Nikon Wednesday 2016: #40

[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>Howdy Nikon people. Hope the autumn weather is starting to kick in for many of you, but especially hope that any of you on the southeast US coast are well prepared for this week's hurricane. Be careful out there - no spectacular Nikon Wednesday shot is worth your life! Meanwhile, here's a shot from the safety of a window-lit kitchen table, where a bit of web-oriented product photography was taking place. Looking forward to everyone's work this week. Share!</p><div></div>

[vrankin]

<p>Parting shot from a visit to an auto museum this past week (B&W enhancement and toning in Tonality software.)</p><div></div>

[brian_mchattie]

<p>I was hanging about an airport last Friday waiting for a flight home when I bought a photographic magazine from the news stand. There was an article about shooting the milky way and the night sky which caught my interest. This is a field which I have never tried before and two days ago we had a wonderful clear crisp night so I grabbed my d750 with nikkor 24-70 lens and walked over to a quiet dark place about 5 minutes from my home. Found it extremely difficult to obtain infinite focus and I think that is something which will need much practice.<br>

However, I took a few shots of stars and then turned the camera to the North and lo and behold I managed to see the aurora borealis. Not great... but ok for me. The lights which are seen at the bottom are on a peninsula. There is no town, city or village behind<br>

Went out again last night to the same spot but the aurora was not active</p><div></div>

[brian_mchattie]

<p>and another</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>An advantage of several days of rain - local waterfalls really run. Rhaeadr Ogwen.</p><div></div>

[tholte]

<p>Storm coming in over Chicago</p><div></div>

[ronald_duren]

<p>The Hummingbirds were still in the NYC last week. They spent most of their time fighting over territory but I was able to capture these images.</p><div></div>

[ronald_duren]

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

[ronald_duren]

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

[Andrew Garrard]

<p>Nice scenery, everyone - Tim, I think you're channelling Ansel!</p>

<p>My holiday had got to San Fran. Much as I'd like to show you more bits of pretty Yosemite geography, I'm treating this as an exercise in editing myself down to three images per venue, so you get British weather and the Goldengate. I've seen the Severn Crossing looking like this...</p><div></div>

[Andrew Garrard]

<p>Ronald: Very nice. All I get is magpies, which are mostly good as a dynamic range test.<br>

Anyway, the Golden Gate (oops, apologies for concatenating above) eventually got a little more light on it. A little. To be honest, this probably wasn't worth getting held up and not meeting Shun (sorry!) - but at least the weather made me feel at home. Yay for being a tourist.</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>YWBD (Your Weekly Bagheera Dose) :)</p>

<p>What is THAT? Can I eat it? Will it eat ME?</p><div></div>

[Andrew Garrard]

<p>And finally, the view of San Fran (and damp tourists looking at San Fran) as seen by the Lone Sailor. Next time, more geology, less architecture.<br>

Patrick: There can never be too much cute puppy. (I'm double-dosing having noticed you also shoot Canon...)</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>@<a href="/photodb/user?user_id=4303235">Andrew Garrard</a> thanks! I shoot so many brands I seldom know what's going to be on which thread. Tomorrow won't be a puppy picture though. I have a chicken pic I simply have to share.</p>

<p>I recall when that statue was made. I was either in the Navy or just out, and the controversy was raging on the sailor's hands being in his pockets. That's "not Navy Kosher" the argument went, as you weren't supposed to put your hands in the pockets of your peacoat. You were issued gloves. use them. The argument for, went along the lines of yeah, there are rules, but sailors are smart enough to know which ones to break. Hands cold? Nobody around to berate you? Into the pockets they go.<br>

On an unrelated, related note, those wool peacoats are about the coldest damn things ever designed. They'll keep you warm down to 40 degrees, maybe. </p>

 

[JDMvW]

<p>Nikkormat EL, 55mm f/1.2</p>

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[Miha]

<p>Hi,<br>

first a photo of alpine territory.</p><div></div>

[Miha]

<p>Second, a wild carrot.</p><div></div>

[ilkka_nissila]

<p>Here are a few shots from the new 105/1.4 Nikkor to get a feel for what the images look like. This example shows some mild swirl in the background but otherwise I like it, and both subjects luckily seem to be in focus for the most part.</p><div></div>

[ilkka_nissila]

<p>Second example. This is cropped to 1/3 of the whole image area.</p><div></div>

[ilkka_nissila]

<p>Street musicians in Helsinki.</p><div></div>

[mark45831]

<p>Getting these Stink Bugs a lot this year</p><div></div>

[sjmurray]

<p>Dead tree detail from 2005</p><div></div>

[sjmurray]

<p>Second dead tree detail, 2005</p><div></div>

[DavidTriplett]

<p>Summer is short, and autumn comes quickly to the mountain slopes above 9,000 feet. Fall colors have already peaked in our local mountains. This is from a last-minute day trip last weekend.</p><div></div>

[DavidTriplett]

<p>Here is another one. Note the red/coral aspen leaves. This is something I have not seen anywhere else.</p><div></div>