Nikon Wednesday 2013: #39

[Matt Laur]

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<p><strong><em>Important:</em></strong> please keep your image under 700 pixels on the longest side for in-line viewing, and <em><strong>please keep the FILE SIZE UNDER 300kb</strong></em>. Note that <strong>this includes photos hosted off-site</strong> (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc).<br /><br />Are you <strong>new to this thread?</strong> The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are <strong><a href="/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km" rel="nofollow">right here</a></strong>:<a href="/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km" rel="nofollow">http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km</a>. This forum's moderators are allowing up to three images per week, so share some work!</p>

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<p>A good Nikon Wednesday to everyone. So, there I was the other day standing in a parking lot where a company of trainers was teaching a handful of novice motorcycle riders how to stay alive and pass their upcoming license tests. Over time, I'll be shooting some video of their classes, including stuff from the ground, and some overhead aerials. I was struck by this one instructor's confidence in his new students, acting, as he was, like a human traffic cone. At least he had the presence of mind to keep his helmet on! Photographed any bravery or foolhardiness lately? Share!</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>Hey you kids, go sit on that log!</p>

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[rich_johnson3]

<p>Fall Colors in Maine near Kennebunkport.</p>

[eric_arnold]

<p>got a photo pit pass to the legendary Greek theater in Berkeley to shoot Morcheeba. here's a shot.</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody! Here is a shot I took at the Crescent Beach, CA.</p><div></div>

[tsypkin]

<p>And another one, at sunset, shot from the Crescent Beach Overlook</p><div></div>

[jenkins]

<p>Angel of the North in Newcastle, England.</p>

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[jannekaakinen]

<p>Good Wednesday morning, fellow Nikonistas! Great start for this week's thread you have here, great shots from everyone!<br>

My shot is - surprise, surprise - a shot of our puppy, tried to take a few studio light shots but she was way too wild at the moment. This is one of the few ones that were even remotely OK.</p>

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[Tim Wilcox]

<p>Bravery or foolhardiness? Hmmm... does paragliding qualify for either or even both!</p>

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[Tim Wilcox]

<p>Take off...</p><div></div>

[Tim Wilcox]

<p>On the ground...</p><div></div>

[Miha]

<p>Hi, friends,<br /> this picture was made with Nikon D300s and 200-400mm f/4. I was observing the bird (starling) catching the meal. When I was looking at the pictures on my monitor I noticed the second insect which was lucky this time and didn't finish as a meal for the bird.<br /> Regards, Miha.<br>

P.S. It is a 'lucky' bird... (I just can not correct the typo in the caption).</p><div></div>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Hey, Matt, screen grab from video? Yup, I have some of those. From Hip Pocket Theatre's curtain call for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Only tricky bit is the V1 in default mode forces refocus while snapping stills during video. So the video shows seemingly inexplicable focus hunting. And you can get the same quality results just by grabbing a frame from the video with an appropriate editor.</p>

 

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<p><a href="/photo/17485254&size=md"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17485254-lg.jpg" alt="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2013) curtain call - 2" width="1279" height="719" border="0" /></a><br /> Nikon V1, 10-30 VR, ISO 3200, in-camera b&w JPEG frame grab while recording video.</p>

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[liljuddakalilknyttphotogra]

<p>Hi everyone in the Nikon forum. Lovely photos so far, though I must admit that Janne's puppy steals the show for me. But then, how can a puppy not.....</p>

<p>My photos this week are a variety of shots. They're all shot with the D800 and I hope you will enjoy :)</p>

<p>The first one I'll present I shot last week. My daughter wanted some new attempts for head shots for when she does auditions. I have to admit I'm in love with this photo. So I have to admit I hope you'll like it as well. Shot with the D800 & the 70-200 VR f/2.8 (the old one) at f/2.8 @ 200 mm, 1/250, ISO 200, Flash off camera in Aperture mode<a id="ctl03_ShortExif-ellipses" >...</a> </p>

<p><img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v101/p2103934692-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>And the second one is shot with the 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 AF at f/8 @ 42 mm, 1/1600, ISO 200 Aperture Priority For the first time ever I made it out to Catalina Island off the Los Angeles/California coast with my family when they were visiting. We went for the day & on the way back we were treated to an amazing sunset on the water....<br>

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<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v107/p1969284035-5.jpg" alt="" /><br>

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then thirdly, I'm sure making sure there's variety this time...... We went to the beach on the main land & I found this little Snowy Egret which seems to like to "sit". This is shot with the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 at f/8 @ 300 mm, 1/2000, ISO 200, -2/3 EV in Aperture Priority as well, with a slight crop as the yucky water & the bird would let me get any closer..... So this one I call "I think my manicure needs some help or Focused......" ;)<br>

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<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v36/p1923267115-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/17517607" alt="" /> Mine was taken in laprairie Quebec when the sun produced some intense lighting for about 3 minutes before dipping below the horizon. No enhancements done.</p><div></div>

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/17534164" alt="" /> Some back-lit leafs in Candiac Quebec</p><div></div>

[Kent Shafer]

<p>I would consider it foolhardy to put dollars into this machine, but others seem to enjoy it.</p><div></div>

[kylebybee]

<p>Not foolhardy, but if you ever witnessed a cycling crash, you'd think these guys were brave. Try crashing on to pavement going 30 mph with nothing but lycra to protect your skin.</p><div></div>

[kylebybee]

<p>Second shot as they went by.</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>My first shot is the last of my tomatoes from my little garden. Freshly picked, dirt and all. Looks like fried green tomatoes will be on the menu. </p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>This is just a portion of the over 1100 photo entries at the Ashland County Ohio fair this year. </p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>Some of my entries from the county fair this year.</p><div></div>

[r1a2d3ok]

<p>Went to the park last week and saw these two love birds. So glad to see these two are still dating this year. Nikon D3, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E-III, 600mm, F/9, 1/800 sec, ISO 250</p><div></div>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>Here are another two love birds of a different kind. Taken through the decorative facade of the building. Camera Coolpix P100, cropped quite drastically.</p><div></div>

[john_demarco]

<p> Happy Wednesday once again! My contribution for today is another image from back in the days of film.</p><div></div>