nice visitor....nice shot too.....
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nice visitor....nice shot too.....
Great shot, I really like how he seems to stare with approval.[Y]
I can hand-hold my 600mm lens at 1/200th to 1/320th second with critically sharp results without IS. The slowest I have ever held it without any motion blur was an amazing 1/60th second! Don't know why I would want IS for.[;)]
John.
So I was digging through my folders postprocessing everthing, thatI should have done a long time ago. And I found some pictures too post, hope you like them.
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Taken with my Minotla 100mm f/4 macro lens.
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Again with my Macro lens. Taken at a 1/25th second!
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Taken with my Minolta 600mm f/6.3.Takenonacheapotripod, I just waited for to itsettle down and usedmy remote release withmirror lock-up.
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Taken with my 600mm with a 2x extender,1/640thhand-held.
John.
Western Grebe
I'm not so pleased with the head angle on this one, I wish the head was turning about 2 degrees toward me. Thanks for viewing and commenting.
40D & 500 f/4L IS, f/4.5, 1/2000, ISO 250
Nate,
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/11-...1-40-07_AM.jpg
Larger version, http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10227212&size=lg
Oh, yeah. It's terrible. [;)]
I'd love to not be pleased with such a shot. As usual, Nate, wonderful sharpness, color and composition.
DOOMED!
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About what?
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Thanksgiving dinner.
Thanks for the props on my shot too!
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LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
If I had some soda I would have spewed it all over my moniter![:D]
John.
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Just awesome. I did spit some soda on my desk. Thanks Keith.
LOL Keith. If you have $500 you canDOOM them all you want as they are on a private wildlife ranch.
err...I'll pass. I think Publix still has a couple left.
Great shot!
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/11-...1-42-13_PM.jpg
Ring-billed Gull
40D & 500 f/4L IS, f/4, 1/2000, ISO 400
A lucky shot, there's no way I could have time this momment.
Thanks for viewing and commenting
Nate,
excellent shot Nate!
Perfect timing (luck as you put it) and great exposure on those feathers
Great capture Nate.
thanks for the comment everyone
I'm bored so I'm posting another one, hope ya'll don't mind [:D]
Osprey fishing, shot this today, 40D and 500 f/4L IS
f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 400
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/11-...8-11-54_PM.jpg
Ya know Nate I have to wonder if you don't just sit on a dock all day everyday haha
~Jordan
I actually do sit on a dock, all day, everyday [:D]
There's quite a few of birding spots around where I live. You'll be amazed how many species of birds reside inor migrate through Orange and Los Angeles County. This osprey was shot at El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach, the park is right next to one of the busiest freeways in LA and OC, the I-605. You may have guessed that my passion is photographing birds, therefore I go out and shoot whenever I have free time. Plus my work schedule really helps, I work 8 nights and I get 6 days off. If I get a whole day, it tipically starts at 5:30 and ends whenever there's no light left. So yeah, I do sometimes sit on a dock all day. [:D]
I noticed that you shootA LOT of sea birds, do you have some examples of other types of birds?
John.
John, 90% of my subject is seabird. I live about15 minutes from the ocean.[:D]
ah that explains it, that's got to be a great work schedule. Very jealous haha
~Jordan
Jordan, let me clarify. I work 8 nights in a row, 9 hrs/night. Yeah, the 6 days off are nice, but the 8 days on are very very long.[:)]
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I also live about 15 minutes from the ocean, but my camera broke before I got any pictures of seabirds.[:(] I just thought that you might want too try your hand at other types of birds, like small birds.
John.
I definitely like to shoot song birds. I think they're quite a challenge to shoot because they're just too small.
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If you my props. I suck hard at shooting birds.
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Use a 2X extender then, I know the IQ suffers a bit. But itis WAY EASIER that way. With IS you willhave a much easier time then me. Small birds challenge even great photographers, that's partly why I am still in photography. I love the challenge.
John.
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Nate would also lose autofocus on his 40D with the 500mm f/4L IS & 2x extender. The xxD series won't autofocus at an effective open aperture smaller than f/5.6. A 2x extender would put his 500m to f/8 max. He could use autofocus with the 1.4x extender.
Song birds are small so they're hard to shoot, but what harder is to get them in good light, good head angle, good eye contact, good pose, clear background and no distracting object in front of the bird in order to have a presentable image. I have no problem with shooting song birds with my bare 500 and the 40D. I definitely like to shoot song birds to diversify my portfolio, but what really keeps me from actually doing it is the lack of action.
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XS with 300mm f/4 L IS @ 300mm, f/4, 1/320, ISO 200
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XS with 300mm f/4 L IS @ 300mm, f/4, 1/400, ISO 800
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XS with 300mm f/4 L IS @ 300mm, f/4, 1/1600, ISO 800
So happy with the 300mm f/4 L IS as compared to the 75-300mm f/4-5.6!
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I am aware of that. You can do two things, manual focus or tape the pins and trick the camera autofocus.
John.
Image Quality is king as far as I'm concerned. So I wouldn't touch the 2x extender witha 10m pole, with a monkey holding the pole being held out by an elephant on theother side ofthe country. That should keep it far enough away from my gear. [:D]
Brent - love that last shot mate. Welldone. Glad you're happy with your new lens.
Brent,
Great shots! I also really like the third one. Do you live on the Gulf Coast, like me? The bird selection is something I am very familiar with and see almost every day.
@HiFiGuy1: I actually live in the same area as Nate. We live in the same city! Thanks for your compliments.
@Btaylor: Thanks for your compliments too!
That's cool! Do you and Nate know each other and/or shoot together?
Power Brent, I too like the third one. Really caught that one at the right moment, good exposure too. We should shoot together sometimes
I also like the last onepowers_brent. Lots of action.
Hereare a fewmacro shots, taken once again with my Minolta 600mm.
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I really like the bokeh in these shots!
I would really appreciate your comments.
John.
Here's a few shots from around the house that I have taken since motorsports season is mostly over now. An Encore Azalea, a night view from my front deck (I'm thinking about getting the 35 f/1.4L so I used a 17-40 f/4L @ 35mm for perspective), and an artistic attempt with a non-keeper from awhile back.
JeffersonPoster
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I know these may not meet exact "nature shot" criteria, but there are so many shots on this fourm subject now, it's hard to come up with something original.
JeffersonPoster:
Nice shot of the azalea. Water drops on flowers can make them seem more alive.
The grasshopper is interesting! Great way to put a "non-keeper" to good use.
Don't worry too much about being "original." "Nature shots" here have been of:
- Birds
- Flowers, leaves, trees, plants
- Insects
- Landscapes
- Animals (wild or domestic, including spoor)
- Sky (including sunsets)
- Marine subjects (fish, mammals, invertebrates)
Kind of covers the gamut, doesn't it? The point is that every shot is unique. Some are great, some are good, some are so-so. As you can see from some of the bird shots, luck can enter, as well (e.g., capturing a bird eating a small fish), though being prepared and shooting a lot count even more.
If someone wants to be "original" with "nature" shots, try:
- Rocks
- Soil
- Worms
- ??
I'll post one a bit later that's not a plant, animal, landscape, sky, or any of the above.
What did I leave out of the previous list? An entire kingdom. (Well, actually at least THREE kingdoms, but I don't have a microscope, so I can't shoot Bacteria or Protists. Some add Archaea as another kingdom, so that would make four I left out.)
http://homepage.mac.com/gslusher/.Pi...6249_800um.jpg
(Yes, there are plants and animals in the picture, but the main subject is neither.)
I had a helluva time getting a decent shot, as the light was very poor--4:37 PM on a typical grey January afternoon in Oregon. I tried a 100mm macro, but the shutter speed was so slow that there's noticeable blurring. I used a 17-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS--less blurring, but had to get closer. (I can't use either of those lenses now, as they and a bunch of other lenses--including a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS & 100-400mm L IS--were stolen.) I even tried a Canon G9 & S3 IS. This was with a 70-200mm f/4L IS (which, fortunately, was not in the bags that were stolen!) at 183mm on a 30D, ISO 1600 (noise doesn't show as badly here as with people), f/8, 1/20 sec. (Yes, it was handheld--carefully!--at 1/20 sec. The IS in that lens is amazing.)