Nikon Wednesday 2013: #29

[george_allred]

<p>From the yard</p><div></div>

[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>Good day my dear friends, love your photos, keep them coming and thanks for sharing them! In our last visit to the beach we met a very friendly stray dog that kept us company. So I thought to share those 3 snapshots. take care!</p><div></div>

[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>2nd snapshot</p><div></div>

[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>3rd snapshot</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>Tony Hadley - love the driftwood, looks like a dying crocodile or something!<br /> Georg S - keep shooting film, those images are gorgeous. Dragonboats are kewl.<br /> Simon Jenkins - Mick Jagger? I knew he'd gone downhill... excellent portrait.<br /> Kent Shafer - simply beautiful, thanks for sharing that precious moment.<br /> Bogdan Nicolescu - always like seeing your glimpses into that far-off, mystical country.<br /> Panayotis Papadopoulos - did you take the dog home with you? :) What a cute pup! Nice series.</p>

<p>For me, just some shots of an old abandoned hospital in Ely Minnesota. It's actually a national historic site but Ely is soooo damned remote, there's no influx of tourist dollars to get it fixed up. These are all shot with a Pronea 6i on Fuji Nexia film. The lens wasn't quite wide enough and I had to use lens correction to remove distortion, but hopefully the shots aren't too bad.</p>

<p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Other/PnetSh/i-mSpLvDG/0/O/32310002.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="399" /></p>

<p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Other/PnetSh/i-FRkk2jp/0/O/532310002.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="399" /></p>

<p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Other/PnetSh/i-6gGrZbR/0/O/32310010.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="399" /></p>

<p><strong>Nikon Pronea 6I, APS film developed by thedarkroom.com</strong></p>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>There have been quite a few threads in the lighting forum lately about casting sharp shadows. Here's the result of an experimentation with some very basic equipment to simulate a venetian-blind effect. The gobo was just a sheet of stiff A4 paper cut with kitchen scissors, while the light source was a little hotshoe flash (Metz 40Mz-1i) about 2m away from the gobo and ~ 3m away from the subject.</p>

<p>D800 + 75-150mm Nikon series E @ 150mm and f/6.3. That little series E zoom never fails to amaze. At 100% crop every tiny "hair" of the peacock feathers can be clearly seen.</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Well, I captured this image also with the new 80-400mm AF-S VR @ 112mm, f8 on the D800E.</p><div></div>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>Nice one Shun! Are those shadows on the bottom of a pool?</p>

[dennis_brabender]

<p>Hey Bill don't you know this is a Nikon forum? ;^)</p>

[vrankin]

<p>Kent, your moment with Daphne is precious! Love the high key. I'm sending a shot of a commercial fisherman and his son repairing line. The light and colors attracted me to making the photo. (My son-in-law and nephew now own my D5100 and D5000. I've pared down to a P7700.)</p><div></div>

[ChrisSpeaker]

<p>Here are mine for the week. Nikon D800 + Nikon 105mm macro D. Enjoy.</p><div></div>

[ChrisSpeaker]

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

[ChrisSpeaker]

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

[Andy Murphy]

<p>Keeping cool by using shaded areas</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

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<p>Nice one Shun! Are those shadows on the bottom of a pool?</p>

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<p>Remember the sign I captured to check out the sharpness of the 80-400mm AF-S at 400mm on this thread: <a href="/nikon-camera-forum/00bnh5">http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00bnh5</a></p>

<p>That sign is on the side of a playground set including a slide, etc. That entire set up is on sand. I noticed that the playset was casting some interesting shadows on sand. Sometimes simple things can lead to interesting (at least interesting to me) images, although I can see that maybe it is not everybody's cup of tea.</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>Another shadow</p><div></div>

[john_demarco]

<p>More great work once again from everyone, gotta love Nikon Wednesday! My image this week is from the archive, and i chose it because of all the news that was going on at Coney Island over the 4th of July holiday. It's not the Astrotower, but i do like the combination of the Cyclone roller coaster and the abandoned parachute jump. </p><div></div>

[john_harper9]

<p>Hello all, spent the weekend wrangling heavy equipment - antique steam tractors - at the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas annual show near Easton MD.</p><div></div>

[john_harper9]

<p>Eric Harvey trims a shingle on his antique shingle mill.</p><div></div>

[john_harper9]

<p>Watching the threshing demonstrations.</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>Dennis, That is a good one. LOL</p>

[r1a2d3ok]

<p>Got to spend a couple of hours watching this American Oystercatcher look for sand fleas. Nikon D3X, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E-III, 600mm, F/11, 1/800 sec, ISO 400</p><div></div>

[r1a2d3ok]

<p>Caught</p><div></div>

[mark_sirota1]

<p>Sparklers at dusk at our annual block party.</p><div></div>

[birdied]

<p>Great shots today ! A couple of dragons , first one taken with the D800 and 500mm.</p>

<p><img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v105/p1861422900-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>This one with the D800 60mm and 20mm extension tube</p>

<p><img src="http://birdied.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v78/p1808431543-4.jpg" alt="" /></p>