There's been a lot of talk and discussion around theories and rumours lately, so to help lighten it up, it might be interesting to have a thread for shots taken with a Nikon, with just average equipement, to share and learn. Can I suggest recording some insight and settings used. Keeping it to 1 or 2 shots max is the challenge.

I'll start.

The shots not art or even very different. Its been done a billion or so times before, but its still my favourite because its the very photo that got me really excitied about photography. I waited two hours for the sun to set that day.... and it didn't let me down.

1 sec exp.
f8
taken in 1994 with a Nikon F601 with a standard boring 35-70/f3.3-4.5
Plain old Kodak 100 Gold.

wow...amazing colors..

yeah, lets face it, no equipment will be perfect, lets just have some fun with what we have.

My favorite captures are of my grandchildren, not because of the quality, just for the fact grandkids are just special!

I would hard pressed to pick favorites of my other work. Here are a couple that I like because they are simple

Taken with a Nikonos V with a wide angle lens, Kodachrome ASA 25.

Man Gary , the gradient is sweet in that shot from the old "H"

Ok should I break out my shipwreck shot from my F4 and Velvia days


J

Nikon is dead.

Long live Nikon.

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D AF
5s f/10.0 at 35.0mm iso100

No question this is my best.

J,
Pull out that old Velvia Bud! I love that shot! DS is making a 24x36 print of sunrise for me, I forgot it was the H that took it until I looked it up.

Rusty, beautifully done!

Kerry, I love your theme! With all the hype recently you would think that Nikon was incapable of taking great pictures. And to think you used a zoom and not one of those specialty fixed focal lengths jobby thingy's that everyone wants custom made for their needs.
What's funny is all of the UW work I have done I have only used one camera and one lens.

Gary

D200
50mm 1.4
1/1600 @ f/3.5

Not my best ... I tend to value some of the people shots ( buried in hard drives at home - none here ) ... but lately I've taken to liking this one.

will we get in trouble if we post two?

I think I have more than 6k images file (digital file)
among them this is my Favorite

Adorski ... I take it that is your daughter? She has amazing eyes. The way you shot it also brings them out. Good work!

yes Pavel she is my Daughter and thanks for the compliment

I just love how the bokeh of the background and yet the sharpnest of the eyes using the AF-S 70-200

Kindly Regards
Ador

I particularly like this shot:
Shot with my trusty old N80 and the only lens I had at the time my 70-300 f/4-5.6D on Kodak E100

Who would of thought you could get bokeh like this with that lens

my best nikon shot still needs to be made. i browsed my archive, but all my images suck. so tomorow i will make my best nikon shot! i think i need new gear first! i really don't have a picture to show you guys here :worried: sorry for that

Judging by the shot above ... ya need some film too.

That however is the right attitude. Looking for the next shot.

Oh ... and ... Francois ... you do have your best shot to show us. Your avatar.
Rarely have we seen such "art". Done with a fishey ... right?

Ray, please enter a Carlos portrait!

Here are a couple of mine shot with the D70s beast:

Old Man Of The Woods

This was a complete snapshot taken during a visit to the beach. Most of my best shots seem to be taken completely by accident.

This is one of my favorites playing around with a Singh-Ray filter on my d200 & 17-55 combo

wow, very nice stuff posted by everyone so far. here are two of my favorites:

my son in front of the jellyfish display at the monterey bay aquarium