I decided to shoot wide open at iso 800 this morning, after wishing I had more shutter speed on my eagles. Turns out I caught a mating sequence! This Chickadee seemed like a good test subject.
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PHOTO-A-DAY: December 2012
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Nice one, coastal.
D800 • ZF.2 100mm f2 @ f8 • 1/200 • ISO 100 • 2x Elichrom 400 watt
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Great stuff, folks. Commented on flickr where I felt like I had something I could say.
Here's my first shot with my newest lens - last one for a while, unless I replace my 70-200mm f/2.8 with the new f/4. The nature center at White Clay Creek State Park in northern Delaware.
D800 - PC-E 45mm f/2.8D - f/5.6 - ISO 50 - 1/125sec
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Playing with the studio lights last night.Posted 5 months ago # -
Only one shot to share this week but I'm quite happy with it.
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D800 w/70-200VRII 2.8 & TC2.0III; FL 280mm F/4.8
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@Rifqi - WOW, hypnotising!!!
@mike - good job, again and again :)
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This is with the 135 F2 DC lens I just got. I would think this would be sharper with more/better bokeh at the setting.
Anyone has a comment, I will appreciate.
D90 F2.8 I didn't set the "defocus" because that appears to blur even the subject.
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vinopaul22: I just bought the same lens used and also felt it should be sharper so I pinned a red ribbon to a wood landscaping wall, stood at about a 20 degree angle from the wall, focused on the ribbon and shot some images. When I examined them at 100% on my monitor I could see that the lens was focusing in front of the red ribbon. So I set up a focus fine tune subject using a box 90 degrees to the camera as my focal point and a yardstick angled as in inclined plain pointed towards the camera set beside the box. I noted the inch marking which was in the same plain as the flat side of the box, focused on a target taped to the box and then examined the markings on the ruler to see where the zone of focusing was on that yardstick when the camera had focused on the target. I found I had to use the Autofocus fine tune adjustment set to +19 to get the lens to focus exactly on the target and not in front of it. If you look at the photo of the vases I just posted in PAD you see the 135 DC lens focused on a pitcher. You can judge sharpness and bokeh at f2.8.
You will find more discussion of "front focusing" in this thread. http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=15698 My 85mm lens also was "front focusing" on my D600 body which causes me some concern. Maybe the focus module in that body is in need of calibration? I will have to check other prime lenses.
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I found it difficult to get striking pictures of the Indian Summer. here is my favorite for this fall season.
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Great shots all and also last month. Our daughter and getting ready for a new job have been keeping me super busy. Hopefully I can get some pictures in the next couple of weeks.
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Gabby.
D600, 135mm f2 DC lens at f2.8, ISO-1,600, -0.7 exposure compensation, bounce flash.
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Thank all, for your previous comments. Everyone is offering such excellent work.
D7000 ; 100mm Zeiss Makro-Planar T* ZF.2 @ f/18 ; 1/160sec ; ISO 400. A touch of Topaz EffectsPosted 5 months ago # -
Great contributions everyone. My share is a historic location going back to 1200's AD
D7000
Nikkor 18-200mm at 100mm
1/160
f/5.3
ISO 100
-2/3 EVPosted 5 months ago # -
I'm a newbie here. Hope this is entertaining.
A rim of light in a slot canyon in Arizona
Nikon D7000 12-24mm (22mm, ISO 100, F/22, 2.5" min)
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Thanks everyone for the comments !! .....
@SilenceBroken : it's gonna be busy !!! ........ :)
@Yatz : nicely done ..
@Meinrad: that one is AMAZING !
@Rifqi : beautiful shotThough not as amazing as Coastal's birds ....... I'm posting one of my own Eagles .... This one is a Steppe Eagle (Juvenile) ...... the bird was far away and light was kind of harsh ....
Just on a tangent .... if anyone hasn't heard/seen/experienced an eagle swooping down a hillside ..... they won't believe me when I say it is as loud as a Jet engine !!! ...... I was actually looking up at the sky to spot the plane before I saw the Eagle come downhill after a crow !! ...
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snow in the north of Sweden
D 7000 17-55/2,8
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@Yatz - nice picture, excellent exposure, though I would chop the top 10-15% off to get the V more visible. also will clean up the sensor, as at least how it looks for me You have some dirt on it (look at the lighter part created between V)
as pictures show more than words, here's what I would do with it:
I've cleaned up the light part, added some structure and colours to the right part of the picture, added some structure to the left part. Cropped to 16:9 format.Posted 5 months ago # -
I guess I will post the same subject as the last one...but a much different snapshot.
D4, 85mm f/1.8 G Nikkor, 1/160 sec, f/11, Elinchrom 400 ws D-Lite units stacked on left, one over the camera all with the soft box attached. I believe the units were about half power. A few light modifier panels were used to control background illumination.
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Foolin' around at a local church while the music ministry was practicing - I run the sound system there sometimes, and that involves getting there a couple hours early, making sure everyone is happy with their monitors, and then plenty of sitting around.
D800 - AF-S 85mm f/1.8G - f/2 - ISO 3200 - 1/200sec
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Been away since Friday and have peeped in at ALL the amazing images. This forum has such talented contributors...everyone should be mentioned. Thx.
Nikon D7000 Nikkor 10-24 f/3.5-4.5 1/1252f/4.5 ISO800
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Special thanks to Rifqi who has been giving me assistance with a few of his processing tips lately. Another cracker there.
Work has been intense the last few weeks and I've been quite inactive as a result. This weekend though I treated myself to a trip to the Lake District. I had hoped for more snow but I'd trade for the perfect weather we had over 2 days instead.
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I found my owls again his morning.
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