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 A  bit random but here are a couple of my favourites

Photo taken late afternoon with Nikon D600 using Nikkor 300mm pf4 lens @ f10 and 1/500th sec

I did some sport shooting one day this week at a girls junior varsity soccer match.  I Used my D750 with my Nikon DX 18-300 lens, auto iso (1st time). It took a while to get used to the decreased framing (cutting off heads and/or feet), but I think the lens performed well. 1/4000 @ f5.6 - 8.0

Crazy women in that first shot - attempting a header that low down is almost asking for a kick in the face.  Did you wince as you took that photo?

And I guess I'll start us off this week--this was my assignment for last week for Project 52 Pros (I shot it tonight--a day past deadline...oops). We were to come up with an illustration for a story about the new year, and I decided to make it ambiguous. You could look at it as a mysterious gift or treasure, or you could interpret as Pandora's box. Who knows what the year holds? But let's hope for the former, right? I also went for some symbolism and included the hourglass, which had just been turned.

 

Nicole

 

I've praised this photo on Flickr but love it so much I must say again I think it is really marvellous and de la Tourish:)

The Guayas, entering Wellington Harbour in front of bank of fog this afternoon.

Nikon D600 and Nikkor 300mm pf

I have more but I've done little post processing lately.  A bit late as this is from New Years but I've only just got home.

Another portrait  - my daughter Katie giving her best Marilyn Monroe impression.

Nikon D600

Nikkor 105mm f 2.8 ISO200 1/250th sec @ f4

Natural light and on camera bounce flash

My wife away for the weekend so a bit more time than usual for photography.  Went to the Australasian gaelic games, an archery club, night photography and a national dog show. Here are my favourites:

Can't make up my mind which one I like the most this week, so here's two.

My Nikkor 300mm f4 PF again:

f4 @ 1/640 sec

ISO 1000

Certainly don't need a tripod or monopod for this lightweight lens.  Samples below:

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Out and about again this weekend on long walks with my wife and dogs.  Took the anew Nikkor 300mm f4 PF.  A pleasure to carry as it's so compact.

My son's team won their junior football final yesterday so I took loads of photos and gave my new Nikkor 300mm f4 PF its first outing.  But my favourite photo was after the game of the boys doing what teenagers do  - a selfie.  Their goalkeeper is a German international student and so the selfie was for his folks back home.

Nikon D600

50mm f5.6 at 1/320th sec ISO250 with flash

A sports event I was to participate in fell through unexpectedly and as a precaution I had my gear with me and visited the neighbouring wetlands nature reserve.

This photo with my D600 and Tamron 150-600mm at the 600mm end.  It is a Pied Stilt - a fairly common wading bird.

ISO 640 and 1/800th sec @ f14

Which Side Are You On
 
Florence Reece in the early thirties, covered by The Almanac singers in the early forties and Pete Seeger in the sixties. Unfortunately it is still as relevant as when it was written.

Rather foul weather here so editing recent photos rather than taking new ones.  So here's a misty dawn from two weeks ago:

D600

Nikkor 105 f2.8G lens

ISO 200

f13 @ 0.6sec