Nikon Wednesday 2014: #36

[Matt Laur]

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<p>A good Nikon Wednesday to everyone. Hey, it's September - can't wait for cool mornings and fall colors. In the meantime, I was out the other day on a down-and-dirty truck shoot in a back lot. Getting some of those interior details in mid-day in 95F heat inside a metal box - ugh! So I took a break, and stood in the shade of some trees to pilot a few drone test flights. I had rigged up the larger hexacopter to carry the lightweight D3200 with an ultrawide zoom for some overhead stills. Mixed results - metering is really hard when dealing with reflective aluminum surfaces in bright sunlight. Definitely not the Golden Hour. Blown out some highlights lately? Share!</p><div></div>

[tolga_anil]

<p>Good morning all...<br>

Taken with Nikon D600 and Nikon 75-300mm lens.<br>

Best wishes from hot and sunny place Side / Turkey...</p><div></div>

[peteraitch]

<p>Having just retired (!), went to Wales yesterday. A lovely day, but only took my compact (mistake?)</p>

<p>Got this shot of wind turbines in the sea from the top of Great Orme.</p><div></div>

[peteraitch]

<p>There's a cable car available to take people the top...</p><div></div>

[peteraitch]

<p>A candid on the seafront at Llandudno.</p><div></div>

[lex_jenkins]

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<p>"Blown out some highlights lately?"</p>

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<p>Yup. I explored one of Fort Worth's older and lesser known bits of history, the Lake Como Cemetery, with markers dating back to the 1800s. Many of the burial sites have been forgotten and are unmarked now. Since the last time I visited, around 2008, I found a couple of toppled markers - there wasn't any obvious sign of vandalism, just neglect. I was also surprised to find a relatively recent grave dated 2009.<br /> <br /> It was a challenge under bright midday sun. Lately I've been experimenting more with cinematic editing techniques and decided to try the old day-for-night or <em>Nuit Americaine</em> cinematography technique to mimic full moonlight. It's not a bad emulation of the many long exposure nighttime photos I've done under moonlight. One trick is to let highlights nearly blow, and rein 'em in only a bit in Lightroom, adding a bit of diffusion to highlights, to add that somewhat disorienting sensation of trying to see under moonlight without dark-adapted eyes.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17847970-md.jpg" alt="Lake Como Cemetery" width="680" height="455" border="0" /><br /> <em>Nikon V1, 10-30 VR, ISO 100, 1/800th @ f/5</em>.</p>

<p>Infrared photography was also occasionally used to suggest nighttime scenes in some movies. Neither the day-for-night color/b&w nor infrared techniques are particularly convincing to most experienced photographers, but it's still interesting for some moody scenes. In rewatching the old Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas movie "Gunfight at the OK Corral" this weekend, there were some scenes that appeared to use infrared color, but for daylight scenes - can't find any info online to confirm or refute that impression.</p>

<p>For comparison, here's one of my D2H infrared experiments from this summer, taken in bright late day dappled sunlight, influenced by the 1960s Japanese classic sci-fi/horror movie <em>"Matango"</em> or <em>"Attack of the Mushroom People"</em>. A very difficult challenge to shadows and highlights, especially with the D2H's limited dynamic range.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17823938-md.jpg" alt="LEX_0718_July 26, 2014_NIKON D2H_LR4_color-IR" width="680" height="450" border="0" /><br /> <em>Nikon D2H infrared</em>.</p>

<p>Finally, a real nighttime photo under full moonlight, an oldie from at least 10 years ago, using my Nikon F3HP, 55/3.5 Micro Nikkor, Tri-X, and letting the camera run in full AE mode. Exposure was around 3-5 minutes, which the F3 handles remarkably well considering the official longest shutter speed is limited to 8 seconds. Still hard to beat film for long exposure nighttime photography - although my scanning technique has improved. A decade ago I never noticed the grain and aliasing artifacts in my scans of negatives and prints.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/1748403-lg.jpg" alt="Goat Skull in Moonlight on Eagle Mountain Lake" width="650" height="433" border="0" /></p>

[User_2019667]

<p>Visited some very good friends 2 weeks ago in Gladwin,Mi. <br>

Their Golden Doodle Rennie never sat still very long, UNTIL I got the camera out. Then she was a big ham. <br>

They say to focus on the eyes, uh, what eyes? :-))</p>

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[User_2019667]

<p>Fishing for small mouth bass on Lake St. Clair. High sun, very hot. Not the best photo taking light.</p>

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[User_2019667]

<p>And a good time was had by all. Time for supper.</p><div></div>

[ilmilco]

<p>I had been asked to make a selfie with the new wildebeast .... so here it is, picture has been shot with a Nikon D7100 on a tripod, studioflash, 45mm 2.8 PC-E lens, F=4.5.</p><div></div>

[ChrisSpeaker]

<p>Here is the last from my series from Deep Cut gardens in NJ. Nikon D800 + Voigtlander 28mm for all shots. Take a look at shot three - it's amazing how much you can crop a d800 file and retain a great picture since I was about 5 feet from the bunny at 28mm and still a decent pic. Enjoy.</p><div></div>

[ChrisSpeaker]

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

[ChrisSpeaker]

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

[Kent Shafer]

<p>Our dog, Shayna, watching her friend, Dash, demonstrate his new levitation technique.</p><div></div>

[bogdan_nicolescu]

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[kevin mayo]

<p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-do25GSBQSkE/Uh3aFU5ftqI/AAAAAAAAAW8/K8qWCC2p0Ko/s1600/Geoffand+Erin+110.JPG" alt="" />D7000</p>

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[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>Hi Nikonistas, how's your week so far? Keep your beautiful shots coming, mine are from a recent walk with my dog Bobbie...Enjoy!</p><div></div>

[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>n.2</p><div></div>

[lionel_linton]

<p>Open Streets TO</p><div></div>

[panayotis_papadopoulos]

<p>n.3</p><div></div>

[r1a2d3ok]

<p> Early morning beach shoot. Nikon D3X, Nikon 300 2.8, 1/2500 sec, F/5.0, ISO 400</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Went to South Padre Island, Texas for the Labor Day weekend, </p><div></div>

[Mary Doo]

<p>There happened to be a regatta (boat races) in Rhode Island's Newport when I visited Rose Island on Saturday. So every now and then sails were seen circling this small island. The colors were mainly white and blue - almost monochromic. The sun was very bright and it was easy to blow out the highlights if one is not careful. I think this image probably looks better in sepia.</p><div></div>

[vrankin]

<p>First outing with a new D3300 kit, this shot was made at the dock with our grand daughter, as she caught her first fish on Labor Day weekend. (Large sample in my gallery here)</p><div></div>

[BelaMolnar]

<p>Ops.</p>