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Your Best Photo, Week Ending 21 August 2016


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nbanjogal

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Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 21 August 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. Look for the roll call for this fall's next round of editing exercises.

 

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. 

 

 

Check out images produced for the July music challenge here: July Music Challenge - Mini-Challenges, Member Contests, and Games - NikonForums.com

 

Join the August music challenge here: August Music Challenge - Mini-Challenges, Member Contests, and Games - NikonForums.com

 



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I'll start, though don't have the exif with me right now. If someone wants it, I'll be happy to edit it in later. This is my soon to be puppy. He's not quite ready yet, but I stopped by for a visit.

Shot with the 810 and a 24-70.
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Took this one Monday. Was using my D3s and about 10 shots later the shutter snapped off. :(

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D610 Nikkor 24-120/4 58mm f8 1/640@ISO160

High Fens, Belgium

"The High Fens (French: Hautes Fagnes; German: Hohes Venn; Dutch: Hoge Venen), which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau region in the province of Liège, in the east of Belgium and adjoining parts of Germany, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands. The High Fens are the largest nature reserve or park in Belgium, with an area of 4,501.2 hectares (11,123 acres); it lies within the German-Belgian natural park Hohes Venn-Eifel (700 square kilometres (270 sq mi)), in the Ardennes. Its highest point, at 694 metres (2,277 ft) above sea level, is the Signal de Botrange near Eupen, and also the highest point in Belgium. A tower 6 metres (20 ft) high was built here that reaches 700 metres (2,297 ft) above sea level.[1][2] The reserve is a rich ecological endowment of Belgium covered with alpine sphagnum raised bogs (not "fens" as the name would imply) both on the plateau and in the valley basin; the bogs, which are over 10,000 years old, with their unique subalpine flora, fauna and microclimate, are key to the conservation work of the park.[3][4]"
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One more, took this today. Our local Zoo. D610, 600 mm, ISO 4000, 1/800 @ F10. Its hard getting the depth of field how you want it with such a large lens.
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This is a photograph of a genuine Table Top Tiki Torch.  Yep, just remove the top, load her up with fuel and off we go.  It does create a nice ambiance in early evening.  Fun to look at, fun to shoot.

 

EXIF:  Nikon D70 body with Nikon AFNikkor 35~80mm 1:4~5.6 D Lens.

 

1/50s, f/5.6, ISO 200, No flash, taken @80mm and used Matrix Metering.

 

Many thanks for viewing.

 

Rgds,

 

Tony

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Did a shoot with this young lady today. Haven't processed all the photos. Just this one to see where i wanted to take it. Testing out my new Tamron 85mm and Godox AD600 light.

 

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Bec by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

Had to come edit the url, so here is another while I am here...
 

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It has been a while since I did one of my kitchen close-ups.

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Body: D700

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

ISO: 2000
Aperture: 8
Shutter: 1/80
Exp. Comp.: -1.0
Picture Mode: [VI]Vivid
 
Shot in available light on the stovetop with a piece of aluminium foil as a reflector to lighten the shadow under the cast-iron skillet.


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I did some b/w a few days ago.  We took an overnight up to the town of Williams, northern AZ, to escape the heat for at least one day and night.  At night, I took a walk through downtown as the place was quite busy with bands, a shoot out, and cars cousin'.

D750, Tamron 70-300.  I used the cameras flash as I only wanted a bit of extra light.  Set the iso to auto and used M mode.

1) a couple strolling down main street (part of the shoot out melo-drama)

2) Elvis in a door way

3/4) Late night entertainer on the patio at one of the local bistros

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I was looking at my hands yesterday and I don't know how or when ,but somehow I have ended up with my dads hands. Photo's aren't very good especially the one of my right hand. I seem to have misplaced my tripod plate so these were hand held. I shot the right hand using my left to support the camera and trip the shutter while trying to look thru  the VF. I also use back button focus so . well you get the idea. Shot using the D200 and Sigma 28-80. converted to BW in ACDsee

 

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A later than normal (even for me!) post...it has been a crazy few weeks for MANY reasons...

 

Last week, I was asked to shoot a two day training session...horses and riders being trained on primarily show jumping and cross country jumping by Phillip Dutton who won an individual Bronze Medal in Rio for the "triathlon" (including dressage, cross country and show jumping).  He is originally from Australia and is now living in Pennsylvania.  He worked with a group of 5 horses and riders of different levels for 1.5 hour or so blocks each day.  It was quite a bit of fun although very hot!  I'm still working on the photos because of all of the other craziness, but here are a couple from the event.  Both images were shot with my D4, Nikon 70-200 at f5.6, ISO 400 and 1/4000.  They are also both from the second day of the clinic on the cross country course.

 

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The first is one of the riders and her horse jumping on the cross country course.  I like the "levitation" look...

 

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The second is Phillip discussing techniques with some of the riders.  It was interesting (as someone who doesn't know the sport) to hear his comments and how quickly he noticed small details that I would never have noticed.  



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Nice captures, Tom!

Eventing is all about attention to detail as it is the most all-round extreme of all equestrian sports.



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Thanks Peter!

 

I agree...I've learned quite a bit about it from covering the shows they host in our neighborhood, shooting the two recent clinics and chatting with some of the folks involved.  I've finally finished my first pass...hope to dive into the final edits on the rest of them tomorrow...one thing different with this clinic was trying to get decent action shots of the horse and rider and get Phillip in the image at the same time...didn't always work, but I think I got at least one of each of the riders I saw...Phillip only does the eventing and not the individual dressage or show jumping competitions...as a matter of fact, the Show Jumping competition in the Olympics was held the first day of his clinic.