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Hello everyone,
The terns have beenhere atBolsa Chica for the past 3 months - busy mating, courting and rasing chicks...
Some addition to this very popular thread
1. Elegant Terns Courting Ritual
40D & 400 f/5.6L, 1/1600, f/7.1, ISO 250
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-1...9-14-08_PM.jpg
2. Forster's Tern feeding chicks, please view the larger version for this one.
40D & 400 f/5.6L, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 250
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-2...0-46-08_PM.jpg
Thank you for viewing and commenting everyone. Your critiques help me improve and be a better photographer.
Nate,
Larger versions:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9505271&size=lg
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9524132&size=lg
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I don't mean to slight anybody else, but Nate, overall, you're the best bird photographer I know of.
Now, granted, I'm sheltered, but, rivals anything i've seen in a magazine.
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Thanks for the encouragment Colin, I'm glad you like my work. I'm just lucky to live in an area where there are a few bird sanctuaries, hence more opportunities.
If you want to see great bird photography I recommend you checking out www.birdphotographers.net, I can only dream of some of those guys' work.
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Not necessarily my best just cool to me.
Owl in a lightning storm.
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Lightning flash lights up the background 580EXII @1/1 fills the Owl.
[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.81/_5F00_MG_5F00_9697sm.jpg[/img]Few minutes later with just 580EXII no lightning.
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Keith, dumb question, but how did you get the lightning and the flash in the picture?
I'm guessing long shutter speed (for the lightning) and 2nd curtain synch on the 580EXII?
Cool pictures!
One word for the second one: "EYESSSS" sick photo!
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Thanks Roger!
it was a 1/2 second exposure, f/7.1 ISO 640, 40D 100-400 @400mm, second curtain. It was tough I was focusing in the dark waiting for lightning flashes for focus assist. It was about 100 feet away. I did move slightly closer for the second shot.
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Does this qualify as a "nature shot" ?
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I'll see your foxy lady and raise you 1 fox![img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.23.16/Fox-1_5F00_2.jpg[/img]
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I'm not sure Central Park counts as "nature", but this is one of my favorite shots I've taken...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/...dedf25f1ab.jpg
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is it a HDR image? real pretty
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Thanks!
It actually isn't HDR....I shot a five-exposure bracket expecting to do HDR, but there wasn't enough contrast in the scene for the HDR to add anything. This single exposure (which the camera thought was one stop overexposed) ended up looking better than the merged image, so I went with it.
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Not my best and not exactly in nature, but I found this little guy in
my kitchen 50 minutes ago (it was 1:57AM then). I grabbed my 50D +
17-85, took a chair (since it was high on the wall) and took a few
shots. I ended up with 4 shots on my camera, then on my PC narrowed
down to just 2 and finally took the better one and used DPP to process
it - including heavy cropping (it was shot horizontally). Finally I
resized it to feet 800px wide and applied unsharp mask one time. Here
it is:
Edit: it is almost 100% crop
Some Exif: Manual mode, Tv: 1/250, Av: f/8, ISO: 100, Focal length: 85mm, Flash exposure compensation: +1 1/3 (built in flash)
[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.22.41/DPP_5F00_0001.JPG[/img]
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http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-2...6-12-31_PM.jpg
hello everyone,
I revisited this site again and this time chose a different angle. This image originallywas underexposed by 1.5 stops because I was shooting against the sky right before this moment. I was glad that it was underexposed because the high shutter speed allowed me to freeze the action. The correct exposure would have ruin this shot due to much slower shutter speed. I over brightened this image a little more than I needed to, resulting in some blown out highlight on the mother's chest. I will rework it later.
Hope you like it, please feel free to comments, thanks for viewing
40D & 400 f/5.6L, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 400, Noise Ninja in the background.
Here's a larger version. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9546572&size=lg
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Hey Everyone here is a shot from my time in California. I was there for about 2 weeks and there wasn't a cloud in the sky the whole time. Definitely different then the weather we have in NJ.
1Ds Mark III, 24-105 L, Aperature Priority, @ f5.6, 1/320, 24mm, ISO 200,using a circular polorizing filter and converted from RAW
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Nate,
Just incredible.
This is an image that reflects not only your love for nature but your dedication to the art and scienceof photography.
WOW!!
P.S. Are you working on an exhibition of these works you show us? I hope you've lined up a publicist.
Chuck
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Are you working on an exhibition of these works you show us
He should be!!!
Great image Nate!
-Rodger
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I agree. Nate is producing some of the best bird shots I have seen. Here is my meager attempt. I caught this guy way off at the soccre goal behind our house. It was in hazy noon light, but you take what you can get. Red-tailed hawk about to enjoy lunch.
http://www.pbase.com/roffee/image/11...9/original.jpg
Larry
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Great image Nate!
I second that. Or third it. Or fourth it, I lost count :)
Awesome!
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Larry,
Have any pictures of the hawk actually enjoyinglunch? Good shot, I just think the hawk eating might be a bit more interesting a subject.
-Rodger
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Larry,
Have any pictures of the hawk actually enjoyinglunch? Good shot, I just think the hawk eating might be a bit more interesting a subject.
-Rodger
[:D] I wish that I could have. In the very next frame that hawk was taking his lunch elsewhere.
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Larry,
Have any pictures of the hawk actually enjoyinglunch? Good shot, I just think the hawk eating might be a bit more interesting a subject.
-Rodger
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Not a hawk, but I have photos of an osprey chowing down on a fish.
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A couple more bird pics
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Still pond in the morning mist, onmy way to work. 350D 75-300 kit lens f11 205mm. Levels adjusted in PS.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/...674d11e681.jpg
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Stunning bird photos above BTW. The quality of photos on this forum just keep me coming back for another look....fantastic stuff!
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I took a few photos like this one. Taken on the dunes by Lake Michigan. Not sure if I like the color ones or this black and white one more. View the rest here if you want.
Great photos everyone!
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I personally like the BW,slightly bettercomposition and more interest than the colour versions (in my humble opinion)... I like how you have chosen to capture in both the above shots what many people would possibly overlook!
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here is a BW taken at SilverLake just south of Lake Tahoe. Tell me what you think. [img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.22.00/rock-and-clouds-_5B00_1600x1200_5D00_.jpg[/img]
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I think it looks great [:)]
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thanx Oren...you always have a great reply. wasn't sure , though, 'cause you didn't say anything in the other post that this pic was in. thanx again....Gregg
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Well I can't reply to any picture/post someone makes here [:P]
I also don't comment much if the pics are posted in the "post your best [something]" threads, as I prefer to just take a look at the new pictures, but you specifically asked "tell me what you think" so I replied lol.
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here is a BW taken at SilverLake just south of Lake Tahoe. Tell me what you think.
Cool. I like the composition, the rock lead in particularly. The clouds are exposed perfectly to show all that beautiful detail that one sees with the eye but often fails to capture in photographs.
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I personally like the BW,slightly bettercomposition and more interest than the colour versions (in my humble opinion)... I like how you have chosen to capture in both the above shots what many people would possibly overlook!
Thanks!
Your pond photo above mine is great!
Love the colors!
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The BW lake is fantastic!
Saw this little guy yesterday.
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Canon 50D+ 70-200 f4 L @ 200mm ISO 100 f/6.3 1/800"
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Dave:
Nice one! And you didn't even use a macro lens either.
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Here are a couple I took the other day with the 70-200mm f4 IS. They were taken at 200mm @f4,holding the camera with one hand and my son in the other. I had to grab him since he was trying to catch the "fly".
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You got these while holding your son with the other hand? no way... I can't get such a shot with both hands lol