PHOTO-A-DAY: March 2013

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• proudgeek Posts: 1,422Member

  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
  

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• Postman Posts: 59Member

  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!

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  March 2013 edited March 2013

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

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• tganiats Posts: 131Member

  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

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• captjamo Posts: 8Member

  March 2013 edited March 2013

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

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  March 2013

  @captjamo
  
  The only improvement I would make is to get that thing off my arm...yikes...
  
  Nice photo...and welcome to NRF

  Msmoto, mod

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• Dredden85 Posts: 366Member

  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.

  D7000, 18-200VRII | 50 1.8G | SB-900

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• MikeGunter Posts: 543Member

  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
  

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• donaldejose Posts: 3,929Member

  March 2013

  Mike: I guess that is the missing piece I see cropped off so many heads in portraits! )
  
  Lil' Charmer:
  
  
  D5100, kit lens

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• Gitzo Posts: 174Member

  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!

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• spraynpray Posts: 6,545Moderator

  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!

  Always learning.

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• pippigurl Posts: 241Member

  March 2013

  From the swamp...
  
  
  Nikon D800 | Nikkor 70-200 f/4 | 1/250 f/4 | ISO 400

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• Benji2505 Posts: 522Member

  March 2013 edited 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.
  
  

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• rschnaible Posts: 308Member

  March 2013

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

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• Gitzo Posts: 174Member

  March 2013 edited 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.

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• Sand Posts: 22Member

  March 2013

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

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• Yetibuddha Posts: 388Member

  March 2013

  Nice one Sand! Was there last month.

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• mikep Posts: 280Member

  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
  
  

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• dissent Posts: 1,364Member

  March 2013

  back to South Dakota with this.
  
  

  - 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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• SquamishPhoto Posts: 608Member

  March 2013

  
  D800 • PC-E 45mm f2.8 @ f3.2 • 1/100 • ISO 320 • 12 image stack - slime mold fruting bodies

  Mike
  D3 • D750 • 14-24mm f2.8 • 35mm f1.4A • PC-E 45mm f2.8 • 50mm f1.8G • AF-D 85mm f1.4 • ZF.2 100mm f2 • 200mm f2 VR2

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• itsnotmeyouknow Posts: 481Member

  March 2013

  one from Seoul:
  
  1/40 ƒ/7.1 ISO 1000 24 mm
  
  

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• bland Posts: 812Member

  March 2013

  

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• Yetibuddha Posts: 388Member

  March 2013

  Last image from me of Death Valley:
  
  
  More can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/yetibuddha/sets/72157632903244329/

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  March 2013 edited March 2013

  
  
  Large: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/8563522452/sizes/o/in/photostream/
  
  What amazes me is all the fire in the face of the shooter.....

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• proudgeek Posts: 1,422Member

  March 2013

  Not a headless bird. Just grooming. I got sharper shots this morning, but none more interesting in my mind.
  
  D90 | 70-200 | 116mm | f/8 | 1/320s | ISO 400

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