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Nikon D700| Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D| SB600| Hand-held
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.
Comet- PanStarrs
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Tonight a friend and I went out to try and photograph PanStarrs the Comet that is passing through our hemisphere right now. I couldn’t see it with my naked eyes until the last few minutes I was shooting. Prior to that I was shooting on faith that I had it in my frame. When I thought I had I was so excited, but I really was happy when I got my frames uploaded and saw it.
We have another chance to see it tomorrow night as viewing promises to be good as well.
A little information about PanStarrs-
Discovered in June 2011, comet 2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) bears the name of the telescopic survey that discovered it — the less than mellifluous sounding "Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System" which sits atop the Haleakala volcano in Hawaii.
"Since its discovery a year-and-a-half ago, observing comet PANSTARRS has been the exclusive dominion of comet aficionados in the Southern Hemisphere, but that is about to change. As the comet continues its well-understood and safe passage through the inner-solar system, its celestial splendor will be lost to those in the Southern Hemisphere, but found by those up north." ~ NASA
For further reading go here:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/comet20130307.html
Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200mm @200mm| f4| 4 seconds| ISO 400| Manual Priority| Tripod
Campsite 24
Campsite 24, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.Copyright © 2013 Deborah M Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
I’ve wanted to shoot my tent under the stars for about a year now. Last night the opportunity arrived. It’s not the shot I’ve imaged, but it was good practice and a great learning experience. As always there are a couple of things I’d do differently, but overall I like this shot.
I had a lot of fun hanging out with like-minded photographers last night, and I hope to do more shoots like this as the weather gets a bit warmer.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70 @ 24mm| f/3.5| 48 frames each 121 seconds| ISO 160| Manual Priority| Tripod| Developed in LR4.4| Stacked in CS6
Danbo’s First Peek!
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I’m so excited he came so much faster than I was told to expect him! He’s so cute I splurged and bought one for an early birthday present.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70| Hand-held| Daylight Eiko 4600 bulb through shoot through umbrella camera right front.
Long Billed Curlew or Whimbrel?
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I saw this one in Moss Landing.
I’m not sure if this is a Curlew after looking at my bird book and reading the description of the Whimbrel. Anyone know for sure?
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 80-200@ 200+ 1.4x Tamron TC| f8| 1/500s| ISO 500| Manual Priority| Hand-held
A beacon to light the way
A beacon to light the way, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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I took this a couple of weeks ago on a wonderfully clear night in the city. I lucked out with the light on top of the Transamerica Pyramid Building being on. It’s only lit during Holidays and by special requests. It was lit in honor of Chinese New Year on the 23rd and 24th.
My Intervelometer was acting up and I didn’t have my glasses to see what the heck was wrong with it. I knew it was a setting, but I couldn’t read it to figure it out so I used a higher ISO to get the proper exposure. Once home with my reading glasses on I discovered it was as I thought a setting reversed.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200 @ 100mm | f11| 30 seconds| ISO 500| Manual Priority| Tripod
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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I have to give a HUGE shout out to my friend Alex who shared this find with me and a few other friends. Thank you Alex!
It’s the first time I’ve seen this woodpecker.
Also a Big Thank you to Dali for driving us today!
It was a fun day and good to hang out with you all.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 80-200@200 + Tamron 1.4x TC+= 300mm| 1/ 100s| ISO 1250 | Manual Priority| Tripod
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