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[nbanjogal]

Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 12 October, post the best photo you have taken this week. Any subject, any style--just give us your best shot.


PS: If you can, list your EXIF info and any special lighting setups you may have used.

PPS: Don't forget to try out the editing mini-challenge!

[paulkporterphotography]

Nuit Blanche is a 1 night festival that happens in Toronto every year. It starts at sundown and finishes at sunrise. This year they have a 'Global Rainbow' installation by Yvette Mattern. 

 

Here is a copy and paste about the exhibit. 

Global Rainbow is poetic, magical and powerful.  A high specification laser light projection beaming in parallel horizontal lines creates a natural perspective horizon arc simulating a natural rainbow arc with a trajectory of up to 60 km. 

From Chinatown to one of Toronto's most iconic buildings, the CN Tower, Global Rainbow blazes through Toronto’s night sky. It encompasses the skyline and its viewing perspective is as ephemeral as viewing a natural rainbow. This monumental installation is visible from all exhibition areas. As a powerful and luminescent symbol of peace and hope, it embraces geographical and social diversity. 

Global Rainbow follows in the tradition of several art movements in the late sixties and early seventies; and draws on similarities to land and sky arts monumental landscape projects.  It literally "paints the sky" with seven simple but distinctly powerful lines of colour representing the rainbow spectrum to create an artwork that is performative, sculptural, painterly, and minimalist in form.

Yvette Mattern is a New York and Berlin based visual artist whose work has an emphasis on video and film, which frequently intersects performance, public art and sculpture. Her ongoing monumental laser light installation: Global Rainbow has been presented for monumental events since 2009, such as the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, in Berlin and New York City. Mattern aims to connect all demographics in a beautifully engaging experience. She sees her work as a visual translation of hope and peace.

 

Nikon d7100, 50mm 1.4. 10 sec f2.8

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[alaurasgolfmom]

Gonna be a grandma in three weeks!!!!

 

After almost a year of various tests and bloodwork, my daughter was diagnosed as having a hot gallbladder that probably needed removing. She was having some final blood work before an endoscopy, and SURPRISE!!! She's eight months pregnant! She only started showing a few weeks ago, and all the symptoms she had complained of, were contributed to her gallbladder. Needless to say, we are scrambling to get things ready!!

[nbanjogal]

 

 

Gonna be a grandma in three weeks!!!!

 

After almost a year of various tests and bloodwork, my daughter was diagnosed as having a hot gallbladder that probably needed removing. She was having some final blood work before an endoscopy, and SURPRISE!!! She's eight months pregnant! She only started showing a few weeks ago, and all the symptoms she had complained of, were contributed to her gallbladder. Needless to say, we are scrambling to get things ready!!

 

 

Congratulations, Grandma! That's exciting news!

[Nikonite]

From this angle the Thunderbirds appear stacked and heading straight up.

[akanarya]

do I have to use Nikon equipment?

[Merco_61]

do I have to use Nikon equipment?

No, unlike the official contests you are free to use any camera you like. The rules are as simple as the two sentences Nicole starts off every week with.

[Jerry_]

These were taken earlier this week, while being on a short trip abroad.

It was an older boat that was fixed in the harbour. Sun was just shining, so light was fine.




D610 Nikkor 24-120/4 105mm f5.6 1/500@ISO200


D610 Nikkor 24-120/4 120mm f6.3 1/640@ISO200


D610 Nikkor 24-120/4 65mm f5.6 1/500@ISO280

[Thumper]

 

Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G AF-S ED-IF VR
f/10
1/50s
ISO 3200

[morticiaskeeper]

It's been a barren few weeks where life has got in the way, but I took these two last Sunday.

[TBonz]

May not have time over the weekend to get any other photos up, so I figured I'd better get these in now...just a couple from the cheerleading competition last night...This is a brand new school, so it was the first big competition for this team and it was in their gym.  The school doesn't even have a senior class this year - the 11th graders will be the first graduating class.  They were the last team to perform although afterwards, apparently one of the other school's music had failed during the performance and that team was granted a "redo".

 

 

D4, 70-200 at 150mm, 1/1000, f8, ISO 12800

I did lots of group shots, so I punched the ISO up to get me some extra DOF and I was shooting from the top of the bleachers for this shot.

 

 

D600, 24-70 at 31mm, 1/500, f5.6, ISO 6400

This was shot after the competition had completed.  All the teams (12 of them!) gathered on the floor and most of the participants were dancing to the music that was being played while the results were finalized.  It was fun for me to try to capture the fun that they were having.

 

Football tomorrow night!

 

[IanB]

Been playing with a candle this week...

[deano]

Here is my contribution for the week.  I used my new D750 with a 105 macro.

It was a rainy day and I wanted to see if I could get some rain drops on the petals.

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[Thumper]

 

Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S

f/2.8

1/160s

ISO 2000

[funny peculiar]

Not much time for photography this weekend as refereeing in a sports tournament both days.  This snapped on way home today.

D600 Nikkor 105mm f2.8

ISO160

1/160th sec at f10

 

[nbanjogal]

Keeping it simple this week since I haven't done much with the camera (again!). Had an assignment for Project 52 Pros to shoot something shiny.

 

Mortar and Pestle…and Lemon by nbanjogal, on Flickr

 

D600, 24-70mm @70mm, f/10, 1/10, ISO 400; lighting was done with a speedlight in a softbox at 45 degree angle almost on top of subject, white card on left. I had a black card with a shoot-through hole in front for many of these shots, but I can't quite tell if I used it on this one…derp.

[alden]

 

D610; ISO 1250; Focal Length 400mm (400mm in 35mm); Aperture f/5.6; Exposure Time 0.0012s (1/800)

[Merco_61]

A parachute flower dropped from it's vine.

 

 

Body: D700
Lens: 55/3.5 MicroNikkor
Aperture: f/16
Shutter: 1/13
ISO:3200
Profile:D2X Mode 3
 

[nbanjogal]

I ended up having a busy weekend with the camera. Went out for a fall hike with the family, and then tonight had a family portrait session. Here's a fun shot from the portrait session (they just celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary):

 

Happy anniversary by nbanjogal, on Flickr

 

D600, Nikkor 24-70mm @ 50mm, f/4, 1/125, ISO 320; had a speedlight camera right with a shoot-through umbrella

 

And a little snap from our fall hike:

 

Fall hiker by nbanjogal, on Flickr

 

D600, Nikkor 24-70mm @ 70mm, f/2.8, 1/125, ISO 1250

[Raytay112]

Taken 10/12/2014