Nikon ad in National Geographic

Nikon has chosen this image to feature in their ad in the decemberissue of National Geographic (Dutch Edition). The ad is about beingable to trust your equipment in even the harshest conditions.

The shot was taken on Hokkaido, Japan. This river is where some of thelocal cranes spend the night. I visited the place a couple of times,hoping for optimal conditions, and on one morning I saw this. It wasterribly cold and the relatively warm water caused this wonderful mistthat immidiately froze the moment it came into contact with thesurrounding trees.

Nikon D2Xs, AF-S VR 200-400/4.0, 1.4x TC, 1/500 @ f/13, ISO 400,tripod, lots of warm clothes

NG has good taste - this is spectacular... Mike

 

 

Very nice, almost a painting.

Congratulations, and a good choice by Nikon too!

PS. I couldn't help but notice that this image has received a 3/3, and a 3/4. It really makes me wonder...

What a stunning photo, a truly memorable capture to be sure. 7/7

Thanks for your comments.

 

"PS. I couldn't help but notice that this image has received a 3/3, and a 3/4. It really makes me wonder..."

 

Yeah, there are some jealous pricks around that rate any picture that they think is good as 3/3 or 4/4 to get the average rating down. This is the downside of anonymous rating. If you rate something 3/3 then you should at least have the balls and the courtesy of explaining why you think it's so bad. But hey, that's life, some people are nice, some people are assholes. :-)

I enjoyed your photo. Great job.

Amazing Like Always Marsel!!!! Congrats!

Fantastic image Marsel. And congratulations for making it to the NG and Nikon selection. This image deserves it. Regards - michel

Outstanding image Marsel! Congratulations on a well deserved compliment from Nikon. I see the 3/3 cowards have been out on this on, and hope that the 7/7 can help compensate for the idiocy of others. Brilliant work!

All the best,

Neil

Marsel, only blind & moron person will rate this as 3/3. Just disregard such nuisance. Heartiest congratulations for this spectacular shot.Selecting as my favorite.