Hong Kong by night

HK3_4872, originally uploaded by gugs.

I liked this one for the colors and the light. Shot in Hong Kong in the evening... (Mong Kok)

Happiness

HK3_4447, originally uploaded by gugs.

a simple street shot in one of the Hong Kong islands, simple universal joy of a kid playing... shot with the D3 with the 70-200VR, converted to BW in post-processing.

Chinese texture

HK3_4793, originally uploaded by gugs.

I liked the material and the textures here. Shot on the hill next to Shatin in Hong Kong. Nikon D3+24-70 2.8 lens.

Peaceful

US trip part 223, originally uploaded by gugs.

a peaceful landscape shot for a change... shot with the Nikon D200 in Yosemite...

Water level

D2x -2, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is a small but very useful gadget to mount on the hot shoe (flash). This allows to keep the camera perfectly horizontal on a tripod. I use this for panorama photography. When you stitch a large number of pictures together for a pano, you need to hqve them correctly aligned, otherwise you'll have to straighten them before and you'll lose a lot of information.

Eindhoven

ehv -8-2, originally uploaded by gugs.

A night shot with the D3 and the 24-70 2.8 on a tripod. This is the Philips Lighting building in Eindhoven. I shot at ISO 1600 to allow a short shutter time (1/3 sec) to get the texture in the sky, also adding an exposure compensation of -1 EV to make the moon visible.

Coffee

EL3_3105-2, originally uploaded by gugs.

Playing with DOF (depth of field). Camera used: the full frame Nikon D3, with the 24-70 2.8 lens, one of the best pro zooms ever. Here at 70mm f5.0.

Volley

Volley, originally uploaded by gugs.

a sports shot during the volleyball supercup in Belgium. Nikon D3+200-400VR lens @f4 (fully open). That combo is brilliant for indoor sport, no flash needed and ISO6400 perfectly usable.

D2x

EL3_3115-2, originally uploaded by gugs.

a camera I have dreamed of for a long time. I have been using a Nikon D70 a few years ago, and at that moment, the camera to have was the D2x. Nowadays, it is a little bit obsolete because of the high ISO performance, but all the rest is still top notch: superfast AF, pro-body, ultra-reliable, excellent viewfinder, crop mode, integrated grip... the more recent D300 has a better ISO performance (D2x is very good up to 800, the D300 easily 1600 or even higher), a more sophisticated AF (but not necessarily more efficient), and a faster engine (8 pictures/sec with grip and the appropriate battery). But I still like the D2x. I could find an excellent used copy at an excellent price. One dream come true...

Sunrise

TU3_2562, originally uploaded by gugs.

Simple sunrise shot in Turkey on the beach... shot with the Tamron 28-300VC lens on the Nikon D3. That Tamron is an excellent do-it-all full frame lens, stabilized, IQ is good (not on par with pro lenses however), and the range is just fantastic.