PHOTO-A-DAY: AUGUST 2014

Photobug

D7100

Benji2505

vtc2002

D800 24-70mm at 66mm, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 200

tcole1983

Well I took it with my phone because all of my camera gear is in the picture. Here it all is though.

FreezeAction

Gertrude is back. After crawling into the hot pepper bush she meets Tiny the frog..



The adventure of Gertrude to be continued...

Gjesdal

The wolves approached the meat with their tails between their legs, seemed to have far too high respect of the magpies than one would think was natural.
The Alpha couple in this zoo passed away and from what we were told no new Alpha couple have emerged yet.
The wolves in this zoo (Kristiansand, Norway) have such a large area to roam that the only time you're guaranteed to see them is during feeding time.


D7100 - Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM

itsnotmeyouknow

In a lion park close to Johannesburg, I met some cubs including this 5 month old male who decided he wanted a closer look at my camera:

Pentax 645Z FA 75 f/2.8 at f/5 ISO 400

Golf007sd

D4 300 2.8 1/1250 ISO 64 @ f/4.0

bland

kanuck

Beautiful Seongsan region of Jeju Island at sunset yesterday:

Vipmediastar_JZ

One of your buses in Chicago. This has to be one in a milion as almost everybody is on the second deck or never looking out the window

jimo

Coyote

Msmoto

Little action at the short track last night… Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

dissent

more Thunderbirds at Oshkosh

WestEndBoy

Pumice Castle
Crater Lake, Oregon



When I went to Oregon last month, I had my 20, 28, 50 1.2, 85 and 200 in the bag. I figured that I would use the 200 for Macro and the odd landscape shot. This lenses proved very useful for landscapes as the above photo shows. You won't get a sharper image at 200mm unless you buy the 200mm f/2.0 for 3 times the price, and then probably not by much.

It even proved handy for wildlife, as the previous "Chip or Dale" showed and some upcoming shots will. It was certainly not ideal for wildlife, but lugging around anything heavier was not a serious option.

D800, AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED, ISO100, f/4.0, 1/800sec

Photobug

Throwback time


D7100

CEBlueclouds

D800, 24-120 f/4

jimmyboy

Nikon 800E 300 f/2.8 X2 converter

FreezeAction

Gertrude's final appearance as she exits stage up rather than confront the tiny frog. I exit state 180 as a lightning bolt flashes overhead. Tiny and Gertrude both missing from the storm.



The End

itsnotmeyouknow

Another from the lion park in Johannesburg:

Pentax 645Z FA 75 f/2.8 at f/4 1/800 ISO 400

fjminor

Nap time for best friends.

Hval

@ proudgeek. I still think your photograph is great. Don't knock yourself.

@ FreezeAction, Gertrude sure is beautiful. Just don't let her drive (she looks big enough). Is you putting her in the hot pepper plans her idea of a Michelin 3 star meal?

Talking of which... I was out at Greywalls yesterday. It is a Lutyens designed building that is a posh restaurant/ hotel surrounded by 14 golf courses, including the likes of Muirfield. I packed for general photography and for macro photography. The general photography was for during the meal. The macro was due to the place having an absolutely beautiful garden, with hens, birds, insects etc. So, I took D800 and Sigma 180mm macro lens, flash, reflector, tripod RRS head and macro reals, iPad and CamRanger, remote release, etc. Unfortunately for me it was blowing a Force 8. It kind of made any macro photography a joke. Here is one that was a partial success (no photo stacking). It was taken hand held with my D300 and Sigma 18-35mm!.

Msmoto

Another from the short track…. Lady's Night…cost me only $2.00…. ;;)

jimo

Grizzly Bear

proudgeek

More adventures in stacking. This one took 36 shots to get everything in.

D800 | 105mm | f/10 | 1/60s | ISO 100