Nikon Wednesday 2013: #25

[john_harper9]

<p>On vacation in Jackson Hole this week. Spent an afternoon kayaking on the Snake River oxbows - calm water with wildlife sightings (moose, eagles, otters, pellicans and other waterfowl) frequent. This time, we had a surprise. We were drifting through a slough 10 to 15 feet from the shorelines when Karen said she saw a black bear. I readied the AW100 and as I drifted past, the bear raised his head ... not a black bear but one of the grizzly adolescents that are in the area. I captured a few images as the bear came to the water's edge to check us out. When the bear splashed the water, I splashed the water too - with a few power stroked of the paddle to get clear. </p><div></div>

[john_harper9]

<p>The bear popping up from the brush.</p><div></div>

[john_harper9]

<p>Checking us out.</p><div></div>

[dblewer]

<p>Walking the dogs yesterday evening and saw these in the rough by the path<br>

Northern marsh orchid<img src="/photo/17429686" alt="" /></p><div></div>

[eric_arnold]

<p>had the opportunity to shoot Thomas Mapfumo, the legendary Zimbabwean musician, last week.</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>Great shots everyone. I particularly liked Roberta's dragonflies, especially the third one.</p>

<p>I managed to get out in the countryside with the dog on Saturday. It was one of those lovely days with sunshine, rapidly moving clouds and a warm breeze making the crops in the fields sway so they looked like water from a distance. A perfect chance to try a bit more HDR.......</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>and a second one......</p><div></div>

[jenkins]

<p>Picture of my 95 year old Grandmother I took the other day.</p>

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[rodeo_joe1]

<p>I slightly overfilled a demijohn and my homebrew beer frothed out of its airlock, resulting in what you see below.</p>

<p>D800 + Tamron 90mm macro lens. Lit with a single off camera flash held above and slightly behind the subject, triggered using CLS from the camera popup.</p><div></div>

[mrp-images]

<p>Grand Hotel Mackinac Island MI<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17431214-md.jpg" alt="The Grand at Midnight" /></p>

[tjeloep]

<p>It's graduation season...</p><div></div>

[wazungi]

<p>Here I am--a day late, but happy to see that the thread's not closed; I thought I was going to miss out. Budi, that's a precious photo. Mine for the week is a Hollyhock, backlighted.</p><div></div>

[DawsonPointers]

<p>Greetings from the depths of northern Ontario...or rather, northern Quebec.<br>

We were camping near Fort Temiscamingue. No cell or internet access. I didn't want to miss out on Nikon Wednesday. Better late than never.<br>

The Fort was a node in the Hudson's Bay Company trading network that stretched from Quebec City to the Northwest Territories. It is found at the 'narrows' of Lake Temiskaming. The Gov't of Canada has set up a display depicting life at the old fort. <br>

#1 The Voyageurs unloading/loading their canoes. They were massive freight canoes that had to be portaged many times on the trade route.</p>

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[DawsonPointers]

<p>#2 The Flagpole</p><div></div>

[DawsonPointers]

<p>#3 The principal reason for the trade route was beaver pelts. Beaver was a 'must have' for hats in 18th and 19th century Europe. This display shows a first nations person trading a stack of pelts for goods. </p><div></div>

[Matt Laur]

<p>A first-rate Nikon Wednesday this week, folks!</p>

[clive_murray_white]

<p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/9113472422_bec6f6b251_z.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="640" /> </p>

<p>Winter's morning here in Aus - D800 180mm f8 iso640 1/1000</p>

 

[Allen Herbert]

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