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February 26, 2025
Monthly Update 26-Feb-2025
The latest Editor's Choice images and top discussions at Nikonians - 26 February 2025
You'll find more, excellent images on the Editor's Choice page RE: December Contest Natures Design by bobd1723 - Show in forums Editor: A very interesting image Bob! DSC_4252_2 by gucky - Show in galleries Editor: This is a lovely capture of this beautiful bird.  The look back by JohnRay - Show in forums Editor: This is a fabulous image John! Beautiful fall bokeh. Sunset at White Pocket by Bob Chadwick - Show in galleries Editor: Beautiful light to bring out those great pastel colors. Submit images for publication in our Nikon Z8 book by Okwy - Show in galleries Editor: Great portrait, make up and light. Velcro Straps by gwolosh - Show in galleries Editor: What a cool image, Gedaliah. Well done with these water droplet refractions. Love the colors. Vintage Roses by adelcasale - Show in galleries Editor: Nice high-key work! This months top posts in the "Want to Sell" section I Want to Sell: Everything for sale-going to mirrorless! by Dallaspilot I have decided to move to mirrorless and am selling everything not part of the Z system. Let's keep this simple - I will pay shipping charges for anything shipped within the domestic United States. An... This months top forum postings Nikon D500: No spares by AartPapaya In my opinion the D500 is not an old camera. I do not find this acceptable. Is the following only applicable in South Africa. How can I follow this up with Nikon? Good Day, Aart. I trust you are well.... Nikon Z9 / Z8: Snapbridge and Z9 by ek44 I have two Z9s and tried to use snapbridge to take pictures laying the camera on the floor pointed up to capture church ceilings etc. Cold not make my camera connect with Bluetooth despite following m... Wildlife: Are composites now acceptable for wildlife images? by Curtisj2 There have been multiple snowy owls at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport for the past month. Needless to say, I wanted to capture a nice picture of at least one in flight. I managed to get an image of ... Landscape: Congratulations James! by dm1dave Please join me in congratulating James Knighten (emi_fiend) for his winning image in the December landscape contest. The winning image will be added to the and entered in the James Knighten (emi_fien... Glamour & Portrait, Studio & Still Life: Vertical Glass Stacks by bnuber Continuing to try out various glass color/texture combos while improving my HeliconFocus stacking and retouching skills to deal with focus breathing. All found glass from antique malls except for squa... Architecture & Industrial Photography: St. Benedicts Painted Church by Dawnacious Located in Honaunau, South Kona coffee area, overlooking Historic Kealakekua Bay where Captian Cook met his demise on Feb 14th 1779 for trying to kidnap their chief. Built in 1899 by Father John Velgh... PJ, PR & Street: Street photo, Kolkata, India by dhmiller Captured in Kolkata, India in December, 2024. Private photo tour arranged by Wild Photography Holidays Nikon Z9, 24-120 at 120mm, f4... Sports: Advice on hockey photography by dabarbash Id appreciate any advice, the focus point is on the red-jersey player in front, as I intended, but many of my images seem out of focus and/or grainy like this, this is one example. Im shooting with a ... Stage, Clubs, Concerts & Nightlife: Morgan Bullock, (from Riverdance). by bigfoot13 The spectacular Morgan Bullock. Appearing with Ally the Piper and the Harp Twins and the Wolfgang Twins at the Celebration of St Brigid, patron saint of Ireland and Celtic goddess. Z6ll and 24-200 z l... Micro, Macro & Close-up: My first Bokeh Lights - need help! by DoctorBe I read about bokeh lights online and thought Id give it a try. This is my very first go at it. Question: Why arent my lights more homogeneous inside...they appear like they have little water droplets ... Panorama: Rainbow Point, Bryce Canyon by Lomcevak Together with Yovimpa point the highest viewpoints in Bryce - 6 shots merged in Photoshop. The original is 63 inches by 12.4 inches....nuff said. ... Travel: Antarctica travel 2025 by LPR I'm headed to Falklands, S Georgia and Antarctica and would love to hear from those who have flown to Ushuaia how they have managed gear. Aerolinias Argentinas seems to be very strict about weight. di... Aviation: Crop Dusters by RP62 We were out for a ride through the countryside the other day and happened upon a crop duster nest. They had a nice collection of machinery. First, a Grumman Ag Cat (always looked to me like someone bu... Infrared & Ultraviolet: Weir Farm by rbaskin Im lucky enough to live a mile from the Weir Farm Natl Historic Park which was the estate of late 1800s - early 1900s painter J Alden Wier. Some beautiful and varied landscapes and pond offer up some ... Motor Sports: Lewis! by BillyBobSenna I shot this at COTA in 2017. I miss the days of open cockpits.... Astrophotography: Moon and Venus by ajdooley The Moon was close by (abt 2.5 degrees) the planet Venus last night at 6pm CST. Nikon D850-ISO 320, 1/100th @ f7.1, Tamron 150-600mm f5-6.3 at 475mm. BTW, if you squint closely, you can see that Venus... Digital Artistry: Congratulations Gerald! by dm1dave Please join me in congratulating Gerald Oliver (geraldroliver) for her winning image in the December Digital Artistry contest - 'Your Best Digital Artistry Images from 2024." The winning images will... Post for Critique: Red Frangipani by francois777 I would love to get some helpful, constructive critique on this image of mine. I am especially interested in other focal lengths I could consider. In this case I used a fixed focus 105mm lens with an... B&W / Film & Digital: Playing with B&W by NRVVA I see a lot of nice BW images posted, and I really like the format, so I thought I would play with some to see how they turn out. These images were taken with a D850 then edited in LR6.14 or ON1 to co... A Picture I Took: From a marketing session I shot by gfeinberg As a real estate photographer I occasionally do marketing shoots for some of my clients that are not used for a real estate listing. This is a recent shoot that the client is using for a marketing cam... Family & Pets: Stray Catz by Dawnacious Taken at a park we frequent to watch Sunset and or Whales passing by and, unfortunatley, Stray Cats are also part of the outing. I am happy to capture there lifestyle of soaking up the sun and dumpste... Behind The Image: Ahausen im Schnee - Editors Choice 08-FEB-2025 by Dieter_Wilhelm Shot in December 2010 with a D200 and Zoom-Nikkor 80-200/4 AIs lens. (f5,6 1/500, ISO 100) Back in the day, probably handheld. Shot a NEF, developed then with CaptureNX. Re-developted in Lightroom Cla... General Film Issues: fresh roll of films by gigo Anybody can help me out to find a store where can I buy fresh roll of films (not expired) different brands either color or B W.? thanks.... Macro & Close-Up Contest (Monthly): Feb Macro Contest - Vivid Color by dm1dave The theme for this February contest is *This is a MACRO or CLOSE UP photography contest. Any images that fall outside of this criteria will be removed by the contest managers. Just give me a PM if you... Landscape Contest (Monthly): February Contest - Built in Nature by dm1dave The theme for February is *Include the shooting info so we can learn from each other. *Include a title in the subject line. *This is a contest. Please present your best, portfolio quality, work. *When... Digital Artistry Contest (Monthly): February Contest - Abstract Reflections by dm1dave This month's challenge theme is Abstract Reflections Lets see some creative use of reflections to create compelling artwork. Example -- Entrants must be Silver, Gold or Platinum members -- Post up to ... ... 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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