Tony, Jorge - both some great portrait work posted. Great to see.

saph wrote:
Leighton, maybe this will jog your memory finally



Ahh yes...that does it!

MDoc9523 wrote:
All of the talk about the 85mm 1.4 AIS I had to get out today for some shots of NMFL's Monty you MUST keep this lens. It is a real gem!




I love love this one Ray. I keep going back and forth between the 85/1.4 and the 135/2. Decisions... decisions.

rafaelcasd wrote:
Just a quick note that the 400mm 3.5 with the TC16a does work well enough for the D800 but is not as sharp as the same lens with the TC300.

Here is an secretary bird with the TC300 on a D3

secretary bird 2 by Rafael CA, on Flickr


And you didn't use any sharpening in post? WOW!

kwoodard wrote:

Since I totally agree that I need to work on composition, can you all recommend any online books or articles on composition? I know the thirds rule, bit about leading lines, but that's about it.

Here you go Kevin, I like Bryan Peterson's the best. I like his style of teaching. Look him up on Youtube as well as Adorama and B&H. All three have great tutorials all the time.

http://photography24seven.com/the-top-five-best-books-on-composition-in-photography/

Oosty wrote:
Looking at your pictures is about all I'm up for at the moment! Caught viral conjunctivitis from Ingrid who was over it last week. Not a pretty sight!

Peter, I hope it goes away soon. In cattle we call it Pink Eye. One of the "old timers" remedies was to rub salt in the eye!

***** BLOG UPDATE *****

Here's John's third post.

Thanks for the tour, this is one place I've always wanted to visit.

http://aroundtheworldwithanikonlens.blogspot.com/2013/02/johns-third-post.html

leighton w wrote:
rafaelcasd wrote:
Just a quick note that the 400mm 3.5 with the TC16a does work well enough for the D800 but is not as sharp as the same lens with the TC300.

Here is an secretary bird with the TC300 on a D3

secretary bird 2 by Rafael CA, on Flickr


And you didn't use any sharpening in post? WOW!

Really cool shot of one of my favorite birds. They are very adept at killing snakes.

leighton w wrote:
Oosty wrote:
Looking at your pictures is about all I'm up for at the moment! Caught viral conjunctivitis from Ingrid who was over it last week. Not a pretty sight!

Peter, I hope it goes away soon. In cattle we call it Pink Eye. One of the "old timers" remedies was to rub salt in the eye!

It's colloquially known as "pink eye" here too but I'll pass on the salt!! Ow!!

MDoc9523 wrote:
All of the talk about the 85mm 1.4 AIS I had to get out today for some shots of NMFL's Monty you MUST keep this lens. It is a real gem!



The first of these two is stunning Ray, love the colours, the background, the sharpness, the simplicity of composure...

leighton w wrote:
rafaelcasd wrote:
Just a quick note that the 400mm 3.5 with the TC16a does work well enough for the D800 but is not as sharp as the same lens with the TC300.

Here is an secretary bird with the TC300 on a D3


And you didn't use any sharpening in post? WOW!

+1 - WOW!

A couple more from Fasnacht. first 2 are with the 180, last with the 35-70mm (apologies for the rude word in photo number 3 )

kings_freak wrote:
jhinkey wrote:
Another Nikki installment from Seattle is off to Leighton - here's a few from the Pike Place Market:

These were my favorites John. Excellent detail and colors!

–Tony

Thanks Tony - I was just goofing around and found some colorful cupcakes on the kitchen table . . .

***** BLOG UPDATE *****

John's fourth post as he shows us how Nikki handles tubes.

http://aroundtheworldwithanikonlens.blogspot.com/2013/02/johns-fourth-post.html

leighton w wrote:
Yea Ron! Good to see another thread member using this cream puff. Looks like you got a really nice one.


+1 Ron. You are going to like this lens a lot!

jhinkey wrote:
Another Nikki installment from Seattle is off to Leighton - here's a few from the Pike Place Market:


John, nice work with Nikki.

MDoc9523 wrote:
All of the talk about the 85mm 1.4 AIS I had to get out today for some shots of NMFL's Monty you MUST keep this lens. It is a real gem!






Ray, this first one is a real beauty. Nicely done.

leighton w wrote:
rafaelcasd wrote:
Just a quick note that the 400mm 3.5 with the TC16a does work well enough for the D800 but is not as sharp as the same lens with the TC300.

Here is an secretary bird with the TC300 on a D3

secretary bird 2 by Rafael CA, on Flickr


And you didn't use any sharpening in post? WOW!


Rafael, your bird images are fantastic.

Thank you Samy, Reagan, Curtis, Jeff, and Tony for the winter scene comments. Since the weather forecast is calling for it to continue, I will be posting more images of the same.
Scott

Tony, nice portrait work with the model. Reagan, no comments?