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September 1, 2024
Weekly Update 01-Sep-2024
This weeks Editor's Choice images and top discussions at Nikonians - 01 September 2024
| You'll find more, excellent images on the Editor's Choice page Z91_2545-Edit.jpg by rockme395 - Show in galleries Editor: Great timing in capturing the osprey takeoff.  Spirited flight to freedom by ChristianF - Show in forums Editor: Wow, love the falling snow and the dark background. Great work as usual!  red fox in fresh snow by scottashley - Show in forums Editor: A great environmental portrait.  What lies Ahead ? by geraldroliver - Show in forums Editor: An incredible surrealistic artwork. Great work as usual, Gerald! Where did that come from by adaniel - Show in galleries Editor: A fun and unique bird portrait! Cyclecross Dutch championship 2024 by carelbron - Show in galleries Editor: Superb low-key portrait. Fluorescent Ink by gwolosh - Show in galleries Editor: Very creative use Fluorescent Ink to create a beautiful abstract. This weeks top posts in the "Want to Sell" section I Want to Sell: Immaculate AF-S70-200 F4 G ED VR with Kirk collar by bigfoot13 I have gone completely Z, so--here is a beautiful, like new, AF-S VR 70-200 F4 G ED with Kirk enterprises collar and arca-swiss foot. with hood and caps. Many people say why not the 2.8--I answer, wei... 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: Spring Shorebird Migration - Day 1 of 3 by bhiggins Playing catch-up - Each year we make a multi-day trip to the Delaware Bay to observe and capture shorebird activity. I missed the last two years due to bad timing with the graduations of my stepsons, ... Landscape: Congratulations Russ! by dm1dave Please join me in congratulating Russell Whittemore (rosewood_ltd) for his winning image in the June landscape contest. The winning image will be added to the and entered in the Name Reflections in th... 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... Architecture & Industrial Photography: Green Fire Escape by bnuber Ive been wandering Chicago for the last few days with a rental Z50 plus a few DX lenses, with the goal of trying out a lighter smaller kit for urban exploration. So far Im enjoying the change, might b... 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: Welcome To The Green Room by Lomcevak Here in north San Diego County the offshore terrain of our beaches doesnt lend itself to producing barreling waves most of the time. But just the right combination of swell size and direction, aided b... 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: Goblin Valley by Lomcevak Goblin Valley State Park in Utah was a little-known gem that gained exposure after appearing as the alien planet in the movie Galaxy Quest. 5 shots merged in Photoshop.... Travel: The Liffey at Night by Lomcevak Dublin, Ireland - our cruise ship tied up at the Port of Dublin for the night. Just a hop, skip and a jump to town, .....where the Angelus Bells, oer the Liffeys swells, rang in from the foggy dew. ... Aviation: The Dawn Patrol Lifts Off by Lomcevak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2013.... 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: Astrophotography mostly a Windows environment by luckyphoto Got my new mount and started getting the drivers, etc. That's where the fun began. I find most software such as the ASCOM database, NINA, etc. are windows versions only. Very little about Mac-based ... 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: Climb of Mt. Daniel in Washington State by harrygc My wife and I climbed Mt. Daniel this past week with one of our sons and three grandsons. The mountain was shrouded in clouds and so with poor visibility we ended up taking the ridge route which prove... Family & Pets: Dog Agility by Jill Miller A few random photos from Junes UKC Agility Trials held in Escanaba, Michigan ... Behind The Image: Water Drop Refraction by skibreeze7 three requests for a Behind The Image explanation of how I achieved this shot, here is my rundown of how I accomplished it. Items used I attempted using various colored backgrounds and a few differen... 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. |
Posted by newsmachine at September 1, 2024 5:40 AM