Nikon DSLR "Picture Of The Day"

[tfa8rva]

Somewhere in Glacier Bay, AK.

[Falconest174]

IMPRESSIVE!! Have a friend that lives in Fairbanks.

[kgosden]

tfa8rva,

Nice shot And it seems you had good weather. I was going to guess it was near Margerie Glacier and Grand Pacific since most of the big ships only go there. I popped over to photobucket and saw some of the seal shots on the ice were those from a plane? Did not think you would be able to get into those areas by boat with that much ice.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Nice TFA, I like the blues and greens

[D70FAN]

TFA as with the ferris wheel, a very nice shot... can we get a little info? i.e. camera, lens, settings.

thx.

[tfa8rva]

Thanks everyone. So that picture was taken in John Hopkins Inlet. You can see John Hopkins Glacier at the far right of the picture. This was taken with a D7000 and a Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5. Settings were App Priority, f/8, 1/2500, iso 200. I stuck the exif below. That was the same camera and lens for the ferris wheel. I bought that lens just for this trip, and so glad I did! The weather was hit and miss. It would rain some.....and then all of a sudden the clouds would break and it would be gorgeous! Overall I can't complain.

kgosden, we were actually on the boat when I took the pictures of the seals. The pics I have on photobucket are only a small portion of what I took. I haven't had time to go through them all.

Equipment Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D7000
Camera Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.1 (Macintosh)
Photographer: Jay Coleman
Maximum Lens Aperture: f/3.5
Sensing Method: One-Chip Color Area
Color Filter Array Pattern: 776
Focal Length (35mm Equiv): 15 mm

Image-Specific Properties:

Horizontal Resolution: 240 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 240 dpi
Image Created: 2012:09:15 17:19:58
Exposure Time: 1/2500 sec
F-Number: f/8.0
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Lens Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Metering Mode: Pattern
Light Source: Fine Weather
Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
Focal Length: 10.00 mm
Rendering: Normal
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Manual
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Gain Control: None
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Subject Distance Range: Unknown

Other Properties:

Resolution Unit: i
Exif IFD Pointer: 242
Compression Scheme: JPEG Compression (Thumbnail)
Horizontal Resolution: 72 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 72 dpi
Resolution Unit: i
Offset to JPEG SOI: 946
Bytes of JPEG Data: 13832
Exif Version: 2.30
Image Generated: 2012:09:04 17:04:47
Image Digitized: 2012:09:04 17:04:47
Shutter Speed: 1/2500 sec
DateTimeOriginal Second Fraction: 00
DateTimeDigitized Second Fraction: 00
File Source: Digital Still Camera
Scene Type: Directly Photographed

[D70FAN]

Thanks for the info. Looks like I will enjoy using the D7000 (arrives Tuesday).

[tfa8rva]

Yeah, I love mine. It was a nice upgrade from the D80.

[Falconest174]

One more vote for the D7000!
now I just need some good glass.

[kgosden]

tfa8rva,

No date on the photos curious when you were there. I was in Johns Hopkins on the Sea Wolf 8/14. Couldn't quite find a similar point of view in my shots. It was also the one section of our week in Glacier Bay where the light was totally wrong for shooting the glacier there. It was great looking away. The shot of our boat on the Olympus Photo Thread http://www.dcresource.com/forums/sho...897#post441897 was taken just past the bend in the inlet. Didn't get to see any seals on the ice from the kayaks.

I know the sorting through photos problem all to well. I am steadily working through mine. Times when we were watching wildlife resulted in a lot of burst mode stuff to pick through. Looks like you had a couple of good flight seeing trips as well.