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Wow, what a bummer[:(]
Great shots as usual
Mark
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Originally Posted by Fast Glass
Wow, what a bummer[:(]
Great shots as usual
Mark
I did some research and found out that some other people have the same problem. I wonder if this some sort of defect because the 60D is so new and they are just pumping them out as fast as they can.Like Toyota.
Thanks for your kind comments, withthe 60D viewfindermanual focusingis easy in comparison to my XTi! That viewfinder was almost imposible to manual focus with a 2X TC, never mind track a moving subject.[:S]
Cheers,
John.
John - I can
I am just as awe struck w/ that shot being at ISO 6400! That
In good lighting without deep shadow ISO 6400 is very clean, with some shadows it's still very good.While the noise comes very good out of the camera I found that it takes noise reduction much better than the t1i I tried and WAY better than my old XTi. DXO also is much better at noise reduction than anything else I have tried.
John.
recent BIF shots
7D,300mm 2.8
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7D,700mm 5.6
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thanks for viewing!
JJ those shots are great! I especially like the first one.
Keep up the great work,
John.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 1/320, f/2.8, 200mm, ISO400
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Wow, what a colorful bird! Great angle ...very nicely composed photo, Mark!
Denise
Tufted Titmouse, Canon 1DMKIII, 300mm 2.8L, 1.4 TCII
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good one,too bad the bird is B&W....just kidding
Joel, great lighting and composition, well done!!!
The Great Blue Herons are returning to the rookery.
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Finally, a sign of spring!
Bill
Bill, this is something I have been dreaming about! Beautiful baby birds as well as the shot!!!
Mark, Unique shot with cool colors!
Joel, nice pose and composition, with sharp focus and a nice creamy background!
Bill, Great capture of the two young ones in the nest!
Rich
Thanks JJ and Rich for commenting on the GBHs, but I have to correct you. These 2 birds are adults in their breeding attire and were the only pair showing a possibility of romance in the air.
The chicks won
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I love this photo, Bill and I cannot wait for them to start returning to SE Wisconsin!!!
Denise
Mockingbird 1D IV, 500mm F6.3, 1/1600, ISO 400 handheld, he (or she) sang for me
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Redwing Blackbird ID IV, 500mm, F7.1, 1/800, ISO 400 a baited bird at the feeder
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Rick, very nice shots!
I
I agree with JJ,
well done Rick[Y] !!!
I would not crop them quite so tight in the frame but you nailed the exposure fantastic.
JJ and Joel
Thanks, I think your right I got a little to tight with the crop. I thought that when I was doing it, but did it any way trying to show it to close.
I don
Not as cool as some of the previous photos but when you see one of these, you know spring has officially arrived ....YIPPPEEEE!!!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/...aeb7cbce94.jpg
Nice Robin Denise, very sharp and well exposed with a nice, un-cluttered background.
I took this about 15 minutes ago .....
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Another one from this morning ......
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Very nice Robin Denise, I saw one in my backyard yesterday, but wasn
I posted some pics of my set up a long ways back ... I
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_I...X4/Hawk_21.JPG
Canon 550D 131mm, 1/250 f/5.6 ISO100
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_I...76/Hawk_09.JPG
Canon 550D 220mm, 1/400 f/6.3 ISO 250
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I...76/Hawk_16.JPG
Canon 550D 250mm, 1/400 f/6.3 ISO500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I...76/Hawk_25.JPG
Canon 550D 187mm, 1/4000 f/6.3 ISO1600 (I was shooting this guy in flight, so the settings are all screwy)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I...0/Slough04.JPG
Canon 550D 400mm + 1.4X, 1/320 f/6.3 ISO400
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I...6/Slough05.JPG
Canon 550D 400mm + 1.4X, 1/250 f/5.6 ISO400
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Canon 550D 250mm, 1/800 f/10 ISO100
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_I.../Slough_05.JPG
Canon 550D 250mm, 1/500 f/8 ISO100
All shot using my lowly 55-250 kit lens or 300 f/4L at a Hawking convention or local slough
Let me know what you think!
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Very nice images! The third one crops too much of the Hawk, is this the un-cropped picture?
The forth one would be much nicer if you could have shot that a lower angle.
The fifth one I would crop for a different composition, mabye a virtical.
The sixth one I would crop also.
The rest are excelent!
John.
Thanks.
The hawk pics are all unedited, uncropped.
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That's what I was thinking, but there was a bright orange plastic construction fence in the way. I tried shooting through it, but the orange was reflecting into the picture too much. All my shots were basically restricted to 4'+.
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What do you mean?
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How much were you thinking? I kinda liked the wider composition...then again resized down to 576px wide, it does look a little "off"
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I had a hunch that was the reason, but wasn't sure.
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Whoops, I spelled it wrong! I ment to crop it in a vertical/portriat oriantation instead of a horizontal/landscape oriantation.
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I was thinking something like your last image. Mabye a vertical would also work so you keep the reflection in the water.
John.
I like the hawk pict's.
Is that you in the reflection in the birds eye on the second picture? Great detail on the hawks.
Ninja, nice shots! I like the last one the best!, I especially like the the lights hitting on the wings and the reflection.
I 'd like to add some opinions. the fifth picture, it seems that the whites are over exposed.white birds like this egret are very bright usually brighter than you think especially in sunny day.
also, you tend to put the birds in center of the frame which we usually want to avoid. so you may want to work on the composition a little more.
just my 2 cents. keep shooting and have fun!
Here are some from yesterday, what do ya think?
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All of these were taken using the better beamer and Minolta auto 360PX flash set to a low flash power in manual mode, TTL metering doesn't work on my 60D. The Pilated Woodpecker took me by suprise and could only take one shot of it before it flew off, so I didn't have timeadjust my settings. I'll try him again later on a set upperch.
John.
Just thought I'd contribute something- I get time to look at all of your great photos now and again but rarely time to post so now that I have a chance, here's one I shot last week.
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These little buggers are fast but a got lucky on a frame or two.
5dmkII 135mm f/5.6 1/1000 sec
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This one from my leave to CA. 5DII 135mm f/2 1/8000 sec
John, Very nice shots. Great pastel background on the first two.
Here are a couple I grabbed yesterday. On the sparrow, I tried my hand at a little photoshop working on subject isolation (something like joel's recipe)---But I definately need some more practice. I think I over cooked the gaussian blur and I could notfigure out how to remove the halo from around the birds head and chest.
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Hmmm, The shot above is quite a bit darker when uploaded and allow tdp to convert the size. Normally I resize when I export from Lightroom, but this time I just let TDP resize---But not a bad effect, just unexpected.
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Nice shots Bill, the halo looks like an HDR.Before I read you over cooked the background I thought you did that on purpose.[:)]
Second shot could usea little fill flashto soften the shadows, I had the exact same problem yesterday with hard shadows with those sparow shots. But a littleflash fixed it really nicely.The better beamer totally rocks for birds![Y]
Cheers,
John.
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Isn't it already in portrait? You just mean cropped tighter or what?
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Yeah, I was hoping that would come through when they got resized. If you look carefully, you can see the reflection in the second and third pics.
Thanks!
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Vertical means up and down, like in a vertical battery grip. Take a brick and stand it on it's short end. Horizontal means side to side, take the brick and set it down on it's long side.
What I mean is to crop it tighter, but also in a portrait oriantation. Rather than in a landscape oriantation as it is now.
Hope that helps, and if not just give a holar[Y]
Cheers,
John.
I know what portrait and landscape are. The fifth picture with the white egret is already in portrait orientation...
... or am I really missing something here?
John (as in Fast Glass), I