Agreed nice shots Denise, are these in your garden?
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Agreed nice shots Denise, are these in your garden?
Rangitoto sunrise.
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What did you do wrong? I can't see anything wrong.
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Thanks, William! I think maybe it would have turned out better with not quite such a slow shutter speed and a slighly wider apeture. But that would have meant setting my ND Fader filter to an even darker setting. It was only my second time using this filter and I'm still getting used to it.
@ Steve - I wish these were from my garden! My daughter & I took our annual train ride to the Chicago Botanic Garden on Friday! Beautiful place but it sure was hot! Lugging my 40 pound camera bag on my back w/ tripod was challenging (I pack just about everything ...just in case)! It's about a 40 minute walk from the station to the gardens, then we spent 6 hrs. walking around the gardens and another 40 minute walk (uphill) back to the station! Very tiringbut still a fun day! She shot some pretty good photos w/ my Canon p&s which I hope to post soon!
Denise
Went to a Medieval festival on the weekend, very colourful and very cool customers.
This majestic creature got to carry a wedgetail eagle on his arm.
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And so did this one.
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The hoods are used to stop the birds laughing at the clothes their handlers wear.
Thanks for viewing.
Steve
Very nice pixs Steve.
I can
Don
A slightly different one from the weekend. A lot of people were dressed up for the event, but this guy just wore his street clothes.
The man in black, Johnny Cash or "daywalker"??
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Steve
A trained Peregrine Falcon that was let go by the handler and just decided not to come back. These birds were raised from the egg in captivity, but this one answered the call of the wild on the day. The handler has the birds hood in his mouth.
Hope it came back.
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Steve
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I wonder how the falcon will get rid of the jesses...
I didn't know until now that "jesses" were the leather strips used to secure the bird.
Ithink they did end up getting it back.A couple of them went for a walk and started spinning the "lures"(not sure if that is the correct term) and bird spotted them and came back.
The show was a bit of a let down because the Falcon wouldn't come back, they couldn't release the Wedgetail Eagle to do its tricks. The announcer was saying that a Wedgetail can snatch a swan out the air and fly off with it.
These birds were all raised in captivity and this is what they had waiting for them when they got back to the tent.
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Sorry, trying to delete a double post.
A few from a trip to Niagara Falls this past weekend:
Horseshoe falls from the "Behind the Falls" tour: Canon 7D, 15-85 @ 15 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100
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Canadian side-Close up of Horseshoe falls: 7D, 15-85 @ 85 mm, 0.8, f/16, ISO 100, B+W ND 106
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Theylight the falls at night,American falls to the left and Horseshoe falls to the right: 7D, 15-85 @ 20 mm, 2.5", f/4, ISO 100
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American Falls: 7D, 15-85 @ 35 mm, 1", f/20, ISO 100, B+W ND 106
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American falls from the American side:7D, 15-85 @ 15 mm, 0.4, f/11, ISO 100, B+W ND 106
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They have a brief (~6 min) firework show every Friday and Sunday during the summer:
7D, 15-85 @ 24 mm, 2.5 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320
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Finally, walking back at night after they had turned the lights onto the falls:
7D, 15-85 @ 17 mm, 1/5 sec, f/5, ISO 250
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Thanks for viewing--Brant
Great shots Brant. I especially like the last one, it
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I don't know if you've seen the Australian movie 'The Castle' but over here we would say "That's going straight to the pool room". You've gotta be happy with a shot like this. I love the color and how the sunlight illuminates the feathers from behind.
Thanks William. I like that shot as well...it and the first are probably my favorites.
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Yep.I cancreditIS on the 15-85 for that.
Took a walk around the Christian Science Plaza in downtown Boston yesterday. This is the Mother Church, with the Prudential Center in the background.
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Thanks, William! I was lucky to get the shot. In a blink he was there ...blink again and he was gone! I like to come home after work and go in my backyard and just snap a few shots to unwind and usually that time of day the sun recks havoc on some of my shots but this one worked out well.Quote:
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@ John - Very nice shot of a beautiful building!
Denise
@Brant- great job of the falls, different perspectives, I like the night ones the best, you are becoming a "falls specialist" sounds a bit like a stuntman.
@John- everything nice and straight and tilted to where it should be, but the contrast and detail in that shot almost verges on HDR, but the lens is just that good. And the bloke holding it has to know what he is doing as well, nice image.
Hey Neuro...Great shot. One of these days I might have to get one of those tilt shifts...I love the lines and shadows!!
Gregg
I've been trying to get close enough to a resting dragonfly for quite a while. This guy cooperated.
7D & 70-300L @ 300mm, f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO 400. Cropped in a bit.
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Here's a side view, which captures the fire engine red tail section.
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Another one posed too.
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Brian those shots are great but the first one is really terrific. Nicely done..!
Thanks Jonathan! I was excited to finally capture a dragonfly, especially "face to face" as in the first shot.
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Great shots!
Dragonflies/damselflies are fun to shoot; the trick is their behavior - they hunt from a limited set of perches, so when you see one sitting on a twig you can set up your tripod and focus, then step a little bit back with a remote release and wait. The dragonfly will perch, fly off, perch again, etc., gving you lots of chances for a shot.
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Thanks John! That's great advice.
Brian
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Yup, and also if you catch them early in the morning, before they've had a chance to warm up, they're less active and will "pose" a little longer for you...
I was out this weekend and shotquite a few Damselflies and, at first, they would sit (~6am) but by 7am the sun had warmed them up and they were more active.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Damian
The lighthouse from Cleveland Point from a different angle, late afternoon light.
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Steve
Hi, I've been playing with HDR lately and I'd like your opinion on the following (less HDRed or more HDRed). Enjoy
All were shot with at 10mm
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the second one really looks great, with good composition...the small fence leads your eye to the barn!! very nice
Gregg
Sunset on the side of the road at Wellington Point.
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214mm F6.3 ISO100 1/320sec
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Steve
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I'm not sure I understand your question completely, but I like the middle shot the best!
Rich
double post.
Steve,
Are you kidding me! That shot is Fantabulous!
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I've been wanting to shoot a unique image, whoops did I did say that. Just a vision I had and goes well with my name as william pointed out.
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Product placement:
"Just do it" -Nike.
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Just did some hiking in Germany and also in US
I liked these ones:
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taken with 17-85 mm
and the other one taken with 50mm f/1.8
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I would love to here your opinion...:-)
Keivan
I really like the color pallet of the second image and the transition of focus. The first image may also look good in high contrast BW due to it
The Tartan Day Parade today in Aberdeen.
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1D Mark IV, EF135mm f/2L USM @ f/5, 1/160s, ISO 160
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1D Mark IV, EF135mm f/2L USM @ f/5, 1/125s, ISO 160
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1D Mark IV, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 24mm f/3.2, 1/250s, ISO 100
Great shots Andy, lovely colour, really happy it wasn