Nikon has released a firmware update that fixes several things but a biggie is the change that fixes the frame view in movie and live view from 95% to 100%. Get all the details and download here.
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Author: circadianreflections
My name is Deborah Zajac. I'm a photographer living in Nevada at the base of the Eastern Sierras. I am a passionate nature, landscape, night/astro photographer. I shoot predominately in color and use Nikon Digital Cameras, and lenses.
I hope you enjoy seeing some of the photos I've taken while on my travels.
Please feel free to leave a comment I'd love to hear from you.
Jaxon 15 weeks old
Danbo tiptoeing through the tulips
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These tulips are in my neighbors front yard. She always has a lovely crop each Spring. I wish I had a green thumb. Or at least remembered to plant new bulbs in the fall!
NIkon D700| Nikkor 85mm AF-D| Hand-held
Right leaning
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I’m playing around with the close up capabilities of the 16mm fisheye lens.
NIkon D700| Nikkor 16mm Fisheye @ f3.2| 1/200| ISO 160| Hand-held
American Goldfinch-Female
Says Phoebe, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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This is a flittly little bird…though quite common here in Northern California.
I got this ID wrong. Thank you Shari, and Rainey for the correction!
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 80-400mm @ 400mm| 1/500 sec| f/8| ISO 320| Aperture Priority| Hand-held
The Nature Trail at Villa Montalvo
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I needed to get out and stretch my legs, but wanted to stay close to home so I went over to Villa Montalvo to hike up to Lookout Point.
Villa Montalvo located in Saratoga, CA is now called Montalvo Arts Center. The 175 acre property was originally owned by James Duval Phelan (1861-1930), a 3 term Mayor of San Francisco, and later he became a Senator. The house an Historic Landmark was built in 1912.
“At his death, Senator Phelan was explicit in his bequest of Villa Montalvo. “I would like the property at Saratoga, California, known as Villa Montalvo, to be maintained as a public park open under reasonable restrictions, the buildings and grounds immediately surrounding the same to be used as far as possible for the development of art, literature, music, and architecture by promising students.”~ Montalvo Arts Center
Today it offers art courses, performing arts events, gallery exhibitions, educational opportunities, artist residencies and hiking in beautiful woodland trails, or exploring the gardens.
The trail-head from Parking Lot 3-This Pavilion is called The Belvedere is an original structure from the Senator’s days.
At the beginning of the Nature you hike through Oak and Laurel woodlands
Along this part of the Nature Trail there are signs of Spring. Indian Warrior, and White clusters are in bloom.
Soon you begin a steeper ascent and enter the Redwood Forest
…and before you know it you’re at the top at Lookout Point looking over Santa Clara Valley. There was Vog on this morning. It’s only a 1.1 mile hike up to the Lookout Point from the Pavilion. It’s nice to have a beautiful trail close to home to stretch my legs.
Danbo wants to head home and points the way.
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Cupid’s Span and San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
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Cupid’s Span with the Bay Bridge adorned with the new lights in the background.
"Situated on the crest of Rincon Park’s northern knoll, Cupid’s Span is a depiction of a bow and arrow. Composed of fiberglass and steel, the sculpture stands approximately 60 feet tall and is 130-140 feet wide. The sculpture has an open design to provide a frame for the surrounding landscape.
Cupid’s Span adds to Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s long list of famous large-scale civic sculptures, which include "Spoonbridge and Cherry" in Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, "Saw, Sawing" in Tokyo, Japan, and "Needlethread" in Milan.
The sculpture was commissioned by Donald and Doris Fisher, founders of Gap Inc., who donated it to the City of San Francisco."~ BayCrossings
Nikon D700/ Nikkor 17-35mm
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