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I missed shooting as I have been pretty busy lately and have been sick for a couple of days back.. Here are some I just recently took..
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Fall Colors ...
All were taken with my 7d, 100mm Macro f/2.8 IS., Canon Ring Flash
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Wow, DD, You did good girl, Love these shots. #1 and # 4 are my favorites.
Hmmm, Exif???
Again, very nice stuff
Very beautiful Denise, I also really like #1, though the water droplets in #2 are very cool too. Did nature make the droplets, or did you give it a helping hand?
Thanks! These were all nature at it
Thanks, Bob! I know, I am a really bad girl when it comes to listing the EXIF ...I always forget to before I hit the "post" button and then I cuss! [:$]
I will post it in a second.
Thanks again for the comments ...and reminder!
Denise
No big deal Denise, Just curious if you used your 100L macro on these---They really are viery nice.
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Originally Posted by Bob Williams
Thanks! I actually started out taking photos of the bushes using my 70-200mm set at 135mm to see how I would like that length to satisfy my latest craving for the 135mm f/2.0 L and once I saw how pretty these leaves looked, I quickly switched to the macro. I'm glad I did!!
Denise
We don't get such wonderful leaf colours over here in Britain. Most years the leaves just blow off in a gale before the colours get interesting. You've done well to capture the detail, Denise.
Here's my first offering in this thread. I came across this frog while on a hike on the west coast of Scotland earlier this summer. First shot is the full frame, second is a 100% crop.
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5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @70mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 100
Handheld.
Before any comedians jump in (you know who you are) we can all see that the frog is handheld, but I'm referring to the camera.
Thanks, Andy! Autumn is my favorite season but unfortunately it is getting to be a shorter and shorter time of year around here in Wisconsin. Very cold temps moved in very quickly this year! I have on occasion seen these cute little frogs around these parts but it is a very rare sighting. Nice shot!
Denise
BTW - I sure hope someone else was holding the frog while you took the shot and you weren
Denise, I was on my own so that's my left hand you see. I had a tripod on my backpack, but couldn't set it up without putting the frog down, and if I did that I would never find it again, so I had to risk it handheld.Quote:
Originally Posted by ddt0725
So how did I get it so steady? It was a bright day, so I could use a fast shutter speed even at f/9. I was able to sit against a rock with one knee tucked into my chest so I could rest the lens barrel on my knee, like an improvised monopod. I used the Canon Angle Finder C to magnify the viewfinder image to get sharp focus by moving the subject (I'd just been usingthe angle finder for shots of a larger frog with the camera close to the ground). I used a 2 second delay on the shutter release to avoid vibration. Finally, the golden rule with wildlife, I took as many pictures as I could before it jumped out of my hand, to improve my chances of a sharp capture. I can confirm that I'm not a secret Canon insider testing the IS version of the 24-70mm!
By the way, the reason for the hike was to capture this shot of one of the most remote parts of Britain. It's a view of the Knoydart peninsula across Loch Nevis. The settlement on the opposite shore is accessible only by boat or a very long hike.
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5D Mark II, EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM @ f/7.1, 1/500s, ISO 100, uncropped.
This one was on a tripod, which might seem unnecessary but the wind on top was so strong I could hardly stand up. I really love this lens, but it's a challenge to compose shots without including my feet!
Hello hello,
Well I'm from Interpol, I've just ran your prints, we've been looking for you.[:D]
Nice shots Andy, keep them coming.Might try and sell my knees as monopods.
Great job.[Y]
Steve
Thanks, Steve. My prints should prove beyond doubt that it really was my left hand.
Got two new lenses today. Went on an outing to stretch both of their legs.. LOVE living in Utah. Purchased the Canon 17-55mm 2.8 efs and the brand new Tamron 70-300mm 4-5.6 VC. All of the nature shots I'm posting were taken with the Tamron save for the waterfall, that was my jewel, the Canon.
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1/30 sec. 100-ISO; 191mm f /8 -- Handheld
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1/25 sec. 100-ISO; 70mm f /8 -- Handheld
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1/30 sec. 100-ISO; 300mm f /8 -- Handheld
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1/250 sec. 100-ISO; 300mm f/ 8 -- Handheld and HEAVILY cropped. You guys really should check out the new Tamron.. it's amazing. (notice the frost on it's wings. It's like it was waiting for me)
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1/40 sec. 100-ISO; 300mm f /22 -- Handheld
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1/30 sec. 100-ISO; 40mm f /11 -- On a tripod. This lens rocks! :)
I have to say.. today was the most exciting day in the two months I've been taking photos. Not pictured were the Coyote, Antelope and various birds. Extremely exciting. Can't wait to do it all over again.
Great shots Rocco. Thanks for posting. I have been looking at this lens.Which camera did you use?
Mark
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+1 [Y]
Andy - Your shot of the Knoydart peninsula is absolutely breathtaking!!! Right before looking at this photo I had made a decision to NOT buy the 5d II for awhile but this shot is really making it tough to stick to that decision!
Rocco - Congrats on the new glass ...or should I say glasses!!! The waterfall shot is beautiful! If I was able to capture a shot like your #3, I think I
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CANON 7D 1/80 Sec, ISO 100, 18-135 IS, F/11.,Hand Held.
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It's still raining here. The floods have been terrible. Found this little fellow in a tree in my back yard. Haven't had one that close for a while, but the rain is effecting the wildlife a lot. Plenty of snakes, lizards up near the houseand a couple of big possums have moved into the roller doors on my shed. High and dry.
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255mm, @f4.0 1/40sec, ISO 100
Thanks for viewing.
Steve
Awwww! Great picture, Steve!
I sure hope the rains stop soon ...my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone suffering from these horrific floods!
Denise
Scott Falls is not the most spectacular water fall in the U.P. (Michigan), but still one of my favorites.
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It's great to see a few new members sharing their pictures here. Welcome all.
Also good to see the usual suspects - that's a cute koala pic, Steve. One tip for next time, when shooting a backlit subject, is to dial in some exposure compensation, or use spot-metering on the subject. The bear is a little dark due to the bright sky behind it. It might help to push the ISO up too, to get a hand-holdable shutter speed with a brighter exposure. I hope things get back to normal for you and the wildlife as soon as possible.
Thanks, Denise. While I was up there, I also did a 21-frame panorama at 70mm. At over 30,000 pixels wide, it is a little too big for this forum, but the detail in the scene is amazing. The 5D II sure is hard to beat for landscapes like that.Quote:
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The weather here has been awful, so I have to be content with my shots from last year. Here is another from the same trip. It was taken after 10pm in mid summer, looking towards the Cuillin Mountains on the Isle of Skye. The "UFO" is a lenticular cloud, so called because it is shaped like a lens, which is kind of appropriate for this forum, don't you think?
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1D Mark IV, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM @ 120mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 200
Thanks for the insight Andy, will have another go today.
BTW, I think I can see someone waving at us from your nice UFO photo.
Steve
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Could you post that image, downrezed of course! And a 100% crop for perspective.
Thanks,
John.
I like the heron with fish of<span class="user-name"][url="/members/Sinh-Nhut-Nguyen/default.aspx]Sinh Nhut Nguyen[/url].
<span class="user-name"]My input:
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Wild fox at Oostvaardersplassen in The Netherlands.
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The original is too big even for flickr, and it is less than 100 pixels high when downsized so it loses the impact. But in case you doubt me, I've just re-done it as two images.Quote:
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All taken with 5D Mark II, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 70mm, f/10, 1/50s, ISO 100
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100% crop (when viewed at Large size on flickr) of the white house at the lower left corner of the 2nd image:
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The house is 2 miles from my viewpoint.
Dude, that picture has staggering deitail! I guess shouldn
<span style="color: #000000;"]I set my camera up on a remote timer to get a few shots of the
mockingbird in my backyard. The sun was going down and I had to push
the exposure about 1.5 stops in post, which explains the extra grain.
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EXIF Intact
Thanks for looking!
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I finally put up some bird feeders in December. The feeders are right outside my office window so that I can see them by turning my head to the right. I keep a Canon S3 IS (superzoom point-and-shoot) on the desk. I recently got a used 50D that has become my primary DSLR, so I put my 70-200mm f/4L IS on my 30D and keep it by the desk, as well.
Most of the visitors are the standard bunch--goldfinches, house finches
& chickadees at the tube feeder, bushtits and chickadees on the
suet feeder, juncos and various sparrow species (song, chipping,
savannah, and house) at the ground feeder, with the occasional scrub
jay. (The jays actually try to use the tube feeder, as well, without
much success. I have seen a junco on the tube feeder perch, but most
are too big/fat and can't turn their heads enough to get into the
feeder. I've even seen one starling attempt to get food out of the
tube.) I've seen one bird of prey--may have been a merlin--and a hummingbird (one species, Anna's, winters here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon), but they've not stayed long enough for a photo. These two guys (both are males) did stick around long enough. The first two photos are of a Varied Thrush, a rather colorful bird.
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This was taken in the morning, but it was overcast. Auto WB turned out a bit blue and the photo was a bit dark, so I used DIgital Photo Professional to work on the RAW image. I pumped up the exposure 0.5 and chose "Cloudy" WB. The picture style was "Landscape," with saturation at +2 and sharpness at 4. (This is my standard setting for nature shots.) I then clicked on "Tone Curve Assist" in the RGB tab. I cropped in DPP and saved as a JPEG, then used Graphic Converter to scale to 750 pixels wide and applied a little bit of unsharp mask--a good idea when scaling down. Canon 30D, Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS @ 200mm, ISO 400, f/4, 1/160 sec.
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This was taken today in better light, so I left the exposure and WB alone. All I did was crop and scale to 750 pixels wide with a bit of unsharp mask. Canon 30D, Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS @ 200mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, style Lanscape with Sat +2, sharpness 4.
The next is an Evening Grosbeak, taken with the Canon S3 IS @ 67.4mm (35mm equiv 404mm), ISO 200 (the S3 isn't as good at higher ISO as the 30D), f/3.5, 1/125 sec. Only processing was to crop and scale.
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These suffer a bit from being taken through a double-paned insulated window that's a bit dirty on the outside, thanks in part to an industrious spider.
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1/100 sec. f /16 ISO-100; 300mm -- Taken with my Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SP Di VC on a Rebel XT body.
Ok, No where near my best, not even good, infact its a lousy shot, but one I have been trying to get for 3 years---So I had to share it.
These guys are tough to get. This is about a 100% crop Canon 7D, 100-400L
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Bob
Congratz finally getting a pic of one, I know how hard these guys are even to see. Did you call him in or was it a chance encounter. Will they allow you to set up a blind and call where you take pictures?
Rick
---This was a chance encounter. They are supposed to be pretty common in the Bosque, but this is only the second time I have seen one in 3 years. However, yopu commonly see sign where they have found dinner--such as pieces of bird or rabbit on the trail. As far as a blind, there is no specific exclusion as long as you are on or near an authorized trail. In fact, I have a couple of spots picked out that I do plan on setting up when it gets a little warmer---But I have to be careful when useing a predator call:
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Although, the photog in me says go for it---I would love to get one of these guys. Infact I had even thought about baiting with a rabbit and a predator call, but I think there is somekind photography ethics I would be violating ---So I'll just set up the blind, use a predator call and hope one doesn't see the rustling in the blind and mistake it for dinner. Mountain lion hunting is legal in this state and several of my friends have offered to take me on a hunt where they use dogs to tree the cat---But I put down my rifle a long time ago and now have a real distaste for that sort of thing--So I have passed on those offers.
Bob
Looks like a Bobcat to me. Look at his/her ears (i.e., black pointed tips). Plus his face looks patterned, flat, he/she doesn
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Originally Posted by dsiegel5151
Yep---Is a bobcat---He/she was skirting along a shrub line when I saw it, got out of the truck as quiet as I could and followed it for a few seconds, and it decided to take cover and watch me---This was shot about 40-50 Yards away--
<div>Bob</div>
I was thinking bobcat to. I am not sure I would want to try and call in a mountain lion. Although a mountain lion might come to the call it creates several problems:
- The most obvious problem is that you just called a mountain lion to you
- You have just taught the mountain lion to equate wounded prey with a human
- Calling one in would be difficult as their range covers hundreds and hundreds of square miles.
Another option would be this, some areas allow you to use the dogs to hunt when its not the legal time of year to take one. You could go on a catch and release hunt, however to me the pictures brought back wouldn't be as good as if you found one undisturbed doing what a mountain lion does (which is hopefully not eating you). I am thinking the new 600mm lens with the 2x extender for 1200mm would be the appropriate focal length.
I was thinking bobcat, whose area is just several square miles. I had one on my property for a number of years and saw him on a regular basis. It would have been possible to have some luck calling him in because daily he was going to pass the area.
Rick
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Originally Posted by HDNitehawk
Rick, Solid points. I have given this much thought and your points valid---especially #1. Regarding #2, this is where the hunter/photographer has to take some responsibility, and I have considered it. I wouldn't seek to call lions, in a tourist area such as the BDA---but might consider it in the mountains where human traffic is limited. #3---this is the real problem, and I don't really have a plan for this----Just do a lot of research and hope for a little luck---and as always, be prepared to sit quietly for hours.
To maintain distance I have been looking at some remotely operated electronic calls--This way I can maintain distance from the source of the sound and set up for best view and lighting.----Of course an 800 with an extender would be optimal[:P]
Thanks for the input
Bob
Caught this little guy eyeing the bird feeders I just put out ...it sure doesn't take them long to come investigating!
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