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15-NOV-2005
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Latest From the Nikonians Resources
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Book Review: Birds of Central Park
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UK Shutterbug Items of Interest
For our community members in the UK, there's several items of interest
happening this month. Several sessions on Apple's RAW Workflow software
Introducing Aperture: An Apple Seminar will be held towards the end of
the month. You can also catch the Aperture Roadshow at the Nikon
Solutions Expo on Nov. 22nd and 23rd in London. The Expo will feature
hands-on demos of the D200 as well as other Nikon products and HP will
have a case study focusing on two professional photographers, including
the man who took the famous photo of the protestor facing down a tank
at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Best of all, the Expo is free!
http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/2005/11/uk_shutterbug_i.html
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Nikon Ups Digital Camera Shipment Forecast
TOKYO, Nov 10 (Reuters) Nikon Corp. said on Thursday it will raise its
forecast for its global shipments of digital cameras in the business
year to March from 7.6 million units it projected in May.
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A Nikon spokesman declined to give the new target but said it will be
announced next Monday when the company reports its first-half results.
Business daily Nihon Keizai reported that Nikon plans to raise digital
camera shipments to about eight million units. The Nikon spokesman said
that was the paper's own estimate.
Last business year the company shipped 6.61 million digital cameras.
http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/2005/11/nikon_ups_digit.html
Nikon D50 Earns Slot on 2006 DigitalCameraInfo List
Nikon's entry level DSLR continues to gain praises. The D50 kit just
received the award for Best Value under USD750 on the DigitalCameraInfo
List for 2006. Be sure to check out our D50 forums to learn more about
this great camera!
http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/2005/11/nikon_d50_earns.html
Win A Trip to PMA 2006
The PMA 2006 International Convention and Trade Show will be held Feb.
26 - March 1, 2006, in Orlando, Fla. Make sure to register for the
convention by midnight, Monday, Dec. 5 and be automatically entered for
a chance to win a Travel Package Giveaway, covering your trip to the
convention.
http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/2005/11/win_a_trip_to_p.html
Race Shooters: Give Them Your Best Shot!
Action fans close to the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, have
an opportunity to win and become a track photographer for a day as well
as publication of their image on the 2006 Program brochures.
http://www.infineonraceway.com
Firmware Upgrade for D2X, D2Hs Cameras
Nikon appears to be rolling out the first firmware upgrade for its D2X
and D2Hs digital SLR cameras. Nikon Asia's website now offers a Mac and
Windows updater for firmware version 1.01 for both of these
professional cameras. The A and B camera firmware are both updated, and
installing both modules is required for proper camera functionality. http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/2005/11/firmware_upgrad.html#more
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Birds of Central Park by Cal Vornberger
From the Nikonians book and magazine literature section. By Nikonian Conrad Obregon (Obregon)
Birds flying up and down the Atlantic flyway inevitably encounter a
huge patch of concrete, asphalt and brick. In the center they see a
large patch of green, with plants and insects. That’s why Central Park
in New York City is one of the best birding spots in North America.
Several hundred avian species can be found there. In addition, there is
another species there in large number, Homo sapiens birdwatcher and
still another smaller subspecies, Homo sapiens bird photographer.
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With all these birds, birders and bird photographers, there was a huge
niche for a book called “Birds of Central Park”. Cal Vornberger has
filled that niche.
Vornberger has digitally captured the wide variety of birds that pass
through Central Park. He presents these birds by season rather than in
taxonomical order, which helps to give an impression of the bird life
in the park the way that a birder would see it. Like all good
photographers Cal is concerned with the light. But his style is
different from those of other bird photographers, like Art Morris or
Tom Vezo. Instead of being concerned with artistic composition, or deep
focus to give a sense of the environment, the author seems aimed at a
sense of intimacy with the individual birds. Most of the birds pictured
fill the frame completely, forcing us to focus on the individual.
What is amazing is not only how close Vornberger has gotten to his
subjects, but how he has caught them in the details of their daily
lives. I have never seen so many photographs of birds with food,
whether insects, berries or crustaceans, in their mouth. And he has
caught many of these birds in flight, reminding me of the bird pictures
of the great Eliot Porter. But the artist that Vornberger’s portraits
most remind me of is the great John James Audubon. There is this same
sense of intimacy and presentation against a subtle background.
Occasionally, Vornberger brings his own special aesthetic to the book,
as when he pictures a cardinal taking off in the snow on the face page
to the winter section. The bird’s wings are cut off, the bird faces
away from us and the only way that the reader can tell that the white
background is snow is from the white snowflakes that follow the bird’s
ascent. And yet this picture captures a moment better than most
technically perfect photographs.
Vornberger’s occasional remarks interspersed with the pictures often
present a little known fact about the subject or give a hint to other
bird photographers hoping to duplicate his accomplishments.
This book should not be considered a guide to Central Park’s birds,
although there is a convenient pocket guide in a slipcover in the back
of the book. Instead it is a testimonial to the birds of Central Park.
New York lovers, birders and photographers will want to page through
this book to recall the avian pleasures of the park.
You find more of Nikonian Conrad Obregon's reviews in our book and magazine section
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