 35-105/3.5-4.5. Akashi Castle grounds, March 4, 2013 . . .</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Afon Cynwyd, upstream</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Afon Cynwyd, downstream</p><div></div>

[jenkins]

<p>Morning all, I met a group of youths the other day just by chance, they were struggling with their photography for a music album they were making. So I popped back home to get my camera to help them out.</p>

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[jenkins]

<p>Number 2</p>

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[jenkins]

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[hbs]

<p>The warm weather and brilliant sunshine last Saturday made for some very interesting and unusual snow textures. This was a totally undisturbed hillside -- the "tracks" were not from skis, sleds, or snowmobiles, but simply from the way the fresh snow from the night before settled.</p>