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Ok I cheated, this is from my old Minolta Maxxum 5 and not my 40D
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Ok I cheated, this is from my old Minolta Maxxum 5 and not my 40D
Thanks Jon.
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Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/250 second, F/6.3, 135mm, ISO400
I posted this elsewhere, but the above inspired me to recycle my efforts [:)]
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1. 20D, 50mm 1.8 II ::: 50mm, 1/250, f/2.0, ISO 200, Manual exposure. (I should have used a smaller aperture. And the focus looks really soft.)
2. 20D, 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 ::: 28mm, 0.3, f/5.6, ISO 400, Manual exposure. (view of the sunrise from my room)
Any critiques are more than welcome. I enjoy learning how to make good pictures. haha These pale in comparison to some of the ones on this thread.
I thought that I would add a couple. Here is natures bounty and big sea little gull.
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Larry
A couple of my picks. (Both are holiday snaps. What do photographers do on holidays? They take photos of course!)
This is Serena, a rare white tiger. Photographed through glass so I wasn't actually in any danger taking it.
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The second photo was taken on a dinner cruise in Nelson Bay (about 200 kms north of Sydney). The flash was able to penetrate the water a short distance so you see the dolphin below the water as well as above it. (A moment later the spray obscured the part below the water so the next shot in the sequence was a lot more ordinary. But I do like this one.
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This photo gave me "bragging rights" on the boat. None of the other people with P&S cameras got anything. The slow focus (in very low light) plus the shutter delay meant they missed the dolphin every time it surfaced. (I used manual settings and manual focus - picked something on the boat about the same distance away as the water was below, focused and moved the switch from AF to MF).
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Killdeer - 40D, 400 f/5.6L, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 250, Exp. Comp. -2/3, taken @ San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA
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Beautiful! The larger version is even nicer. Composition, color, great.
You broke the rule that says the ground line shouldn't be in the middle. I bring this up not to detract from the photo, but to cast doubt on the rule! (Maybe the rule works sometimes)
On a totally unrelated note, this picture illustrates how with a long slow lens, one can get a nice dof and still have a wonderful background blur.
I live pretty close to Irvine but don't think I've ever been to the San Joaqin Wildlife Sanctuary. Methinks I should.
Mob, I really like your dolphin shot. The tiger potrait is missing the catch light
Jon, hope to run into you in the near future at SJWS. Just look for a slim Asian guy about 5'9 wearing a brown hat and carrying a 40D & 400 f/5.6L combo. [:)][:D]
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Originally Posted by Sinh Nhut Nguyen
I'll be the slim white guy about 5' 9" wearing a tan hat and carrying a 5DII with vertical grip and 70-200 f/2.8 IS.
Mof, the pictures are great, I like them both.
And Sinh Nhut Nguyen, I don't know what to say - your bird pictures are truely amazing.
Rodger: i love that picture you did of the sunrise!
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Not great, but interesting. I was shooting the bird's mate on a nest maybe 300 ft away (not so great, given the distance--see below) when I heard this one calling from quite close. I turned and there he/she was, maybe 40-50 ft away, net. I had my 100-400mm L lens on the 30D and starting shooting rapidly, in case the bird would leave. Many of the first 50+ were terrible because the wires got in the way, but I didn't want to move in fear of spooking the bird. Gradually, I was able to move a bit, as the bird seemed not to notice--or, at least, not to care much. (I was beside my car, but moved a short distance into a field.) I was also constrained by the sun--you can see that it was essentially directly behind the bird. I was able to clone out the wires in some shots, including the first one above. The light was very strong, with deep shadows, about 2pm standard time near Eugene, OR (about 44 deg N). I lightened the shadows in Photoshop Elements 4 to show more detail on the bird's body. The color difference may have been due to the exposure compensation: 0 in the first shot, +0.7 in the others, all ISO 100. The first two were taken with the 100-400mm L @ 400mm. As the bird seemed to be staying around, I switched to a 70-200mm f/4L IS, including for the third shot (at 189mm). All the shots were cropped. I have most in RAW, but, given my "skill," I'm not sure that would make much difference. (I tried one, but didn't improve it.)
The three below are of the mate on the nest, taken with the 100-400mm L + 1.4x teleconverter @ 560mm. I've included the uncropped shot to give an idea of how far away the bird was. That necessitated manual focus (at f/8), which was not easy. (I wish that I had a 500mm f/4L IS!) I tried to focus on the sticks in the nest, as I couldn't see detail on the bird that well. I had IS turned off, as I had the lens sitting on a Kirk "Fat Bag" on the roof of my Prius. It probably should have been turned on or I should have used a tripod, though this was a lot faster and hid me from the bird. (It also allowed me to react immediately to the appearance of the other bird, very close and at a high angle.) These are cropped--no adjustments. (ISO 100, exposure bias 0.7 in hopes of getting more detail, given the bright sky.)
All told, I shot over 400 photos. Thank heavens for digital cameras! I pale to think what that would have cost with film.
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Green Heron @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA.
40D, 400 f/5.6L, Aperture Priority, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 400. The bird waslit by 5pm sunlight. The water was much lower than the bird and in deep shadow. Thanks for viewing and commenting.
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Took this long ago in my front yard.
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Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/750 second, F/4.5, 192mm, ISO800
There's a weird shadow on the rocks of that bird. Combined with the lighting direction that should cause that shadow, and the lighting of the bird itself... it's off. Weird. It looks like there are two light sources to me: one that caused a small strip of shadow on the rocks (coming from behind the bird) and one that illuminates the bird) coming from in front of the bird, aka the camera).
The lighting is interesting, but it looks incredibly artificial to me. Still a pretty nice shot though!
Garrett: The black 'n yellow color scheme of your picture is very beautiful.
Madison, which one would you refer? Original JPEG or Original Raw? Give me your e-mail I'll send it to you, I'll also let you know my minimal editing on this image[:)]
Sinh
Hey! Why would I want your files? I am just saying the lighting looks weird, it happens. I've had more than a few moments behind a camera where some buildings were lit beautfully and teh background was dark dark sky and it looked like I flashed the entire building (which is technically not possible, yet it did look like this). This is what light can do sometimes. Even natural light can look off or artificial. I don't need your files, but thanks.
PS: I am intrigues by your name. What is your ethnic background if I may be so bold? It sounds so mysterious.
PS2: Your picture reminded me that I once shot a heron too. It made a circle with its neck:
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A cicada pirched on a plastic rope.
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40D, EF-S 60mm, f7.1, 1/10, color corrected & sharpend in PS Elements 6.0
Madison, I should have asked "If you want the original file I can send it to you so you can see what I did with it." I apologizel for sounding rude[:)], yeah the image does look like flash was used. The reason for that is that I stoodabout 8ft abovethe heron, and the heron was about 2 ft above the water, the 5pm sun was behind us and at the angle that could only light up the bird. 20 minutes later the bird was also in the shadow because the sun went lower.
I'm Vietnamese. [:)] Sinh-Nhut means birthday, Sinh means birth, Nhut means dayand Nguyen is my last name. I was born on Christmas' Eve, one day before Christ's birthday, hence the name.
Very nice shot of(if I'm correct) a yellow-crowned night heron, I like the way you cropped it.
ChileHead, very nice macro shot, I would like the see the whole head in focus.
Thanks for explaining the meaning of your name. Your name , phonetically, means "birthday" in more than one asian language.
I've enjoyed looking at your wild bird pictures.
Sinh Nhut: thanks. What a great name to have. My name means nothing hahahaha. Consider yourself blessed. What a beautiful choice.
I don't know what bird it is. I know it's a heron. But it *could* also be a crane of sorts. I forgot to tag.
Hard to do at that range. Very limited depth of field and he's got a big head!
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Posting few of my pictures.
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Sinh Nhut Nguyen, if not too hard, I'd like to see the original JPEG (before post processing) of this or any other of your pictures you've posted here. The reason is that, as I told you before, you have the most impressive photos over here and I'd really like to know how much post processing you use on your photos.
local beaver pond in Haverhill Ma., taken w/40D, 100-400 at 400mm, f8, 1/640, ISO 640
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Plum Island Ma., taken w/40D, 100-400 at 100mm, f11, 1/320, ISO 400
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This gal was pretty bold, and appeared to want me to give her a lift. 40D, f/8, 24-105 f/4 @ 105 mm, ISO 100, 1/100 sec.
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Bill W, I love that second picture!
And thankyou Madison. Haha I almost missed theschool bustrying to get that sunrise picture.
Love the crocs (or are those gators?) with the reflection.
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These shots are around Jefferson in N.E. Ga., Jackson Co. EOS 5D, 70-200 F4 IS @ F8, ISO 500
Thanks Rodger....it was taken last Dec. on a cold and windy afternoon....but the lighting was worth the chill and sand blasts.
Regards
Bill
Sunrise on the Merrimack River, Newburyport, Ma.
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Regards
Bill
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So, I never took real "wild life" pictures, but as I was walking near the lake, yesterday's afternoon, I found this little fellow hanging around.
The shot was taken with a 70-200 F2.8 @ F2.8, ISO 400 and 1/800 shutter speed. I really like it =)
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Hi Dumien,
The picture has nice colors and i am no expert at this, but i think the background is distracting. If you shot it at f2.8 i don't know how to get a wider DOF for this pic. Maybe at 200mm ?
Cheers!
Dev
Well, I took it at 200mm... the bird was quite far, so to get close enough I also had to crop a little bit...
anyway, thanks for the comment ;)
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Heron @ Paluma National Park, North Queensland, Australia. 40D | 28-135mm @ 135mm& f/5.6
Great pic btaylor, was this indoors? the lighting reminds me of some pictures I did at an aviary, but non the less great shot!
thanks
joel
Thanks mate. No that one was up in the mountains on an overcast day so the lighting was nice and even.
Cheers, Ben.