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<p>Hi everbody,<br>

Chris, wonderful closeup, really amazing sharpness, are you working for nikon and trying to make us buy that lens or what, haha<br>

This week I will try a portrait, I really liked ton's B/W one of last week, so I thought I would try one as well. This one worked out better for me in color because of the guys golden shades. I hope you like it. We do have nice characters in the netherlands, haha. This was in eindhoven during a ballooning festival.<br>

Taken with the D90, 80-200 @ F2.8, 135mm and 1/750s.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everybody,<br />Hope everyone is ok, here it is warm again.<br />Great portret again tom, where DO you find these characters. ;)<br />I went to a ballooning festival on sunday, but I haven't had time to select any of the pictures (just 600), so I have another picture from the zoo again.<br />This is my first official attempt to a little photoshopping, well, irfanview actually.<br />The edit is not great, I know, but it was more about the funny picture.<br />It is another bird, I'm starting to like those too lil. I liked the position and immediately thought of an orchestra director that is trying to get everybody to pay attention. Taken with the D90 and 80-200 @ 80mm, F2.8 1/2000s<br />Have another great WedNEsDAy EveRYbOdY!!</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everybody,<br>

I didn't even have time to comment the last two weeks, but I've seen some great pictures there.<br>

A few weeks ago I ran into this guy and he was kind enough to pose for me, I think it's a yak.<br>

Taken with the D90 + 80-200 @ F3.3 1/750s 200mm iso 200</p><div></div>

<p>Hi all,<br>

Have been busy these days with the new house, so not many new pictures.<br>

I didn't have time yet to see any of the pictures, but will enjoy them tonight.<br>

Just a quick fun older picture from me.<br>

D90 + 80-200 @ F3.2 110mm 1/1250s</p><div></div>

<p>Hi,<br>

This is one of the first pictures I took a while ago with my D90 and I only had the 80-200 2.8 to play with. ;-)<br>

I came across these kissing mushrooms at my work. No shame at all!!<br>

D90, 80-200 @ F2.8 135mm 1/800s ISO 400</p>

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<p>Just a quick list of my favourites:<br /> <br /> Ton, great guy, must have been at a concert or something somewhere<br /> Brian, good timing<br /> Lil, aaron, richard, nice birds, one free, one LOCKED_UP, what did it do wrong? being too beautiful?<br /> Chris, nice image, i can imagine what you mean with the colors, is always annoying when it doesn't look like it was in real life<br /> janne, matt, nice bike<br /> David, strange, but nice<br /> ken, nice art. i think there is this guy from germany that actually hangs up there himself in rigs on buildings, it looks a bit like that<br /> hamish, what a view<br /> pedro, did you turn gravity off?<br /> benjamin, susan, interesting sequence of shots the two of you have<br /> lester, great play with sharpness<br /> monika, nice 'old' look the picture has<br /> Don, very nice wedding picture<br /> Jeffrey, nice long exposure waterfall shot, it looks like the water falls from the trees<br /> gary, darren, great light<br /> jerry, i think that is the first 56 pixel high I've seen on the thread<br /> Don, uncanning<br /> michael, nice reflexion<br /> Dan, nice<br /> Steve, interesting animal<br /> <br /> Lil, Matthew, Dieter, thanks for the sweet remarks, dieter, I knew it must have been something like that<br /> <br /> See you all next week<br /></p>

<p>Late again, getting ready for the next wednesday,<br /> And now last weeks treat is closed, haha, so here are the comments from last week. won't happen again.<br /> Jose, nice opener. Rene, great capture, wanna get that lens as well. nina, very nice night scene. Hamish, amazing how much of that shot is sharp, nice angle. matthew, great shot. Doug, ultra sharp. james, nice untypical architectural shot. Pedro, one of the best cat shots I've seen. Indranil, great colors.<br /> Dieter, nice bird, how did you get the underside of the bird so bright, while still keeping the sky nice, I always get dark birds. Dave, dreamy. georg s, nice hdr. kent, david and goliath?. Dan, great colors. nish, nice pet. chris court, very interresting picture. gary, shocking.<br /> No real favourite last week, all were great. Kris, Benjamin, Lil thanx for the comments.<br /> <br /> Ok, new week, new picture. Here is another from the visit to the zoo.<br /> I couldn't really choose but had to select one in the end, I went for the sweet one.<br /> Decided to post the color version and not the B/W, hope I made the right decision.<br /> D90 with 80-200 @4.8 116mm 1/1500s</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everybody,<br /> It is wednesday again, time flies. I am a bit late with my comments from last week so I will post them here since I am sure everybody will watch again this week. I hope that's ok.<br /> My favourites were Anish, Joseph, Dieter, Monika, Tom, Matthew, Kris, Nina, Darko, Joe, Darren, Paul B, Wayne and Ray. Lil's picture is my top favourite, please do more landscapes lil. (not that the birds are not nice)<br /> Richard, gert, Eric, justin and Chris thanks for the nice comments.<br /> <br /> And now for this week. I have something new for a change. This saturday I had a party with some friends and we went to the zoo. And that gives a problem: Which picture to choose, haha. There were soo many great photo opportunities, so it was great to practise. In the end I choose this one of a big bird that was posing for me. Taken with the D90 + old 80-200 F2.8 @ 200mm F2.8 1/3000s iso 200 some cropping. Hoping to see many great pictures today, aaaah, who am I kidding, they will all be, I'm sure. I will post comments for this week a bit later.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi everybody,<br />I am shocked by the amount of fantastic pictures already,<br />Will look through them in more detail later and comment on them (still at work, haha)<br>

Another older picture from me today, last year the amsterdam marathon came by my parents house, so it was a nice opportunity to take lots of pictures.<br />This is one of my favourites because of the hair, the expression and the colors. Taken with the D90 and the old 80-200mm F2.8 @2.8 200mm 1/3200 s iso 200</p><div></div>

<p>Lil, thanks for the comment, too bad to hear about your pet, nice IR though<br /> <br /> Just an update on favourites:<br /> <br /> Per-Christian, Gert, Sanford, Torben, Dieter nice DOF, Glenn, Gary you are making everybody jealous with your filter, Joseph, brian.<br /> hamish and Chris are my top favourites (AGAIN!!)<br /> See you all next week</p>

<p>Hi everybody<br>

Jose, it was nice of the bug that it waited for you to set up all the gear, nice macro.<br>

Matthew, nice stars lighting the boats<br>

Fred, Dancing party</p>

<p>This week I will share one of my favourite portrets with you, I hope<br /> you like it.<br /> It's a picture of my father and my niece, I like the dreamy look in her eyes.<br /> She is a bit older already now, but this is still one of my favourite<br /> pictures of her.<br /> Taken with the D90, nikkor 80-200 AF 2.8 @ 80mm F8 1/80s iso 800<br /> Looking forward to seeing many more great pictures today.</p><div></div>

<p>be careful to note the exact position of the helicoids when they come apart, because you will need the exact same position again later, also mark the infinity and closest distance positions.<br>

I relubed a nikkor 105mm F2.5 once and a huge projector zoom lens with success.<br>

But getting them back together can be stressy, so take your time and plenty of pictures.<br>

Sometimes you will have trouble taking it apart, because they are assembled with rings that need special tools for (dis)assembly.</p>

<p>good luck, maybe you can post some pictures of the insides, maybe I will post a few too if people are interested.</p>

 

<p>gee, I was Nr. 200 to respond, well done Jose, new record?</p>

<p>Hi everybody, that was a long wednesday, haha<br /> <br /> Per-Christian, does the seagull desktop help? haha<br /> Ryan, Sasvata, Michael and lil, thanks you for the nice comments.<br /> I really appreciate the comments people send, they really encourage me to contribute to this wonderful thread<br /> Always looking forward to wednesday to see all the great pictures and comments.<br /> <br /> A lot of pictures have been added since I posted, so I will (try) to give a short update on favourites:<br /> <br /> hector, the colors blind me<br /> Lil, you always have some fascinating birds<br /> Anish, nice shot, great angle<br /> Ian, I see more ghosts than just the ghostly hand<br /> Ton, nice portret<br /> benjamin, she looks happy<br /> Dennis, how do you get a shot like that?<br /> Eli, nice fire rings<br /> Matthew, my top favourite, great shot<br /> Dieter, there are some weird animals on this planet<br /> Adey, yummy<br /> Michael, FEED ME<br /> John, nice kitty<br /> Jeff, great shot, would have been nice to see even more car lights moving on the right side<br /> <br /> See you all next wednesday</p>

<p>Jose: Looks sharp to me, nice starter<br />Per-Christian: very intensive<br />Lil: you are nice and early today, nice picture too<br>

Mine was taken a while ago after a meeting of the company where I work.<br />I like the colors and the composition.<br />Taken with the fantastic D90 and 18-200, 120mm F5.3 1/25s iso 800<br>

Wonderful wednesday again</p><div></div>

<p>If correct, you received a small cap with the camera to cover the viewfinder.<br>

Some light might leak through the viewfinder, maybe try blocking the viewfinder with the cap.</p>

 

<p>Wonderful thread again guys (and girls),<br /> <br /> Bruce, Hector, Georg, Eric, Dan, Sergio and Lil, thanks for the kind remarks.<br /> Lil, it's no opera house, it is the evoluon in eindhoven the netherlands,<br /> it's a congress centre and the outside looks like an ufo. Maybe I will post a picture of the outside another time<br /> <br /> My Favourites: matthew, Arash, Hasse/tim great portret, Shawn too bad no one walked by, maybe a moving train would have been nice. Bruce what a view, Robert great tree, Simon love the colors, Dieter interesting thought, Justin nice construction and dynamic range. Chris nice closeup, Doug wauw, Gary great as always, Rodeo Joe nice compact, nish it was just posing for you, Lil wide angle lenses always make things look bigger haha,<br>

see you all next week</p>

<p>Hi everybody,<br>

jose: great timing, her smile makes the moment<br /> Matthew: Love the fog and the light on the right side. Is that a red tree next to the house?<br /> <br /> Well, here is mine.<br /> Some architecture this time. Does anybody know where this is?<br /> D90 with 18-200mm @18mm f5 1/20 handheld<br /> <br /> Have fun today</p><div></div>

<p>Regarding the flowers, i would be carefull selecting lenses.<br>

I have an old 80-200mm and it's closest focus distance is around 1.5 meters.<br>

It is also pretty heavy (1.3Kg), was shooting it last week for 5 hours and that is heavy.<br>

For flowers the micro nikkor 105 is excellent, but expensive.</p>

 

<p>Hi all,<br>

Hamish, nice landscape with the sun coming through the clouds.<br />Nina, nice colors<br />Bruce, nice picture you took of my yacht, haha<br />Sanford, I like the clouds<br />Matthew, the clouds look ominous<br />Paul, where can I book a room?<br>

Here is mine.<br>

My uncle had a party and there was this band playing.<br>

They were pretty good and the lead singer had very expressive hands and head.<br>

Taken with the D90 + 18-200mm. At 70mm F5.6, with flash.</p>

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<p>Simon, MS Keil, dennis, Chris, H. Ting, Georg (would have to ask my friend about the wood),<br /> thank you for your nice comments, I was especially happy with the fine art remark. thanks ;-)<br /> <br /> Rene, Nice colors, I wonder who lives in the pink houses.<br /> Hector, brrrrr<br /> Monika, Was there no border patrol?<br /> Richard, One of my favourites, I like how the lines of boats converge towards the open sky area.<br /> Rob, I was thinking in the same direction as lil, an eye.<br /> Chris, My favourite, the colors are just amazing.<br /> Sasvata, nice portret, too bad the girl in the front has a bit less warm light in her face<br /> Paul, so many greens<br /> Bruce, nice HDR<br /> Georg, my focus was not on the glasses<br /> Lil, we are waiting<br /> <br /> Enjoying another wednesday.</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

Jose, nice postcard, where was it taken?<br>

Simon, nice closeup, is that compression a bit high or is it me?<br>

Bernard, perfect moment</p>

<p>I love this thread, so many different people, countries and cultures. A real inspiration.<br>

This week I have a picture of a car. It's an old Morgan that belongs to a<br>

friend of the family. He visited us in the winter when it was a bit cold, but<br>

he had the top off the car. With one of those old pilot hats on his head.<br />Picture was taken with the D90, nikon 18-200mm at 60mm F4.8 converted to B/W in Lightroom.<br />I hope you like it.</p><div></div>

<p>I have the old one ring non D version of the 80-200 F2.8 and I really like the Image Quality.<br>

But there is the issue of the tripod holder which this one does not have, making it a difficult lens for tripod use. I don't know if you often use the tripod. Some versions appear to have a bit of a wobbly tripod holder, there are also third party holders available that seem to be pretty good (but expensive).<br>

The different versions can be easily found online under nikon 80-200mm history<br>

Enjoy your new nikon equipment, i'm sure it won't disappoint.</p>

<p>Hi, everybody<br>

nice pictures again this week.<br>

Jose, I like the colors in the chairs, but the highlights are a bit harsh indeed<br /> hector, nice colors over the mountains<br /> gary, nice owl<br /> Matthew, lovely colors around that church<br /> Bruce, is that a HDR picture? or straight out of the camera?<br /> Chris, nice!<br /> <br /> Jose, I was trying out my 50mm-F1.4 AFS as well a few months ago when <br /> we went to a pancake place in amsterdam with my niece.<br /> Here they watch the arrival of the pancakes.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi,<br /> <br /> Many new contributors this week, so I decided to join for the first time too.<br /> Have been looking at the thread for some weeks now and really enjoy the pictures and stories.<br /> <br /> I especially like some of the landscape pictures and wonder how they are made.<br /> <br /> This weeks I like the following the most:<br /> <br /> Jose Angel: untypical view, nice<br /> ian Rance: Nice dark view with the fog there<br /> Rene'Villela: nice colors and lights<br /> Bruce Margolis: Love your moving shots from the last weeks, gives inspiration<br /> gary McGhee: Like your shots (would like a filter like that)<br /> Chris Court: Amazing<br /> Hideyuki Miya: Too bad about the crash, nice picture though<br /> <br /> I also like modern architecture a lot, but don't see many pictures of it in the thread. <br /> Maybe I will add some of mine in the following weeks. <br /> I have a lot of them, but most are taken with a Canon G7.<br /> <br /> Now here is my shot: We had a nice party for my uncle last sunday.<br /> It was near the water and I liked the view on this wooden pier.<br /> Taken with D90 & AFS-50mm F1.4 @ F16 and a bit of tweaking in Lightroom.</p>

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