Nikon Wednesday 2014: #13

[ShunCheung]

<p>Anna's hummingbird, Nikon D4S with 600mm/f4 AF-S VR lens @ f4, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400, all natural light, although it may appear that I used a flash.</p>

<p>Using the D4S is like driving a race car. Its ability to capture action is amazing.</p><div></div>

[sjmurray]

<p>Last week a neighbor asked me if I could take some photos at her son's wedding the next day at a Justice of the Peace ceremony. I was off that day so I photographed the event. It was a very nice courthouse, small family group. Anyway, this shot pretty much sums up the ceremony.</p><div></div>

[ChrisSpeaker]

<p>Here are mine for the week. Just some abstracts. Enjoy. Nikon D800 + Voigtlander 58mm.</p><div></div>

[ChrisSpeaker]

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

[ChrisSpeaker]

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

[bnelson]

<p>Wow. Flat Stanley.... Brings back memories of a Flat Ashley from a granddaughter. We took Flat Ashley to visit San Francisco with my wife and I and my "new then" D70s. Great memories</p><div></div>

[alastair_anderson]

<p>I love the hummingbirds - all four shots.</p>

[purplealien]

<p>Happy Wednesday everyone :-)</p>

<p>Here's some pictures taken at our local beach on Sunday. They are all 3 shot HDRs ......</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>No. 2...</p><div></div>

[purplealien]

<p>No. 3 ..........</p><div></div>

[martin_z.]

<p>The first sign of spring showed up this week.</p>

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[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>Is it Spring yet?</p><div></div>

[Gup]

<p>I was sitting here at 3:00pm with nothing worth contributing when the dog barked. I got up to investigate and found this youngster from last year browsing on the remnants of last summer's petunias. It's through a thermal pane window. I tried one with it open and she took flight. It is amazing, though, how comfortable the deer are here with a big burly dog on the other side of the door. They tend to yard up here for the winter and most have been here longer than him, I guess.<br>

I, too, love the hummers this week.</p><div></div>

[oliver_flint]

<p>The Principal Viola - D800 with Nikkor 24-70 mm at 60 mm and f2.8</p><div></div>

[karissa_walker]

<p>It's nice to look at the postings and see reminders that there are seasons other than winter :)</p><div></div>

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/17715733" alt="" />Part of the reason I like the Wednesday group is because I get to see a remarkable variety of high quality images and it is my perception is that I not likely to see them if I visited the Critique Forum and I think this can be a good thing. I wish I could write all the names, but here are a few that caught my fancy: Dieter, Lex, Chris, Shun, Roberta (those humming birds don't remain more than a second or two in one position which makes your capture even more remarkable). John H at least you have growth with snow - surrounding my residence it is 3 feet of snow with no growth).<br>

My shot is from last year. I am reluctant to show you more snow and ice images in case anyone gets despondent. I was walking down the main street in Montreal (St. Catherine) when I saw this old VW Beatle that if the bumper got any lower it would scrape the ground. I knew I had to capture it.</p>

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[lornesunley]

<p>At an Orchid Show on the weekend the owner of this guy pointed out the special features</p><div></div>

[lornesunley]

<p>of what she called the "bug"</p><div></div>

[lornesunley]

<p>resulting in this portrait</p><div></div>

[mbh]

<p>Hiking on a Hot Day, Blue Icey to Cool Off</p><div></div>

[JamieHarre]

<p>Nikon Buddies,<br>

Another great week for the Nikon shooters. My favorites are Roberta's hummingbird pics, showing the amazing detail and iridescence of their throats and such, as well as Lorne's Orchid images. Thanks for sharing!<br>

Mine is an outdoor portrait of a favorite subject of mine. The rainy day turned into a sunny afternoon.</p><div></div>

[eric_arnold]

<p>Sheila E video shoot, oakland, CA</p><div></div>

[pics]

<p>Night shot with D300</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>This was among the first images I captured that day, and I didn't check my settings beforehand. As a result, I was using the base ISO 100 and the shutter speed was a slow 1/250 sec. Needless to say, I got a lot of totally blurred wings. This is one of the few that was decent from the first batch.</p>

<p>After a quick image review, I immediately noticed the problem and moved up to ISO 400 and 1/1000 sec.</p><div></div>