========================================================== THE NIKONIAN http://www.nikonians.org Regular Newsletter #20 20-MAY-2002 Thank you for your interest in our community, a home on the Internet for over 8.900 Nikon(R) users. =========================================================== 1. Editors Note 2. Wildlife Photography Books 3. Exclusive @nikonians.org Addresses 4. New Nikonians Assignments 5. The Teddy Bear Test 6. April Winner of Nikonians Monthly Photo Contest 7. Vote for the May contest 8. Nikonians Pro Straps for Europe 9. Upcoming Events from our Calendar Coordinator 10. Ducks Forum Picks 11. Sensual Nudes in Pascal Baetens Latest Book 1. Editors Note =========================================================== Dear all, To support both the community and the community spirit, we are producing a second series of our popular, exclusive black Op/Tech Pro Straps. This time for shipment within the European Union. We have also started providing our members with exclusive @nikonians.org email addresses and we are planning on providing Nikonians.org webspace as well. See below for more information on how to secure your own straps or how to get your very own @nikonians.org email address. We now have over 8,900 members and we are *extremely happy* to continue attracting experienced, knowledgeable seasoned amateurs and pros. The team behind Nikonians, the boys and girls who are keeping the wheels turning, have had their team-page updated. Check it out: http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/nikonians_team.html Thanks to all of you for your continuous support! Bo & JRP bo@nikonians.org jrp@nikonians.org ---------------------- ADVERTISEMENT --------------------- Nikon Camera CheatSheets are durable laminated sheets that serve as a quick reference to your Nikon equipment. They're small enough to take with you and contain the essential information you need in the field. They're like having the manual on a card. Available for F5, F100, N90s, N80, N70, N65, SB28, Coolpix 775, 880, 885, 990, 995 & 5000. http://www.PhotoBert.com/CheatSheet.asp?nik=1 ---------------------------------------------------------- 2. Wildlife Photography Books ========================================================== Our bookshelves have been updated to reflect the increasing interest in wildlife photography. In our bookshelves, you find over 100 recommended photography related books; Books dealing with Nikon products as well as books on other photography issues. If you would like to see a certain book being included in our bookshelves, please send books@nikonians.org a short email. By purchasing books through our bookshelves, you help to support the community as we get back a few cents. Just click on the book of your choice, one at a time. The wildlife photography section is right here: http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/bookshelves/bookshelves_13.html 3. Exclusive @nikonians.org Addresses ========================================================== We are setting up one hundred exclusive forwarding Nikonians.org email accounts for our members. Your email account will be made up of your user name (or any other name you fancy) followed by "@nikonians.org" We install a forwarder from our server to any email account you want, delivering your official @nikonians.org email to that ugly freebie account of yours :-) There is no traffic limit and no content filters. The money we receive is used for paying for a part of the infrastructure at Nikonians.org You'd pay an annual fee of 25 USD for a full year of having an Nikonians.org email address. Secure your email address right here: http://www.nikonians.org/html/shop/exclusive-email-address.html 4. New Nikonians Assignments ========================================================== Our latest assignment is for those of us with wanderlust. Do you feel drawn to the open road? Are you happiest when the center lines are flashing by? As a Nikonian, you have your camera ready, right? Display the open highway. Show us how the road can be beautiful and exciting. A highway runs through it... Let us see that highway! http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=52&forum=DCForumID29&viewmode=threaded 5. The Teddy Bear Test ========================================================== The Nikon(R) flash system is a wonderful tool. Notwithstanding, new users seem disconcerted with the names, descriptions and instructions to use it, not to mention how to use it well. Most feel a visual demonstration is imperative, so here it is. http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/guides/teddy/teddy-bear-1.html 6. April Winner of Nikonians Monthly Photo Contest ========================================================== Many congratulations to Kristupa Saragih from Indonesia. His picture "Ploughing The Paddy Field" received the highest vote and won the April Contest. By winning a monthly contest, the photograph is entitled to participate in the Nikonians Annual Photo Contest with prizes valued over 10,000 USD See Kristupa's photograph here: http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Contest-Winners/2001-2002&image=2476-KristupaSaragih-PloughingThePaddyField.jpg&img=&tt= For more information about our contest, check out: http://www.nikonians.org/html/contests/index.html 7. Vote for the May contest ========================================================== We have received *a lot* of excellent photographs for this months contest. Both the black & white and the color category are full of really good shots... This is going to be a tough month. Pick your winner -- Only one vote please! Check out the B&W contestants: http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Contest-BlackAndWhite/2002May And the color ones: http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Contest-Color/2002May The voting form is right here: http://www.nikonians.org/html/contests/voting_form.html 8. Nikonians Pro Straps for Europe ========================================================== We will have another batch of our popular black Op/Tech Pro Straps made for Europe. We are using a first come first serve scheme and you can order max three straps. Price is expected to be around 40 EUR/pcs incl. shipping. As we are making a limited number of straps, please be so kind and indicate your interest incl. how many you are interested in: http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=457&forum=DCForumID38&viewmode=threaded P.P.S. High quality baseball caps will be available soon. Just stay tuned! 9. Upcoming Events from our Calendar Coordinator ========================================================== Exhibits -------- "New York: Capital of Photography" Alfred Stieglitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lewis Hine, Paul Strand, Ruth Orkin, Walker Evans, Lisette Model, Ben Shahn, Helen Levitt, Weegee, Diane Arbus and many more. More than 100 photographs chronicle the changing face of New York City through the 20th century. These mostly Jewish photographers developed a perspective that came to inform the language of street photography and its sly poetry of everyday life. The Jewish Museum New York, NY April 28 - September 2, 2002 Info at www.jewishmuseum.org ArtSpace Norwich Anniversary Show and Open Studio The works of Nikonian Peter J. Crowley and 17 other resident artists will be shown at the gallery for the month of May. His studio is forty yards down the hall from the ArtSpace, where he will be showing forty new images. ArtSpace Norwich Norwich, CT Info at www.peterjcrowley.com "Gregory Crewdson" Exhibit of the dark, alluring photographs by this Yale instructor who has become a mentor to many rising young photographers. Luhring Augustine Gallery New York, NY May 4 to June 8, 2002 Info at www.luhringaugustine.com Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills, CA June 21 to August 3, 2002 Info at www.gagosian.com "Thomas Struth" First U.S. retrospective of one of the prime representatives of new German photography. Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX May 12 to August 18, 2002 Info at www.dm-art.org "The Eyes of History 2002" Exhibition of the award-winning photographs by photojournalists in the 59th annual White House News Photographers' Association Contest. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC May 29 to July 29, 2002 Info at www.corcoran.org Winning photographs can be viewed at www.whnpa.org There is always more information in the calendar: http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl If you have additional information on events that could be of interest to the community, you can reach Albert W. Coo, our Calendar Coordinator by email: calendar@nikonians.org 10. Ducks Forum Picks =========================================================== Check out the Team behind Nikonians.org: http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/nikonians_team.html Sounds like you F3 users have been a little silent lately, until Nikon_Freak asked about all the silence. Add your comments about your Nikon F3 here: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID68/123.html A long time Nikonian, DaveDosh doesn't like his new 85mm f/1.8, find out why here: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID6/1103.html A simple question, "only two lenses...?" What would you pick, the 35/105 combo or the 35-70mm/80-200 combo?: http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1054&forum=DCForumID6&viewmode=all Poor judy_t from the cold and wet northwest is in a dilemma... cant decide if she wants to purchase a Nikon F100, please help her decide here: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID62/380.html Beginner and not sure what to buy... get this question answered here in the Nikon N80 Forum: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID58/1079.html Who makes the best filters? Find out here: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID8/221.html Don't miss JRP's excellent Nikon Flash Test... http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/guides/teddy/teddy-bear-1.html Bryan (Duck) Assistant System Administrator 11. Sensual Nudes in Pascal Baetens Latest Book ========================================================== Pascal Baetens, a Nikonian born in 1963 in Belgium, has just released his second book, Allegro Sensibile. His first book, The Fragile Touch, came out 1999 and immediately caught a lot of interest in Europe for its subtle images of sensual, lovely nudes in post-industrial factory interiors. No wonder we Nikonians were curious about his second book! Now, as Allegro Sensibile hits the shelves, we have had the chance to flip the 144 pages of one of the first copies. Pascal shares some of these excellent images, including background information, exclusively with us right here at Nikonians. http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/bookshelves/allegro/index.html =========================================================== If you have any questions regarding this newsletter, please send an email to editorial@nikonians.org If you want to advertise in THE NIKONIAN, please send an email to advertise@nikonians.org for more information. You receive THE NIKONIAN because you requested it. We hope you find it useful. 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