PHOTO-A-DAY: March 2013

proudgeek · March 2013

I know I've said it before, but Postman I'm loving your Iceland shots. This is from Atlantis, a ridiculously overpriced but pretty fun resort. The structure in the middle, which looks sort of like a bridge, is actually a suite that goes for $35,000 a night (not a typo), with a four-night minimum. I spent my week in more modest accommodations.

D90 | 17-35 | 20mm | f/6.3 | 3s | ISO 400

Postman · March 2013

Thank you PG

When people talk big money, I tend to associate things more and more with photographic equipment, so a minimum stay in that place would set you back the equivalent of about 24 Nikon D4 bodies. Yikes!

Msmoto · March 2013

Yesterday, I posted the Americans shooting at the British, today, the Brits fire back...

Battle of Guilford Courthouse Reenactment 2013

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse reenactment.

D90, 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII Nikkor at 80mm. F/11, 1/500sec, ISO 720

Big: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/8562440265/sizes/o/in/set-72157633009780553/

tganiats · March 2013

Thanks to all...amazing shots continue. This is one that most don't recognize since we are use to seeing the whole flower...but this is the poinsettia...up close.

D80 with 60mm micro, 30 sec @ f/18, natural light, ISO 100

captjamo · March 2013

Seeing if I can post in PAD. Here goes. Please give me any comments to help me improve.

Msmoto · March 2013

@captjamo

The only improvement I would make is to get that thing off my arm...yikes...

Nice photo...and welcome to NRF

Dredden85 · March 2013

Columbus Zoo, Ohio.

Larger: http://blg.nikonsrc.com/image/ls2pyw2qjWjsrWACu3fb72Bu0FLtEi1PBX9VvNpaVzNQvz3Z-MAB8-97ksGSfQw8_eAT_60jDC4/item.JPG?rot=1

D5000+Tamron 18-250 @ 130mm, f6, 1/40, ISO 1600, handheld.

MikeGunter · March 2013

Hi all,

Really great photos, Proudgeek, Captjamo, Msmoto, Dredden85, and that's just on this page thus far...

Self portrait. Nikon D7000 ISO 400, 1/13 second, Nikon 35mm f1.8 @f5.6

My best,

Mike

donaldejose · March 2013

Mike: I guess that is the missing piece I see cropped off so many heads in portraits!

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Lil' Charmer:

D5100, kit lens

Gitzo · March 2013

@ Coastalconn.......Another WoW shot! A nuthatch ? I have tons of them at my feeders right outside my window; I love how the nuthatches can walk down a tree upside down; I can see right now I'm going vto have to start looking for a Tamron 200-500 ! That thing is SHARP! and 1/40th ? I've never seen one of those stop moving, much less sit and pose for a shot!

spraynpray · March 2013

@CaptJamo: Nice grasshopper! From a technical point of view I think f16 would have made quite a difference in getting more of the subject sharp and from a compositional point of view it is better to have the subject with open space in front of it thane behind. Having said that, welcome and keep posting!

pippigurl · March 2013

From the swamp...

Nikon D800 | Nikkor 70-200 f/4 | 1/250 f/4 | ISO 400

Benji2505 · March 2013

Weather in NE is still a nightmare, so I'll keep bothering you with my vacation snaps. These are my two rock stars discussing how they are going to ride that wave. The answer was "not at all, I want you back in one piece". This is tunnels beach, location of many championships for surfing. There are regularly people loosing their lives in the surf.

rschnaible · March 2013

My share today takes us back to 1938....

Gitzo · March 2013

@ Pippigurl.......There are many things to like about your great blue heron shot; First, I love birds, and herons are among my favorite birds; Second; it's not only a great picture of the heron, it's also a great picture of where I would expect to see a blue heron........in a swamp. My only question is......do you like to photograph cotton-mouth water mocasins ? (Because to my trained eye, this looks like a very likely place where one might find one !) (Or even a big old alligator;) Sure hope you were on a board walk or in a flat bottomed boat.......

BTW.......that adorable little bird from yesterday, working on his nest; he's a weaver bird; from Africa; there are about 90 different species of weaver birds, all from Africa except for five species from Asia, and two the South Pacific.

https://www.google.com/search?q=weaver+birds+africa&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=s6JHUZikIbi14AP4oIC4Aw&ved=0CD8QsAQ&biw=1414&bih=756

Click on this link and you can see many of the rest of them; very remarkable birds.

Sand · March 2013

Nikon D800E+14-24mm Death Valley...

Yetibuddha · March 2013

Nice one Sand! Was there last month.

mikep · March 2013

great buddha hall in nara. often claimed as the biggest wooden building in the world, although it has been surpassed by some modern structures. either way its very big. supposedly the one that stands today, is only two thirds the size of the original which stood from 1190-1567. the original being 10 metres lower in height, but around 30 metres wider