Jose Angel 
, May 27, 2009; 03:14 a.m.
Hi all. Yesterday night, while preparing today`s pic this little guy jumped out from the window... I inmediately left my orthodox landscape and took the 105VR to play with my new friend. He was so kind, he kept still during all the photo session, I suspect he thought it was his only way to avoid been wolf down by me. After several shots I left him outside. Then he started to run.
It was a fast shooting with a SB-800 with diffuser to which I also taped a loose A4 sheet of paper, literally over him. I was not expecting anything good from the 105VR at 1:1 and small apertures. In fact, from f22 on, the image quality is really bad. The bug is 10-15mm lenght. The image has been taken at f64, I choose this one for the deeper DoF. The camera, D700 @ 200ISO, 14bit RAW, 1/60 sec. (I wonder why I left this slow speed), tripod, cable release, the camera as commander and the SB-800 at its maximum power as the only light source. Lots of post-processing.
Please post your favourite pic if you like taken with Nikon gear, check your file size before posting, don`t forget to include gear info... as usual. Thanks.
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Jose Angel , May 27, 2009; 03:15 a.m.
Rene' Villela 
, May 27, 2009; 03:20 a.m.
Hello forum!
Here we go all over again!
Well, i miss my birds. This is a shot of a crested grebe. It is a large crop coz these guy are too shy.
I hope this shot is good enough for todays thread since every week you guys raise the bar higher and higher!
Let's have fun...... Cheers!
D300 - AFS 300 f/4 - TC17eII
Matthew Brennan 
, May 27, 2009; 03:22 a.m.
Jose,
That's a great start to another Wed pic. Nice sharp detail, a very tangible image with plenty of depth.
Hi Rene, great still capture, not so easy to nail like this. Looking forward to another evening (Australian time) of Wed. photo viewing and reviewing.......
My contribution this week is something very simple, taken last week on a driving holiday. Taken with a wide angle lens and tripod at night for about 20 seconds. I've really taken a liking to this one.
Nikon D700 + 17-35mm @24mm f/8 20 seconds ISO 400
Hosteen Yendikeno 
, May 27, 2009; 03:23 a.m.
Here's mine. Took this at a local festival. I was fascinated by these ceramic figurines for sale.
Dancers - D700, 24-70zoom, ISO400, 1/640, f8
Sjoerd Leeuwenberg , May 27, 2009; 03:30 a.m.
Hi everybody
Jose, it was nice of the bug that it waited for you to set up all the gear, nice macro.
Matthew, nice stars lighting the boats
Fred, Dancing party
This week I will share one of my favourite portrets with you, I hope
you like it.
It's a picture of my father and my niece, I like the dreamy look in her eyes.
She is a bit older already now, but this is still one of my favourite
pictures of her.
Taken with the D90, nikkor 80-200 AF 2.8 @ 80mm F8 1/80s iso 800
Looking forward to seeing many more great pictures today.
Ton Mestrom , May 27, 2009; 03:30 a.m.
Hector Andrade , May 27, 2009; 03:31 a.m.
Nice pic Jose Angel. I will follow your path into the animal kingdom and present this elk that was walking outside the cabin on Saturday. This animals can be easely scare so I did not have time for a tripod. Instead I laid on the ground with my camera and 300 f4 lens lens over my arm and took this picture. It is about 23:30 on a cloudy "day" so light conditions were poor (but notice that I'm above the polar circle where the sun does not set in the summer) To compensate for camera shake and poor light I used ISO 640. All things I have learned from you guys. Hope you enjoy!
By the way, I did not have the time to comment pictures last wednesday. I liked the most Rodger Baker underwater (shark or?), Shamsaldin perspective of roofs and clouds, Keith and Sjoerd perspectives, Dieter seahorse, Nina’s portrait, and Mike and Elliot’s freezing moments
Ton Mestrom , May 27, 2009; 03:32 a.m.
Anish Mankuthel 
, May 27, 2009; 03:32 a.m.
Hello everyone...
Hope you had a great weekend...
Here's mine from a day trip at Dover.
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