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jonnyapple

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Posted 11 months ago #
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Thank you....Here is one from last night... and this was one of the most difficult post processing photos I have done... getting the color to appear as I think I saw it. Ironically, the owner of the building was across the street at the time.

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Posted 11 months ago #
Regulator75

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D90 | Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR @ f/5

Posted 11 months ago #
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Just a snap, but the colours were an eyeful (neutral in camera no post):

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Posted 11 months ago #
El_Pickerel

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The most famous church in Iceland, Hallgrímskirkja (and another example of the ridiculously slow handheld shots possible with the Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G VR)

D7000 - AF-S 16-35mm f/4G VR - 16mm - f/8 - ISO 100 - 1/2sec

Posted 11 months ago #
Jan F. Rasmussen

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Mudskipper, Bangpoo, Thailand

Possibly Periophthalmus schlosseri

Posted 11 months ago #
cyclekraft

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All of The Above = Wow! Hard to follow such great work.
@msmoto : Amazing clarity and sharpness, great sunset and colors.
@El_Pick : Love the symmetry

The image below captured during my morning walk home from the coffee shop. The geometry and color caught my attention.

Nikon D800 | Nikkor 24-120 f/4

Posted 11 months ago #
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And now for more train pictures...
First steam engine on the main line in GA since 1994 (at least that's what my friend tells me - I just tag along to take pictures). Taken yesterday when they were moving it from Chattanooga to Atlanta.

D7000 with Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 OS HSM @ 70mm, f/4, 1/100, ISO 560
ND 1.2 filter (trying to keep the aperture open and shutter slow for a little more shallow DOF and motion)
edited in Lightroom

Posted 11 months ago #
TaoTeJared

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Random shot from this morning - happy accident where the lens flare lined up.

@VelocityStop - Last year you tracked one of these and a few days later it showed up down the block from me for the College World Series. Wonder if that is the engine that is coming here.

Posted 11 months ago #
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TaoTeJared said:
@VelocityStop - Last year you tracked one of these and a few days later it showed up down the block from me for the College World Series. Wonder if that is the engine that is coming here.

This one is supposed to stay in the Southeast. It will be in Atlanta for the weekend and then head to NC on Monday (I think it is supposed to go up to Roanoke eventually). I know there is a train running out in Iowa that my friend had talked about possibly going to see, so that might be the one that ends up in Omaha. Love the color and contrast in your shot by the way.

edit: Did some research and it looks like the Union Pacific 844 (aka 8444) be there - which is the same one as last year.

Posted 11 months ago #
rschnaible

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I too wanted to echo the thoughts of others that said last month the PAD was really wonderful. I find that it is one of the first places I go to see when I get on line. This month is starting off really well!

Posted 11 months ago #
sand

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D800+24mm PCE....

Posted 11 months ago #
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Rx4photo- glad you like my food shots. I am quite the foodie myself, and I too need to watch my weight. Photos are probably the best 0 calorie food next to water. :D

velocitystop- I love trains, especially steam ones! I grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine.

Something my mother made.

Nikon D40 with the 35mm 1.8.

Braised beef short ribs in a red wine tomato sauce with fresh basil up top. She stewed it so long that the beef just crumbles off the bone.

Posted 11 months ago #
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D700 with 24-70mm F2.8G @24mm. ISO400, 1/60s, F5.6 (had to bump up the ISO since no tripods were allowed in the Abby).

Posted 11 months ago #
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This is one of my first photos from back when I was just getting into photography (thanks to travelling in New Zealand - a stunning, stunning country).

It's the Tasman Valley, just south of the Tasman Glacier, which can be seen in the distance.

Shot with my D3000 and my first extra-kit-lens purchase, the Nikkor 10-24mm. I didn't have any filters yet so used PS to brighten the foreground, keeping the sky exposure about right. Would love to back and have another go!

Posted 11 months ago #
wheelmanbmf

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Last month was awesome, hope we all can exceed it!

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Orchid in on of the greenhouses. Loved how it looks like a little alien is popping out of it.

Posted 11 months ago #
El_Pickerel

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Postman said:Shot with my D3000 and my first extra-kit-lens purchase, the Nikkor 10-24mm. I didn't have any filters yet so used PS to brighten the foreground, keeping the sky exposure about right. Would love to back and have another go!

Haha, I know how that is... plenty of times I'll see certain weather / lighting and know a shot I'd love to capture in those conditions. Shame I already posted my best example of this in old PAD threads... there's a train station in Newfoundland, NJ that I passed by for work twice in two months and photographed twice. First time was with my 20mm f/2.8, second time was with my Tokina 12-24mm f/4 II. I mostly prefer the second shot due to much greater DOF, and a great sky, but I still will certainly have a go with my 16-35mm f/4 VR if I happen by again! Ooh, maybe at night to get star trails...

Posted 11 months ago #
boemboem

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June is starting great! Nice pictures!

@sand: Nice and clean! Beautiful colors!
@El_Pickerel: Great colors, nice contrast with the yellow. (you must have a steady hand)
@wheelmanbmf: I't indeed a action figure from Man in Black

When taking this picture, the train raged 1.5 meters from me with 80 Mph, creapy adventure (the camera was on a cord, I wasn't looking through the viewer :D)

Posted 11 months ago #
benji2505

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off to a fresh new start....

Not the right time for a fall shot, but hey?

Posted 11 months ago #
Janoch

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On a dull day...

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Posted 11 months ago #
rschnaible

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Amazing start to June :)

This was taken a short time after sunrise, perhaps 6:15 am. I love the companionship of the subjects as they walk together and were unaware that I lagged behind to capture the image.
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Posted 11 months ago #
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Posted 11 months ago #
kanuck

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First day of the month and already some wonderful images! Great buildings msmoto, nice shapes Elpickerel,Postman excellent landscape capture and boamboam that a shot I have never seen anything like before!

This capture was taken from jeju Island with my brother in Beophwan Port near Seogwipo City:

Posted 11 months ago #
Yetibuddha

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Well, if May set a new bar, June has already exceeded it. I am on travel status working with no time really or opportunity for photography, and am really amazed by these photos. Its making want to quit retirement and get a job so I have time for photography. Keep up the excellent work.

Posted 11 months ago #
Pierre

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msmoto said:
... and this was one of the most difficult post processing photos I have done...

Hope you had fun, that's the most important, the hard work surely did pay-off, nicely done.

NR got talent. Beautiful stuff, quality is surely improving... Hard to compete.
Beautiful kanuck, nice to see you posting.

Posted 11 months ago #