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[nbanjogal]

Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 26 June 2016, post the best photo you have taken this week. Any subject, any style--just give us your best shot.

 

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

 

 

P.S. Come play with us in the editing exercise.The editing exercise is taking a break for the summer, but everyone is welcome to go into old editing exercises and play around.

 

P.P.S. Also check out the new music inspiration challenge--we have until the end of the month to submit an image for the challenge.

 

[etphoto]

Ok, I'll be first. I'm not a big "taking pictures of flowers person" but I couldn't resist the water lily in my backyard pond. D3s, 5000 ISO, 600mm, Shutter @ 640, F10. Had to wait for an overcast day to get that even light.




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[nbanjogal]

Ok, I'll be first. I'm not a big "taking pictures of flowers person" but I couldn't resist the water lily in my backyard pond.

Apparently you should be doing it more often--that's really beautiful!

[deano]

I will submit a shot of the Summer solstice full moon at 4 AM.  It was a bit cloudy that night when the moon was rising.  To me the clouds were more interesting than the moon.  I almost turned it into a b/w but I like the touch of blue in the sky.

D750, 70-300 Tamron, 400 iso, 1/3 sec @f10

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[Wamason]

This was taken just before sunset on May 13 of this year.  The setting is Prentiss Walker Lake, near Mize, MS.

 

Taken with a Nikon D750 with a Nikon 24-120 f/4 lens.

 

Aperature F/6.3

Shutter 1/500

ISO 100

Focal Length 24mm

 

[Tony]

Here is a flower which I consider to be a lucky find. Has a sort of elegance to it.  Enjoy and thanks so much for viewing.

 

Rgds,

 

Antonio

 

The Particulars:  Pentax k100D Super with Pentax SMC 18~55mm lens.

 

ISO @ 200.  1/90s, f/6.7 at 43mm.

 

Metering is CWA and no flash used.

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[Jerry_]

Nikon 1 J5 17.6mm (47mm equiv)
Processed with SilverEfex

[Merco_61]

This one is for Rob, as he seems a bit nostalgic for the film days.

 

Body: D700

Lens (mm): 105 (MicroNikkor 105/4 Ai'd)

ISO: 200

Aperture: 8

Shutter: 1/5-5s 5-step HDR, fused in Photomatix

 

I suppose most of the geezers recognize the camera.

[bani12]

Here is my photo from this week. Taken with my d750 and Tamron 90mm VC @ f10, iso160, 1/60sec and nikon sb-910 speedlight equipped with a softbox.

 

[Ron]

 

I suppose most of the geezers recognize the camera.

 

Yeah, it's one of the camera models I regret not purchasing.

 

--Ron

[iNYONi]

After a 10 hour drive on Saturday, I went back to the Isle of sky to get another shot of Loch Cill and on the way get a panoramic at Glencoe. A long day but worth it

 

First shot was taken with the 7100 with Tamron 10-20mm

 

Second shot with the 750 and Nikon f/1.8 50mm

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[Brian]

 

I suppose most of the geezers recognize the camera.

 

You young whippersnappers and your automatic FE2's...

 

fm_s3 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Now Geezers- on the right, whippersnappers on the left...

 

But- got out this week, now that school is out for Summer for my Daughter.

 

Playground- Summitar by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Leica Summitar 5cm F2 (~1948, coated), wide-open with orange filter, on the M Monochrom.

 

Skate and Fun Zone by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

50/1,1 Nokton, at F1.4 on the M9.

 

Skate and Fun Zone by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

50/1.1 Nokton wide-open. I've compared this lens with the 50/1.2 Ais Nikkor. Both are very good, but have an easier time focusing the Nokton with the Rangefinder.

Nikon made a 50mm F1.1 for the S-Mount, I've used one. 

[Merco_61]

You young whippersnappers and your automatic FE2's...

If only Nikon had put a match-needle meter in the FM or FM2... I never liked the diode meter. 

[Brian]

I have the FT-3. Match Needle for Ai.

[Merco_61]

I know, but they are rare as hen's teeth on the used market here.

[Rontography]

Ok it's just a crappy iPhone pic but it's not everyday that you are sitting out on the deck drinking coffee and petting the dog when a B17 flies over. 

 

[Patrick9]

I slipped out yesterday evening to try a lens a buddy has been talking about A 28-80 /3.55.6 II Macro. Here are a couple of shots with it on my D200.

 

 

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[TBonz]

Behind as usual!

 

I spent a bit of time challenging myself this past weekend...I tried to shoot some of our backyard birds from inside our screened in porch...All shots are with my Nikon 1 and 10-100mm lens at 100mm (270mm equivalent) at ISO 200 and f5.6.  I did shoot a few of the birds over by the feeder...

 

1/500

 

But I mostly tried to capture the ever elusive hummingbirds...It seemed like a hummingbird (not always the same one) would come by their feeder once every 3-5 minutes.  I started trying to shoot them with my D4 and 70-200 but it was loud enough that it would scare them off when the first frame fired...so that's why I switched to the Nikon 1 to see how it would work...didn't seem to bother them...of course, much harder to get good images though and the time to focus cost me what would have been some excellent images...but I did manage to get a few...

 

1/1000

 

You can definitely see the fence in the background on this one and I can see the screen impacted it somewhat...

 

1/800

 

Again the fence in back, but the screen is a bit less obvious...even with the screen, I think it was my favorite of the hummingbirds for the day...

 

1/640

 

The screen is much less visible here due to the dark background...

 

I was playing with different speeds to see what I could do with the wings as I knew they were moving faster than 1/1000 anyway...I am going to follow this up with a tripod, D4, 200-400 and maybe the 1.4TC from outside the porch over the summer to see if I can do better...but I had a good time anyway...

 

Back to editing!

 

[Rontography]

Nice shots TBonz. I tried early on to get some good hummingbird shots but then they all disappeared. Then I broke my feeder. Time to get another one out and see what happens. 

[Ron]

If only Nikon had put a match-needle meter in the FM or FM2... I never liked the diode meter. 

 

I second that emotion. I also wish that, in current Nikon cameras, that the exposure ladder were on the right side rather than buried down on the bottom where it can get lost in the information clutter down there. A right side match-needle exposure ladder would be heaven.

 

--Ron