My Favourite D800 Images

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This past weekend was the last Superbike Race in Canada at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. A new experience for me thanks to a fellow photographer and friend who invited me for the weekend.

On the Friday, I learned that working media gets special photographic privileges so I applied for the permit and got in. (I have Nikon NPS status, work as a pro, and I have started publishing an eMagazine called "PlanetNikon Photographer", you can download it free on Facebook and have a look at the first issue. pdf format. Join the Group first.)

They indoctrinate you first, take safety and dangers, do's and don't do's. Very enlightening. With a vest, you get to go pretty much anywhere in the park right up to the concrete guard wall by the track. A photographer I met there was almost flattened by a car on one of the turns last year, I was told. So, I chose to stand where inertia would not sent any motorcycles towards me in the event of a mishap. Only two crashes on the course, not really sure how badly off the injured riders were, but it wasn't good from what I heard.

Over all, a simply wonderful weekend. I enjoyed every aspect of this and I think I am very badly HOOKED!

Here is the rub .... I shot these with my D800 and Nikkor 200-400mm f4G VR, hand held!
AF-C worked like a charm.
These guys were going some 140 mph as they zoomed by, I tracked and shot without issue! The D800 is supposed to be a studio camera, but as you can tell, it did pretty good on the track!

Enjoy the images....

Jordan Szoke, bike #1, was the Champion... 13th year win in a row! Weekend was a double header, he won both races, the last one... just barely.

 

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One other amazing event at the Track was the Extreme Bike Stunt Riding event. This just had my jaw dropping.

The bikes go up off a ramp, I would say a good 3 to 4 stories high, in the air.... these guys do their stunts AND.... LAND THE BIKE SQUARELY on the down ramp.

Never seen anything like this. These images don't do it justice!

Enjoy!

 

[Blade Canyon]

Looks like your auto-focus was working great. What lens were you using? (No exif in pics...)

 

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Here is a link to the PlanetNikon Photographer publication on FB....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1327466460679207/

Tell you a little more about it. The purpose of the e-zine is to get you published! There is not cost to you, just submit your best work, you retain all the rights other than allowing us to use the images for the publication and anything related to the publication e.g.. Advertising it and showing off the work. We do NOT resell the images, it is not a copyright grab, etc. etc.

Our next issue starts collecting stories and images now. Always looking for new people. Been to a Fair? Been to a Football game? Captured some cool news story on a Fire or Flooding etc. Write up a short piece and get the images to me.

The whole purpose of the e_zine is to showcase Photographers using Nikon gear.

Interested, start with Facebook, check out the group, then ask questions.

Sample of the eZine pages are posted below....



The printed version....







At the top of the FACEBOOK PAGE, there is a LINK...

Press the HISTORY button

Use the 2nd Edition LINK and you can DOWNLOAD it and have a look. Its free. 2nd Edition, hopefully, has no syntax errors.

 

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Looks like your auto-focus was working great. What lens were you using? (No exif in pics...)

No EXIF as they go from

.nef
to large JPGs
then to 900px or to a size that fits where every I am posting.

Done in Photoshop and that eliminates the exif.

I used the Nikkor 200-400mm
most ISO around 200
most f at 7.1
most shutter speed at 1/6400s
all hand held.

 

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Here is a link to the PlanetNikon Photographer publication on FB....
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Hey, there's Marcel!

 

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Hey, there's Marcel!

Yes! He submitted some great images.

 

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I recently received my tickets to the Nikon Canada NPS Member Exhibition Tour scheduled for September.

This is Nikon Corporations 100th Anniversary Year in business and they are celebrating with a Canada wide Gallery Exhibition featuring 100 images from Professional Nikon Photographers across Canada. I submitted some images of my work for their consideration and two were selected under the categories listed below.


These 100 selected images will appear in Galleries across Canada as well as 4 VIP Events in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. I am deeply honored to have these two images selected to be part of the 100th Anniversary Exhibit.

 

[Blade Canyon]

Way to go, Art! To be selected for two out of 100!

 

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Congratulations Art!

 

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Thanks, Blade and Marilynne,

I am tickled pink.

The VIP event is this week. Can hardly wait.

 

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Yours truly, standing by one of my images at the NPS Event.

Nikon put on a very nice show, great evening!

 

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A few images from my yearly pilgrimage to African Lion Safari ...

Bison



Giraffe



Beautiful female Lion



White Lion



And ... although not the best image I took... the King of Beasts himself...

 

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Studio Portrait of my Daughter

Nikon D800
Nikon 85mm f1.4G
Hand Held
1 Studio Light Bank
1 Remote Background Flash
1 Gold Reflector
1/250s
f4
ISO 100
PP in Capture NX2 and NIK Color FX

 

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A few more select Nikon D800 images.

I may soon retire this folder as I will be moving on to a Nikon D850. Just trying to decide on a D5 or the D850, when I make that decision, I will make the purchase and start a new folder of my favorite images with what ever camera I choose to be my main tool.

For now, enjoy.

These were taken at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Superbike competition. I posted images of the event before. Still going over the thousands of images I took.

Motor Cycle races are the best. Loved every minute being there.

All taken with a Nikkor 200-400mm f4G VR, hand held. The D800 held it's own, inspire of the lower FPS rate, I had a huge keeper rate!

 

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A few nature shots ..... my favorite subjects are in town!

Great Egret



Great Blue Heron getting a really nice sized Cat Fish!



Green Heron on the hunt for a meal



And, finally, we are starting to see some Monarch Butterflies again in Toronto!

 

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Few shots from Yesterday.

Ryuzu Falls, City of Nikko, Japan

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Took this, this morning.

Nikon D5
Nikkor 200-400mm f4G VR @ 360mm
f8
1/3200s
IOS 12,800
Tripod



Experimenting with a D5 before I pull the plug on a D850!

 

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Snowy Owl
Nikon D800
Nikkor AF-S IF-ED 200-400mm f4G VR 240mm
f5.6
1/400s
ISO 200
Hand held

 

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It has been a while since I have been on Nikonites. Where did I go?

Well, no where, really. I purchased a Nikon D850 a year ago and fell in love with that camera. The D800 now sits as my back up on some jobs. I have not been using it very much just because the D850 is like a light year ahead in capability, and yet, there is still a ton of life and usability left in the D800. See some of the images below.

I recently took it on an assignment to photograph Debbie Harry of Blondie for PlanetNikon Photographer. I put the Nikon 300mm f4E PF lens on it and it was an amazing combination. Got some of my best images of the evening from it. If any of you are interested in a free download of that issue, you have to JOIN my FACEBOOK GROUP. The download post is pinned at the top of the group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1327466460679207/

The process for the next issue will begin most likely in February of 2019, if you are interested in contributing.

Images below are all taken with the D800 and the Nikkor 200-400mm f4G VR, hand held. OH!! Not the first on... that was with the Nikkor 24mm f1.8.

Since I used this folder to show off the capabilities of the D800, I was posting more often when I was using it often but I have really moved on 100% pretty much to my D850. Sweet, sweet camera. I might start up a similar folder with that.