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[nbanjogal]

Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 10 December 2017, 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. The editing exercises are taking a break at the moment, but feel free to play around in the old exercises. 

 

P.P.S. Peter is running a fun single lens challenge that we are all invited to participate in. Look for the "One week, one camera, one lens" challenge.

[bill10385]

Nikon d7500, Nikkor 70-200mm, @70mm, ISO100, f/2.8, 1/10 sec, handheld

 

My son Jaxson and his best bud, Kacey (dog) in front of the Christmas tree.

 

Sorry I missed the challenge last week .  I shot over 1500 images at a Lacrosse tournament and have culled 3 of 4 game sets but have a long way to go before I share any of those. 

 

Happy Holidays to all!

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[nbanjogal]

Bill, you can always add them late--deadlines aren't hard and fast around here. And that is an awesome portrait!! I hope that one is going in a frame or on a Christmas card or something. They both look great, but I have to know--how did you get the dog to look at you in such a perfectly charming way?

[bill10385]

Nicole, thank you for the kind words. 

 

My wife asked me to take a picture of Jax and Kacey for our Christmas card.  We intended to go outside in the soft evening light but on our way I asked Jax to sit on the floor in front of the tree because i knew I could get good bokeh from the tree light with that lens.  When Jax sat down, Kacey laid down next to him. I laid down on the floor also and Amy was standing next to me and started talking to Kacey which got her focus and a few minutes later I had 10 images.  So it wasn't "planned" it just happened.   I think it may be the first time I have taken a picture that seems to have very broad appeal.  I put it up on the Stunning Digital Photography page and it has gotten hundreds of likes.  That is a first for me as my pictures seem to be more technical than artistic.

 

Christmas card for sure.  I suspect Amy will ask for a version on the wall but I am concerned that the focus on the eyes is a bit soft.  

[Steve M]

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train.   Comes around our area once a year.  This year not only in my local town but another town close of which I intend to attend.   It will be at night though so a bit tougher to take.

 

 

This is a time I wished I had a wide angle lens.   This photo was originally mostly all field and sky but I zoomed in and cropped it.

 

ISO 400

Apeture 10

Shutter 1250

 

 

 

 

 

[Merco_61]

 

Model: NIKON D300
Lens (mm): 55
ISO: 3200
Aperture: 8
Shutter: 1/20

Picture control: D2X Mode2

[Steve M]

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

[Patrick9]

I was shooting low light mostly this week. Doing a B/W challenge. So I used the K-S2. It is my best low light camera.

 

This little Angel has been my wife's and my tree topper for around 40 years

 

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K-S2

Tamron 90SP AF Macro

 

ISO 12800

f2.8

1/60

 

[Tony]

Lens: Canon EF-S 18~55mm IS,II Camera: Canon EOS Rebel t5. Photo Location: Sherwood Forest. ISO: 320 Shutter Speed: 1/125s Aperture:F5 

Focal Length 55mm, Manual Exposure Mode, No flash and used Multi-Segment Metering.

Thanks for viewing.

TT

 

"Away In A Manger."

 

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[sunshine]

I tagged along with the family for a Christmas parade today in Washington, Virginia, locally known as "Little Washington".  Population is normally a few hundred people in this little town but the parade drew a crowd of a few thousand.  I saw this on the walk from the parking area to the parade route on the side of an abandoned, boarded up old house.

Christmas wreath by Mark, on Flickr

D810, Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 @ 45mm, f/4, 1/125", ISO 125, mid-day natural light

 

[TBonz]

Mark,

 

There used to be, and probably still is, a fairly well known place - The Inn at Little Washington.  Many years ago, a relative of my wife's family ran the restaurant and bar that was there...I always think about it this time of the year as the recipe for the Inn's Egg Nog has been passed down through their family.  We make it (from scratch) every year and just made the first batch this past Saturday...

 

Had to throw that shot from my phone in

 

Earlier this week before it turned cold, my wife and I decided to wander around the neighborhood in the golf cart after work.  I took along my new D500 with my 105 Micro hoping I could find something to test out the camera.  We found that they had taken down an old oak tree and had a carver do some work on the remaining stump area...at least so far, only an owl and a bald eagle...

 

ISO 400, f4, 1/125

 

ISO 400, f2.8, 1/125

 

We then got over to an area where they are just about to start building and caught a couple of views of a pretty sunset...

 

ISO 400, f4, 1/200

 

ISO 400, f4, 1/200

 

 

[sunshine]

 

There used to be, and probably still is, a fairly well known place - The Inn at Little Washington.  Many years ago, a relative of my wife's family ran the restaurant and bar that was there...I always think about it this time of the year as the recipe for the Inn's Egg Nog has been passed down through their family.  We make it (from scratch) every year and just made the first batch this past Saturday...

 

The Inn has been a big attraction to this area as long as we've lived here.  The owners now also own about half the town and sit on the town council.  It appears that their goal is to make the whole town a tourist stop for Northern VA/DC area visitors with lots of money.

[TBonz]

That makes sense to me!  I'm wondering if the current "Inn" is a new take on an old place - my impression is that the recipe is from the 1800s and has been made by her family since the late 40s or 50s..I looked up their website today and it says they were founded in 1978 which is obviously quite a bit after what I have heard...it would make sense though as lots of those wonderful towns had small Inns and restaurants within a reasonably short distance from Northern Virginia and DC.  

[Ron]

I thought you were talking about Little Washington, North Carolina! LOL

 

--Ron

[TBonz]

I've been there too !  Little Washington in North Carolina is actually a bigger town from what I can tell...we spent a night there as we were traveling up and down eastern North Carolina looking for a place on the water.  Both nice towns, but pretty different...

[Ron]

It didn't used to be so big but then I haven't been there in many, many years.

 

I used to love roaming the backroads of Virginia and North Carolina. So many beautiful and picturesque little hamlets tucked away in the woods or valleys.

 

--Ron

[TBonz]

How true!  Lots of beautiful views and lots of cool small towns in both states.  Out west there are probably more spectacular views and some great little towns as well and I've been to many of them...both are wonderful, but very different at the same time...