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August 18, 2024
Weekly Update 18-Aug-2024
This weeks Editor's Choice images and top discussions at Nikonians - 18 August 2024
| You'll find more, excellent images on the Editor's Choice page DSC1930-Enhanced-NR-Edit-2.jpeg by DrJake - Show in galleries Editor: Great B&W wildlife portrait.  Elizabeth Park Roses by rbaskin - Show in forums Editor: Beautiful image, Ralph. Love the color and detail.  Fledge Success - Peregrine Falcons by bhiggins - Show in forums Editor: What a great photo, Barry. Nice bokeh and detail. Stairway to Nowhere by karlcook1 - Show in galleries Editor: Great color and interesting lines. Well seen and shot! AtTheLaundromat_July2024_CR1 by Angi - Show in galleries Editor: A very fun photo. I love the pastel tones, it gives the image a nostalgic feel.  Hoverfly by dm1dave - Show in forums Editor: Great image, Dave. Nice DOF. Love the colors and detail.  Silky poppy unfurls... by bnuber - Show in forums Editor: Lovely shot, Bob. Nice detail and use of DOF. The water droplets are icing on the cake! This weeks top posts in the "Want to Sell" section I Want to Sell: D850 by fotogrob D850 for sale with 58K clicks. Asking 50 includes shipping.... This weeks top forum postings Nikon D500: How to Test Camera Sharpness by SMW8557 After using my D500 for about a year I am questioning the sharpness of its photos. I decided to test this against a Z7. The setups are as similar as I could make them. At least I think SIGMA 50mm F1.4... Nikon Z9 / Z8: Nikkor lenses for D5 and D500 on Z9 ? by decisive_moment greetings all. i am considering purchasing a Z9 to replace my D5 and D500. but i really dont want to have to also replace my nikkor 24-70, nikkor 70-200 and my 300 (and 1.4x teleconverter). enjoy wild... Wildlife: Fledge Success - Peregrine Falcons by bhiggins I shared last fall that our resident female peregrine went missing and since we have given up that she survived. Our hopes were that another female would enter the territory and bond with our male. To... Landscape: Antelope Canyon by Lomcevak Slot Canyon located on Navajo tribal lands near Page, AZ and accessible only via Navajo-led tours, best time to go is summer mid-day with an overhead sun. ... Glamour & Portrait, Studio & Still Life: Memento Mori I (circa 1700) by coastalshooter This image, with its components of a skull, hour glass, dead flowers, an extinguished candle + medicine of the time reminds viewers of the certainty of death for one all. Comments encouraged!... Weddings & Events: Scandinavian Festival Dancers by jimray Taken at the annual Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, OR. Its a four day event celebrating the cultures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The daily schedule of events is filled with dancin... PJ, PR & Street: Is there etiquette on street photography? by Roozeblij I feel a bit reluctant to photograph people in the street. But the other day I saw a rather old man walking on wooden shoes and a bicycle in a wood. And on the same day a man walking a small dog with ... Sports: The shot I wish I got by jtmcg I shot this rugby game several years ago and had this one shot with great action but several distractions. I had shot a burst following the action and did get another shot with a pretty clean backgrou... Stage, Clubs, Concerts & Nightlife: Forgotten Pat Metheny by artAlexion I was saving photos of a small jazz show (Matthew Shipp/East Axis), and stumbled on these few photos of Pat Metheny I took at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA, USA, November 2021. I used my Nikon 1... Micro, Macro & Close-up: Monarch Release by Cavy2 One of eight raised from eggs that I spotted the female depositing on my Milkweed. I have a bunch of chrysalis Im hoping emerge before my next trip. ... Panorama: Sedona Sunrise by Lomcevak Sedona AZ - looking north from Airport Mesa. 6 shots merged in... Underwater & Aquatic Life: The Whales Of Kona by Lomcevak 1987 found us back in Hawaii for the fifth straight year after our honeymoon in 1983 - and this time we spent a week on the Kona Aggresssor, a live-aboard dive boat based on the Big Island. The boat g... Travel: Trinity Site by Lomcevak Located on an isolated portion of what is today the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Trinity Site is the location of the first detonation of an atom bomb. The site is only open to the public 2... Aviation: STS-135: End Of An Era by Lomcevak Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on a mission to the ISS on July 8, 2011 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida - the 33rd and last flight for Atlantis; the 135th and final flight for the Space Shutt... Infrared & Ultraviolet: B&W processing of 720nm IR images by DaveSoderlund Ive been doing IR photography with a 720nm-converted camera for 5 years -- LR tells me that my first IR images with my converted D7100 were taken on August 16, 2019. Early on I agonized about trying t... Motor Sports: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Motocycles by pixures I spent an afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course shooting motorcycles, July 27th. I concentrated on practicing captures using relatively slow shutter speeds (1/200-1/400) to try to get blurred b... Astrophotography: Dipping bit toe into Astro! by luckyphoto Finally going to try some astrophotography, but wanted to ask for a bit of guidance from the experts first. I'm starting with a Milky Way capture and from there I might do some deeper sky (maybe up ... Digital Artistry: Congratulations Gerald! by dm1dave Please join me in congratulating Gerald Oliver (geraldroliver) for his winning image in the June Digital Artistry contest - "Posters or Postcards." The winning images will be added to the and en... Post for Critique: color or monochrome with or without the post? by mborgare This image was captured at the New River Valley fair 2 weeks ago. I first thought the color was the way to go. Then, I tried conversion to monochrome and I thought that was the image I liked more. I a... B&W / Film & Digital: Trees in Winter by jdroach These three images were created using a Nikon D800 with 28-300mm lens (EXIF data in link below) processed in Lightroom, DxO Nik Color Efex and finally in DxO Nik Silver Efex. The Lone Birch - The Gnar... A Picture I Took: Firebush Fun by the diewrecktor Many of you have seen so many of my hummingbird in the firebush shots that you are probably tired of seeing them. Well, the firebush attracts more than just hummers. Here are a few shots of visitors t... Family & Pets: Dog Agility by Jill Miller A few random photos from Junes UKC Agility Trials held in Escanaba, Michigan ... Behind The Image: Pre-capture -- Beaver Tail Slap by billklipp Beaver Tail Slap Tail Slapping is a common behavior of both male and female Beavers when they sense danger, such as a predator or a human near their den, they smack the water with their large, flat ta... Color slide & print film: Scanner software for negatives by artAlexion I started using my Epson V700 scanner again and am looking at software. My choices are: Epson scan 2 Mac Image Capture with the Epson drivers Silverfast 9 Do you have experience with any of these? Whi... Photo Contest Info: How to delete entry by Regor10 Accidently put in one too many images in current wildlife contest. How do I delete one?... Special Edition Contests: Winners Segment Two - Made of Glass by dm1dave Please join me in congratulating the winners in All five winning images will be advanced to the final rounds of The Best of Nikonians Photo Contest 2024 at the end of the year. Name Martini Bob Dowd (... Digital Artistry Contest (Monthly): August Contest - Song Titles or Band Names by dm1dave This month's challenge theme is Song Titles or Band Names This month's challenge theme is Song Titles or Band Names -- a digitally manipulated photo that expresses the name of a song or the name o... ... and, that's it, folks! Your Nikonians Team If you want to give us feedback or have ideas on this blog, just let us know in the About Nikonians forum. |
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