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January 26, 2025

Weekly Update 26-Jan-2025

This weeks Editor's Choice images and top discussions at Nikonians - 26 January 2025

You'll find more, excellent images on the Editor's Choice page

Day before the festival
Day before the festival by JiangMX - Show in galleries
Editor: Wonderful composition. Appealing muted colors in the early morning fog. A beautiful portrayal of life.

Ice Storm Birds
Ice Storm Birds by natpat - Show in forums
Editor: Beautiful, icy image of this female Cardinal. She looks very cold Nathan!

A yawn and show of teeth.
A yawn and show of teeth. by Gaduf - Show in forums
Editor: Nice lighting with perfect timing, Gavin. Well done.

Sinister Magpie
Sinister Magpie by Phil Pound - Show in forums
Editor: An exceptional bird-in-flight capture.

Atlas Stares, You Shrug
Atlas Stares, You Shrug by ChristianF - Show in forums
Editor: A fierce portrait of a magnificent bird.

North Pole Express in Owosso
North Pole Express in Owosso by tegel - Show in forums
Editor: I love the smoke and steam. Great timing to get the shot lined up the sign.

Majestic Pair
Majestic Pair by jbarc49 - Show in galleries
Editor: Amazing capture of these beautiful creatures.


This weeks top posts in the "Want to Sell" section

I Want to Sell: FOR SALE: Nikkor AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8 ED lens by telee
FOR SALE f/2.8 to f/32 • One Extra-Low Dispersion Element • Nano Crystal Super Integrated Coatings • 1:1 Magnification, 1 Minimum Focus • Silent Wave Motor AF System • VR Image Stabilizatio...


This weeks top forum postings

Nikon Z9 / Z8: Auto ISO Sensitivity Control (Z9) by RobertEdwardsMedia
Can Auto ISO Sensitivity Control be set to float between a pre-determined maximum AND minimum value? Use Case: Ice hockey. ISO for proper exposure ranges from 1250-2500, depending on where action is h...

Wildlife: Ice Storm Birds by natpat
As 2025 has started out with a mixture of rain, sleet, snow freezing rain and then back to ice in Kentucky it left some chance of getting those yard birds close by our home. Using the Z6iii, combined ...

Landscape: Recent new member, first image post by routlaw
Wind River Range, thanks for looking ...

Glamour & Portrait, Studio & Still Life: My Grandaughter by rmigliaccio
Z9, Z50 f1.2 @f7.1, 1/160, ISO 400. Converted to BW in Nik. Softbox with Nikon wireless flash at camera left and umbrella with grid and Nikon wireless flash at camera right Comments, critiques, etc. w...


PJ, PR & Street: Street Photography in London with Lucy Hamidzadeh by GBaylis
On Wednesday I spent an afternoon in Covent Garden and Chinatown, London, being instructed, motivated and inspired in the art of street photography by Nikon Ambassador Lucy Hamidzadeh together with Ri...

Sports: BTS Overhead Remote Camera Installation by RobertEdwardsMedia
Here is my standard rig for using remote cameras in overhead overhead-offset positions for indoor sports like basketball and ice hockey. Camera Lens CH 14fps mirror-up, pre-focused manual, fixed ISO...

Stage, Clubs, Concerts & Nightlife: Dave Hinson at Lone Star Roadhouse by Glenn_K
Dave Hinson, the owner of Killer Vintage Specialty Guitars, playing at Lone Star Roadhouse, Dallas, Texas. D780|105/1.4E @ f/2.5, 1/250s, 16000...

Micro, Macro & Close-up: Flourescent Ink Drops in Olive Oil by gwolosh
Experimented with UV fluorescent ink in a Petri dish filled with olive oil. The ink forms small, coherent droplets that sink to the bottom. The only lighting in the shots comes from the fluorescence o...

Panorama: Factory Butte and North Caineville Mesa by Lomcevak
Caineville Utah - 10 shots merged in Photoshop....

Underwater & Aquatic Life: VANCOUVER / SAN JUAN ISLANDS TO PHOTO ORCA WHALES by dkelly
I'm in the initial planning stages of a trip to the Vancouver / San Juan Islands area off the coast of Washington to photograph a variety of whales though the primary interest will be Orca whales. G...

Travel: Easter Island part 2 Exifs have data by Regor10
Lots of horses roaming the island. This group, including this foal were grazing right outside our lodge. Local Rapa Nui dancer modeled for us. Moon and clouds More Moai Noddy We took a small fishing b...

Infrared & Ultraviolet: Lily Pond by rbaskin
A mid-fall visit to Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers, NY. Nikon Z6ii full spectrum Kolarivision conversion with a 665 filter. The pond is behind the pillars in the 2nd image, made up of several sections t...

Motor Sports: IndyCar - Pato by BillyBobSenna
Just a few shots of Pato Oward during the 2024 St Petersburg...

Astrophotography: Occultation of Mars by elec164
For those interested there will be an Occultation of Mars by the Moon tonight around 9:15P.M. Eastern Time. This is a shot of the Conjunction just a few hours before Occultation. ...

Digital Artistry: Congratulations Alane! by dm1dave
Please join me in congratulating Alane Shoemaker (Peregrination) for her winning image in the November Digital Artistry contest - "The Four Seasons." The winning images will be added to the and ...

Post for Critique: Exploring a style by LPR
Ive been trying for a while to find my style. This is the closest Ive gotten so far. Would be curious to get some input. These are from a series I call Ethereal Equus. ...

B&W / Film & Digital: Cape cod in winter by labtrout
It's a very different place without the crowds and I thought this scene of the beach huts near Nobska Lighthouse in Woods Hole lent itself to black and white. ...

A Picture I Took: Holiday Season is not the same for all by mborgare
Holiday Season is not the same for everyone. While we are enjoying this time of the year, it is worth to me to remind all who have much less. This is an image taken on Sunday in Galleria San Federico,...

Family & Pets: Jedi Grandson by jtmcg
My grandson got a light saber for Christmas. Hes ready for action. The background had a tv, chair, etc. so I changed it to black. Z6, 24-120 @ 40mm, 1/100s, f5.0, ISO 2500...

Behind The Image: Behind the Image: EC Glittery Boxes by bnuber
Im grateful to the editors for this EC selection, a terrific way to cap my first year of Nikonians membership! This was a classic Chicago weather transition day in early November, with swirling squall...

Color slide & print film: Camera? Technique? Film? by CaptRonaldo
Hello all- I developed an interest in photography as a diver. My first cameras were digital cameras. I was not much of a film user prior to getting into digital photography. Topside, I shoot with a D8...

Landscape Contest (Monthly): January Contest - Rain, Snow, or Fog by dm1dave
The theme for January is March 2024 winner - Darryl Hodson (skibreeze7) RULES *Include the shooting info so we can learn from each other. *Include a title in the subject line. *This is a contest. Plea...

Wildlife Contest (Monthly): Zebra and Wildebeest by Curtisj2
Taken in the Serengeti during the Great Migration. A truly incredible sight. Zebras and wildebeest actually migrate together. The zebra eat the taller grasses and the wildebeest eat the shorter grasse...

Digital Artistry Contest (Monthly): January Contest - Hot or Cold by dm1dave
This month's challenge theme is Lets see your artistic visions depicting the concept of Hot or Cold. Examples -- Entrants must be Silver, Gold or Platinum members -- Post up to 5 images but only on...

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