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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Your Weekly Blog => Topic started by: Birna Rørslett on February 01, 2026, 17:13:55
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Post your "blog" contributions here. No theme (other than what the passage of time creates), no contest implied, a maximum of one picture per day in the actual month for NG Supporters and no more than 8 images per month for NG members.
Enjoy!
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Depth (in a) field
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grasshopper, D200
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We have had some serious health issues with my parents, family turmoil, emotional stress...the works. Now everything looks like is on track to recovery. Finally.
Today was a day to go out after quite some time to have breakfast outside and enjoy the landscape from this viewpoint.
Z50II, 24-70 f4s
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We have had some serious health issues with my parents, family turmoil, emotional stress...the works. Now everything looks like is on track to recovery. Finally.
Today was a day to go out after quite some time to have breakfast outside and enjoy the landscape from this viewpoint.
Z50II, 24-70 f4s
They look like two young lovers.
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In the hot, dry winter that we're having Southern California, it's good to have a big tree in the yard.
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February 2
Z7_2 Voigtländer 35m f/2
broad-leaved snowdrops
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They look like two young lovers.
They do, and that in itself in puzzling :)
Thank you Arturo
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Colourful store display.
Z6, 35mm 1.4 ais
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superuser
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Shoppingstreet
Nikon Zf AIS 35-200/3.5-4.5
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We have had some serious health issues with my parents, family turmoil, emotional stress...the works. Now everything looks like is on track to recovery. Finally.
Today was a day to go out after quite some time to have breakfast outside and enjoy the landscape from this viewpoint.
Z50II, 24-70 f4s
Great emotional portrait, Paco.
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superuser
Very funny, Jürgen :D
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Soapy fountain
Zf AIS 35-200mm f/3.5-4.5
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Thank you John.
superuser
That is very funny ;D
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Mazarrón
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superuser
;D
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superuser
Who needs AI (apple intelligence), if you can get FI (feline intelligence)???
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February 3
green light
Z fc Viltrox 9mm f/2.8
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Who needs AI (apple intelligence), if you can get FI (feline intelligence)???
And he moves the mouse with somnambulistic certainty.
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superuser
;D great cat
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White horse
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White horse
Is it white or is it a thrush?
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Jumping spider on a dry mulberry leaf.
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Some flowers
D850 135/2 DC
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February 3
green light
Z fc Viltrox 9mm f/2.8
Fons, that steep wide angle perspective and the traffic light presence and placement works very well here.
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Thank you Paco!
February 4
this mornings' clouds
Z fc Viltrox 9mm f/2.8
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Is it white or is it a thrush?
I am not an expert in horses. I just loved the contemplative way it chose the place and the attitude of this animal ...
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Exhibition set up
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Exhibition set up
Great news
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Used..
D3x 135/2 DC
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the washing on line
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Kitchen
D3X AFS 24-70/2.8vr
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closed
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The winter is not going away, yesterday even more snow. most in the last 12 years.
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February 6
Yellow
Iphone
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Removal of a shopping passage... First part is gone now
D3X AFS 24-70/VR
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Almond trees are now in bloom in Murcia; this one is from Cehegin.
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Balloon vacuum. Dawn this morning.
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Balloon vacuum. Dawn this morning.
excellent timing and super colour
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February 7
Zf Voigtländer 40mm f/1.2
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excellent timing and super colour
Yes :)
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excellent timing and super colour
Yeah ! Great shot
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Dieden at the Maas river
A roller, tool for dyke reinforcements
D3X AFS 24-70/VR
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Thank you gentlemen. :)
Dieden at the Maas river
A roller, tool for dyke reinforcements
D3X AFS 24-70/VR
Wow, a roller with its own "en suite"! ;D
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+1
excellent timing and super colour
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A most frightening image - that is if the occupant was still in the dunny when it and he/she was moved! ;D ;D ;D
Dieden at the Maas river
A roller, tool for dyke reinforcements
D3X AFS 24-70/VR
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+1
Cheers Hugh :)
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Cherry blossomes bearing the weight of snow.
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male sparrow
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A nice portrait of a common subject. Small birds are hard to get right I think - move too dammed fast and their size works against getting big images.
male sparrow
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John, your shot made me smile, a lot!
Wow, a roller with its own "en suite"! ;D
Yep, what Hans said :P
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male sparrow
Nicely done, Arturo.
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The winter is not going away,
The Canadian winter has been unrelenting too. It was -23°C when I stepped outside for this photograph.
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male sparrow
lovely
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Balloon vacuum. Dawn this morning.
ALT title: "Baloon Dispenser"
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John, your shot made me smile, a lot!
Yep, what Hans said :P
Thanks Hans, Hugh and Colin
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male sparrow
Beautifully detailed.
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Sitting on the dyke...
D3x 24-70/2.8vr
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Sitting on the dyke...
D3x 24-70/2.8vr
Yes i know this place not far from where i live.
The meandering river
https://www.meanderendemaas.nl/ (https://www.meanderendemaas.nl/)
Farming land has to go for this project!
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Cherry blossomes bearing the weight of snow.
Beautiful, delicate, the atmosphere and the color splash.
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High release.
Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl, not too shabby at iso 6400
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Coolpix P50
(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mashup-winter-images-hellerup-strand-scaled.jpg)
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Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl, not too shabby at iso 6400
Not too shabby at all. Was that just regular noise reduction?
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Not too shabby at all. Was that just regular noise reduction?
I went to check:
In camera, high iso noise reduction "off"
raw compression "high efficiency" not sure if this has influence on the image's noise
shot in monochrome
everything else "off" by default
On NX Studio, contrast +1
straighten +6.0 (this was more tilted than usual ;D)
noise reduction "original value" so...off
lens correction "lateral aberration" was selected, I don't remember doing it...
That's it. Pretty much straight out of camera. The camera has been updated to the latest firmware and the image was developed in NX Studio.
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Yes i know this place not far from where i live.
The meandering river
https://www.meanderendemaas.nl/ (https://www.meanderendemaas.nl/)
Farming land has to go for this project!
Thanks Fons. Yes this is in Dieden.
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ALT title: "Baloon Dispenser"
Or perhaps a leaking shower dripping balloons :)
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Coolpix P50
confusing composition
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I went to check:
In camera, high iso noise reduction "off"
raw compression "high efficiency" not sure if this has influence on the image's noise
shot in monochrome
everything else "off" by default
On NX Studio, contrast +1
straighten +6.0 (this was more tilted than usual )
noise reduction "original value" so...off
lens correction "lateral aberration" was selected, I don't remember doing it...
That's it. Pretty much straight out of camera. The camera has been updated to the latest firmware and the image was developed in NX Studio.
With the newer Nikon bodies one can never be sure if chipdesign and firmware plus NX Studio do a kind of pre-cooking concealed to the public eye. Why do I think that?
Because in many cases it is rather difficult to "cook" the Nikon RAW (NEF) in third party tools to a quality that is already present opening same file in Nikon Software.
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As an experiment, I found a photograph taken at ISO 6400 with my Zf. (I am assuming that the noise would be similar to the Z9 at a fixed output size, such as resized for NG.) Converted in Affinity Studio without any noise reduction. Just straight conversion to black-and-white, a touch of an S-curve for contrast and sharpening using the High Pass filter with the Soft Light blend mode.
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February 9
Zf Z40mm f/2
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Beautiful, delicate, the atmosphere and the color splash.
Thank you, Paco!
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As an experiment, I found a photograph taken at ISO 6400 with my Zf. (I am assuming that the noise would be similar to the Z9 at a fixed output size, such as resized for NG.) Converted in Affinity Studio without any noise reduction. Just straight conversion to black-and-white, a touch of an S-curve for contrast and sharpening using the High Pass filter with the Soft Light blend mode.
I don't see much difference?
With the newer Nikon bodies one can never be sure if chipdesign and firmware plus NX Studio do a kind of pre-cooking concealed to the public eye. Why do I think that?
Because in many cases it is rather difficult to "cook" the Nikon RAW (NEF) in third party tools to a quality that is already present opening same file in Nikon Software.
I agree. I haven't make a direct comparison but I have become more confident in high iso with the Z9 after the firmware updates. The images were already clean on the camera's display.
I also think NX Studio is doing something there, that's why I pointed out my program of choice.
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Free expressions.
Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl
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As an experiment, I found a photograph taken at ISO 6400 with my Zf. (I am assuming that the noise would be similar to the Z9 at a fixed output size, such as resized for NG.) Converted in Affinity Studio without any noise reduction. Just straight conversion to black-and-white, a touch of an S-curve for contrast and sharpening using the High Pass filter with the Soft Light blend mode.
I like the atmosphere of the image, with the handicraft, the living room, and the furnishings that seems to belong to an elderly person.
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From the images you share, I can see that it has been a cold winter across large parts of Europe. It has been cold in Norway as well. When cold, stable winter weather lasts for several weeks with little wind, layers of snow and ice build up on spruce trees, turning them into sculptures. This is a typical winter climate for inland eastern Norway, but with a more variable climate, there has not been this nice since 2023.
Z8/24-120 S, 120 mm f/4
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As an experiment, I found a photograph taken at ISO 6400 with my Zf. (I am assuming that the noise would be similar to the Z9 at a fixed output size.....
Thanks Ian
For me, the content and composition have taken my mind down some happy paths
If i zoom in, sure I can see some noise. But its already of very low importance compared to my enjoyment of this particular image
It may be bad manners to comment on multiple images at once.... but since Paco's started the NR discussion:
The two performer images taken with the Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl
With "High Release", I feel like I'm looking through a narrow window, not sure what's unfolding
But with "Free expressions", it feels like the subject is actually in full flow.
Fluid, free and undoubtedly expressive :)
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Februari 9
Portrait: Gerrit the numerologist!
Zf - Z 40mm f/2
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Streetview
Z9 The compact tele: Nikkor AIS 200/4
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I don't see much difference?
Neither do I. Which makes me think that NX Studio is not applying any secret sauce to the noise.
To think that we are discussing whether to apply noise reduction at ISO 6400 rather than whether to use such an ISO at all! We are spoiled :)
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Christeo and Colin, thank you for the kind words.
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I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.
Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S
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I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.
Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S
I like it
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Construction of new town hall, cost Euro 118m.
Ricoh GRIII
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55078449589_9973d64836_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rV6sac)GRIII_R0002554 (https://flic.kr/p/2rV6sac) by Luc de Schepper (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucdeschepper/), on Flickr
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I like it
Thanks, Fons.
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I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.
Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S
And she looks so happy!
I like it too :)
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I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.
Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S
Brave
I've seen how they behave with other birds to steal their lunch!
Often known as the Pirates of the ocean...
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Construction of new town hall, cost Euro 118m
equals 40000 new Z8. Don´t know if this is much or not in comparison, but I sometimes feel dizzy, hearing all those actual numbers
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Hotel window view - Jakarta, Indonesia
Nikon D700 + Nikkor HC 50mm f/2
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equals 40000 new Z8. Don´t know if this is much or not in comparison, but I sometimes feel dizzy, hearing all those actual numbers
A lot of taxpayers money but imo not excessive. In 2019 estimated cost was 75m. Prices of materials and labour have soared in recent years.
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Many thanks, Paco and Colin.
Brave
I've seen how they behave with other birds to steal their lunch!
Often known as the Pirates of the ocean...
They were quite polite to the people with the food. Amongst themselves.....
Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S
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almond blossoms, Cartagena countryside
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A nice portrait of a common subject. Small birds are hard to get right I think - move too dammed fast and their size works against getting big images.
Gracias, thank you Hugh, Bruno, Frank, y John
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Golf 3
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Shoes seem familiar. Or the posture. Or both.
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Same bodies, different plumbing.
RapidRaw processed, which led to heavy posterisation.
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Februari 13
Zf Z 28mm f/2.8
ceiling of the entrancehall of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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The Crocus are very late this year