PHOTO-A-DAY: January 2013

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• Yetibuddha Posts: 388Member

  January 2013

  OTR, really nice.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 197

  January 2013

  
  
  D700 20mm 1/40s f/8 ISO 400

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• ZSChow Posts: 72Member

  January 2013

  @PB_PM : Interesting...I read that that can happen too, I wish you the best of luck with the lens.
  
  
  
  More food!

  Don't try, don't know, so I keep trying.

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• mk2pop Posts: 80Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  the new addition to the family
  
  Minnie!
  
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  D300 | D90 | D40 | F65 x2 | F75 | 10-24mm | 18-200mm | 35mm f1.8 | 50mm 1.4d | 40mm Micro | 70-300mm Tamron | 100-300mm f4 Sigma |1.4x Sigma tc | Sb400 | Sb900 x2
  
  Awaiting a DX D400

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• Coastalconn Posts: 527Member

  January 2013

  Really nice images everyone. This cold snap hasn't been fun. Played with a Mockingbird this morning..
  
  D300 Tamron 200-500 F6.3 1/1250th ISO 400 HH

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Some really exciting images on PAD...I do not see one I am not fond of....
  
  So, mine from the NAIAS...the VW music/light show...
  
  
  
  Incidentally, shooting paparazzi shots requires a bit of chutzpah, and when the fisheye on a monopod was about 12 inches from the model, the security officer on the left in the photo walked over so I had to apologize, of course and promise never to do it again. Which I did not for at least a few minutes, and then shot the DJ at her console. But, this type of photography is not for everyone.

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• Rifqi Posts: 130Member

  January 2013

  Shooting my wife, as usual. Been in a bit of a black and white mood lately.
  
  

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• El_Pickerel Posts: 18Member

  January 2013

  Some people are too fast to fully freeze in the low light of dance halls.
  
  
  
  D800 - AF-S 85mm f1.8G - f/2 - 1/160sec - ISO 3200

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• Witty_Nickname Posts: 193Member

  January 2013

  
  
  D800 - Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm and f/8
  3 second exposure.

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/witty_nickname/

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• bland Posts: 812Member

  January 2013

  

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• Benji2505 Posts: 522Member

  January 2013

  bw mood here as well ...
  
  

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• rschnaible Posts: 308Member

  January 2013

  My share for the day...
  
  

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• donaldejose Posts: 3,929Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  
  D800, 80-200 D f2.8 shot at f3.2 and 105mm, 1/500th sec, ISO-6400
  
  Link to magazine page size: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76080384@N03/8421193809/sizes/c/in/photostream/
  
  Link to larger size: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76080384@N03/8421193809/sizes/h/in/photostream/
  
  After looking at this photo and the larger sizes, do you think 6400 ISO is too noisy for full page publication in a sports magazine? Or that the D800 cannot be used for action sports photography because 4fps are too slow to catch the action?

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• Wjl7727 Posts: 5Member

  January 2013

  Rifqi - Very nice black and white.
  Here is mine for today. Portrait of a malard.
  
  D800 Sigma 150-500 @500 1/200 @ f6.3 ISO 500
  

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  @ Donald
  
  The noise is fine. Having shot some of these sports actions, I have come to realize the background is the struggle. If it can be changed by either shooting from a low angle, short lens, or in this case one can alter the tonal range, saturation, etc. in the background and emphasize the players somewhat. I think I would tend to pull the skin tones down so they have a sun tan...
  
  If you check some sites like Sports Illustrated, you will see the black and white players have the same skin tones, only slightly different color.

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• donaldejose Posts: 3,929Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Yes, you always have good helpful ideas Msmoto. But a lower angle places ceiling lights into the top of the background which causes exposure issues. Could also use 200mm and f2.8 to blur the background more:or perhaps f2 if you have it in a telephoto lens. Many older High School gymnasiums are small so there isn't much distance between the players and the people in the bleachers.
  
  As to 6400 ISO in an FX 36 mp sensor. Shot in DX mode this sensor is 15.4 mp. If Nikon can do this good with the D800 perhaps they can pull another stop (12,800 ISO) out of a new 16mp D400 DX sensor. Let's hope so. I could use it for this type of photography.

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• Yetibuddha Posts: 388Member

  January 2013

  I was fortunate enough to spend several days last week in Death Valley National Park with a group of skilled and fun photographers. I learned a lot from them. Over the next week or so, I will share a few of the images I captured. For some, you may want to view them at a larger size.
  My first attempt at a sun star (that's funny, the sun is a star!): Death Valley Buttes
  

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• DXV_Photo Posts: 160Member

  January 2013

  

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• dissent Posts: 1,364Member

  January 2013

  
  
  Heh. Posted in the wrong thread before. Lets try it here.

  - Ian . . . [D7000, D7100; Nikon glass: 35 f1.8, 85 f1.8, 70-300 VR, 105 f2.8 VR, 12-24 f4; 16-85 VR, 300 f4D, 14E-II TC, SB-400, SB-700 . . . and still plenty of ignorance]

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• Scott_D Posts: 40Member

  January 2013

  
  Out for some black and white in the snow

  See my photoblog at Photomiser.com

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 197

  January 2013

  Winter Weekend at Cap Ferret
  
  
  
  D800 16-35 @ 16mm 1/2000s f/8 ISO 200

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• allankulitz Posts: 4Member

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• Juergen Posts: 315Member

  January 2013

  Yeti, very nice shot from the Death Valley.
  
  
  
  Here is another one from Thaipusam festival in Malaysia.
  Jürgen

  D4, D800E, Nikon 1 J2, 600 f/4, trinity, PC-E 45, PC-E 24, 105, 50 f/1,8g, 85 f/1,4, Sigma 150-500

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• allankulitz Posts: 4Member

  January 2013

  Shooting my wife, as usual. Been in a bit of a black and white mood lately.
  
  

  What light modifier did you use? nice photo
  
  

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• Rifqi Posts: 130Member

  January 2013

  Thanks Wjl7727.
  
  allankulitz, it's a Lastolite Ezybox II large octa with a Lastolite Trigrip below the frame for fill. I was planning to get an Apollo orb but I came over some unexpected money (I'm a shady character) and decided to go for the Lastolite instead. Lastolite is in general quite expensive but I've kind of fallen in love with the quiality of their products. I like things that I know will last.

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