Nikon Wednesday 2013: #36

[Matt Laur]

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<p>Hello Nikon folks. Hope everyone in the US had a pleasantly long Labor Day weekend. I have to hand it to the organizers that keep one of our local summertime farmer's markets perking along - they know how to book some interesting guests that help make all of that fresh local produce compelling. Chef de Cuisine Matt Baker of Washington DC's historic Occidental Grill was present on Sunday to demonstrate a (very tasty!) shaved carrot salad. Shoot anything freshly made? Share!</p><div></div>

[Matt Laur]

<p>One of the chef's apprentices was up to his elbows in three kinds of carrots for an hour or two.</p><div></div>

[Matt Laur]

<p>And 30 yards away, the always dependable Frank was using his wood-fired pizza-oven-on-a-trailer to crank out his slightly smokey signature pies.</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>Foo dog</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody! Here is something tasty from the Monterey Bay Greek Festival this past weekend.</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>And here is another capture from the same festival.</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>And the last one, from the same festival...</p><div></div>

[martin_z.]

<p>Some friends of mine recently opened a vintage instrument store. Here's a mandola. I like the Art-Deco look.</p>

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[martin_z.]

<p>This is a 1924 Gibson F-5 Lloyd Loar mandolin. You can buy this, or you can buy my house. And renovate the kitchen. I'm not exaggerating.</p>

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[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/17517607" alt="" />Good morning to everyone. I had some idle time in my neighbor's backyard full of flowers, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc yesterday afternoon. I slipped on my tamron 90mm macro and had a little fun. </p><div></div>

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/17517725" alt="" />This is a mirror image. If you draw a vertical line down the middle, the left side represents the original. </p><div></div>

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/17517694" alt="" />This one I added texture with photoshop</p><div></div>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Impossibly dim lighting isn't the Nikon V1's strongest point, and I didn't get it to substitute for a dSLR -mostly I use it as a P&S on steroids. But I gave it a try with my 50/1.8D AF Nikkor via Fotodiox adapter (manual everything only) this weekend at Hip Pocket Theatre, an outdoor theater where pre-show audiences and performances usually run from around 8 pm to midnight. Results were good enough that I might plonk down some coin for the 18.5/1.8 "normal" lens, even though it lacks VR (which I really need - at least half of my snaps that evening were marred by my own camera shake).</p>

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<p>The V1's still frames during video are only a little convenient - you can pull out the same quality frames during video editing - but I still shoot a few stills while recording anyway. Despite the blur and high ISO flaws, this one appealed to me. The blur and in-camera noise reduction created a painterly effect that seemed reminiscent of the John Singer Sargent paintings I saw last year at a local museum. <br>

<br /> <a href="/photo/17516616&size=md"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17516616-lg.jpg" alt="Summersend" width="1000" height="667" border="0" /></a><br /> Nikon V1, 10-30 VR @30mm, ISO 3200, 1/60th @ f/5.6, JPEG-only snap while shooting video @ 1080/30p</p>

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<p>The play that night was the closing performance of "The Tempest". When I saw this little fellow, illuminated only by his tablet and the dim lighting of the snack bar, I thought of Prospero's magic books.<br /> <a href="/photo/17517726&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17517726-md.jpg" alt="Nikon V1, 50/1.8D AF Nikkor, Fotodiox adapter, minimal tweaks in Nikon ViewNX2" width="680" height="455" border="0" /></a><br /> *Nikon V1, 50/1.8D AF Nikkor (via Fotodiox adapter), ISO 1600, 1/100th @ f/1.8. <i>(Minimal adjustments in Nikon ViewNX2, which I don't like as well as Lightroom 4.4.)</i></p>

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<center><p><em>"Knowing I lov’d my books, he furnish’d me,<br /> From mine own library, with volumes that<br /> I prize above my dukedom."</em> <br />--The Tempest<br /><br /> <a href="/photo/17516617&size=md"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17516617-lg.jpg" alt="Prospero's books" width="1000" height="669" border="0" /></a><br /> Nikon V1, 10-30 VR @ 15mm, ISO 3200, 1/30th @ f/4. <i>(Adjusted in Lightroom 4.4.)</i></p></center>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Lex - lovely light in those pictures.<br>

Nothing fresher than a waterfall. Ogwen Falls.</p><div></div>

[finimage]

<p>Hi Guys, Been keeping an eye on here from time to time...always a joy to look. Finally got some time to play with my Sigma 150mm f/2.8, hope you like.<br /><br /> <em><strong>D5100 (Sigma 150mm f/2.8G) f/9 @ 1/2500s (+0.7EV) ISO 1250</strong></em></p><div></div>

[finimage]

<p><em><strong>D5100 (Sigma 150mm f/2.8) f/8 @ 1/100s (+0.7EV) ISO 200</strong></em><br /><br /></p><div></div>

[finimage]

<p><em><strong>Nikon D5100 (Sigma 150mm f/2.8G) f/2.8 @ 1/160s (+0.7EV) ISO 800</strong></em><br /><br /></p><div></div>

[alex_zepeda]

<p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5522/9573362636_6d8ee2fb74_c.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="534" /><br>

D600 • ISO 800 • Nikon 20/4.0 AI • ƒ/11 • 1/20th<br>

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<img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2827/9430841219_209475e199_c.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D600 • ISO 100 • Voigtlander 58/1.4 • ƒ/4.5 • 1/800th<br>

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<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5524/9542511549_0bfc629f60_c.jpg" alt="" /><br>

D600 • ISO 100 • Nikon 85/1.4 AF-D • ƒ/1.4 • 1/4000th</p>

[georg_s1]

<p>Happy wednesday!</p>

<p>Martin, I really like your take on the vintage instruments.<br /> Lex, the V1 is a neat tool for discrete shooting, I especially enjoyed looking at the last shot of your series.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/9629327676_5f652e7111_c.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="546" /><br /> D700, battered Ai 35/1.4 wide open, tried the Kodak Panatomic-X preset in Nik Silver Efex</p>

<p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/9651616843_eb89814ca4_c.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="546" /><br /> D700, Ais 50/1.2 wide open</p>

[User_2019667]

<p>A misty early morning shot on our daily walk at the park.</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>Some back lit flowers in the Butter Fly garden.</p><div></div>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Daphne in the boat.</p><div></div>

[Renee Shipley]

<p>Another wedding shot</p><div></div>

[george_allred]

<p>from last week</p><div></div>

[george_allred]

<p>another from last week</p><div></div>