One word to sum up NikonCafe: Community

I met for the first time TristanCardew and spent a whole long afternoon with him discussing among other things photography :biggrin:

I had the luck to be able to go to the Alabama Annual GTG and this little mini GTG today reaffirmed the high quality of the people attracted to this site. What a great guy... I met and became friends with so many people through this site that - yes, I am glad I am part of this community that is the NikonCafe. :biggrin:

Wish Dao, Frits, Connie, Larry, Mason, Patrick, Leigh, Greg, Rich, etc., ... I wish I could type all the names here ... Had been here with us today but alas you all couldn't be here as we all have obligations and other important things to attend to as such I deemed it necessary to share a few of the images I took today and one I found on my D3 that Tristan took of me ... you guessed it... Chimping!!!! Woooo the infamy but we all chimp... :wink: (I hope)

So direct from Paris here are a few more images - wish you could all have been here... But I would have told you to get your own bottle of wine! :biggrin:

So what do photographers do when they get together... Take pictures of each other of course... So here's Tristan



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Chimping

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Me... Chimping...

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Tristan again

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A few more pictures

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Showcasing the 35/1.4 ... DOF at 1.4 both images below

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Showcasing the D3 at iso 4000 and that's a jpeg image straight from the camera captured inside Notre-Dame de Paris basilica! (Would someone call Ripley's Believe it or not!!!!)

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A 100% of a 50/1.4 capture - I was three feet away from her...

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And about this strange image here, there is a story below...

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The guy is from Dalas, comes up to us and asked, "Do any of you have a fisheye lens?" Eerrrr he does I said as I pointed to Tristan.

Turns out he was in Paris a couple of years ago with his other daughter and wanted a picture like he had with his other daughter which had been captured with a fisheye lens and asked Tristan to get one for him with Notre-Dame in the background... And voila the weird photo pose for this shot - pretty neat idea, he takes his kids to trips when they have good grades... Can I go back to school and will you be my daddy *batting my eyelashes* I mean how cool is that and what a great incentive and idea!

 

Rich,

First thank you and second I'll surely talk to my girlfriend about Scotland - we had planned to go this September but next summer sounds good to me. Yup, people do take the time to live a little in Europe and Paris is so filled with people from all over that it is a great place to people watch.

I sure hope so Greg, I saw that post with Rev a while ago, you never know who you will end up meeting when you meet someone for the first time as such you never know how long the meeting will end up being plus if you meet on a work day then you know it will have to be shorter - hope to see you in Alabama next year - re-write *You better be there in Alabama next year :wink:*

Thank you Linda

"Smooth Operator" okay good one   he he he Thank you for the kind words - I wish you'd share some of your sports photography and technique here - I love the way you use flashes and the results you get with flashes.

P.S.: Tristan is very humble and has been published in sports magazines a few time - a terrific sports shooter if you ask me.

Thank you

Thank you Leigh and yes, the people I met through the Cafe are some of the most wonderful people I'll ever know.

Thank you Connie, I had a great time as well at the GTG!

 

Taylor, when are you going to be in Europe?

Errrr what's your excuse, he's from Australia and you are right here!?! :wink::smile: I know work gets in the way. We actually talked about this today and if I was in Montreal you'd have to come and visit me at my office augh! I work from home... I am now homeless for the next few months... Homeless back in Canada...  

 

We had a repeat

And we could probably find a place for you to stay at ... Bummer - forget that new couch and/or that MacBook Pro and come to Paris :wink:

We had a repeat today and we are going to do night photography later on.

Lets tittle these two pictures "boys will be boys..."



OMG!!!   OMG!!! He is touching it!!! HE IS TOUCHING THE RUSTED SHEET METAL CALLED ART! Would ya call a Gendarme someone!!!   Dude I seriously hope you are up to date with your tetanus shots you could catch something touching rusted sheet metal like that without any protection... :tongue:

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