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Couple of meerkats
They're good Paul. Good sharpness and neutral backgrounds. Last week there was a photo of Algi uploaded, now you've spotted LennyBloke out and about! Thanks John, I'll keep an eye out for any other forum members :D Both shot with DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 at 230mm f5.6 I've been neglecting that l...
Posted by paulcliff on 17/05/2017 - 08:29
Couple of Lorikeets
Tried these with a 1.7 converter on the Da 300 and K3 II they are very prolific around here. shame about the sprig across the first one, ah well back to the drawing board
Posted by 08tiger on 17/05/2017 - 04:42
A visit to Farne Islands
Went last Sunday. Amazing experience, especially if you're into birdwatching or photographing. Few advices for anyone who wants to go for the first time and not make my mistakes :). Unless you go for all day expensive trip you'll only have 1 hour on the island so you have to make it count. 1. ...
Posted by gfurm on 17/05/2017 - 11:41
A visit to Farne Islands
Few advices for anyone who wants to go for the first time My advice would be to wear a hat or risk having a head gouged by the nesting Arctic Terns. Great photos by the way. I've heard that as well and was prepared. But they didn't try to do it. I was so overwhelmed with the amount of puffins, r...
Posted by gfurm on 17/05/2017 - 14:39
A visit to Farne Islands
The artic terns have only just started egg laying now. So will be protective over the next month or so. But believe me they can be vicious...lol Had a great experience there last year. I'm not a bird follower, though I accompanied a friend who was. So I had someone to identify the different species....
Posted by stub on 17/05/2017 - 15:20
Spring 2017 album
Some fab stuff in there and whilst I agree the more you shoot the better you get I think you're putting some pressure on yourself and posting a few images that fall a little short of the really good stuff you have posted. I think to become a really good photographer you have to understand what m...
Posted by cabstar on 21/05/2017 - 19:07
Spring 2017 album
Thanks Gary, I could have edited down to a dozen pics but in this case my idea was a little different. I actually took a couple of thousand pics over the tree months with a daily edit that i tried to discipline my self to doing within 24 hours. On return I'll go back to offering an image at a ...
Posted by wvbarnes on 21/05/2017 - 19:54
Spring 2017 album
Edited down to remove a few family 'snaps' and 'just because it was the one i saw' pics. A Jay in undergrowth was such an example and one or two birds flitting off (not sharp enough). I'm aware this is not the normal 'select set' approach but I wanted to try something different. Thanks Gary, I...
Posted by wvbarnes on 21/05/2017 - 20:37
Two Random Shots from Today
Very nice close-ups! Some good looking out-of-focus areas as well. I don't think the colour adds anything to the padlock one, the mono version has a very clean look to it that I prefer. I think all of the shots would benefit from a higher amount of sharpening ... there's just not quite enough 'b...
Posted by McGregNi on 22/05/2017 - 19:33
Ripley's turn tonight as my model.
Thanks for the comments. It is a real trial to get him to sit still for a picture. My dilemma is that if I hold the camera he is a) likely to move before I take the shot and b) he tends to be looking straight at me which leads to same-ish pictures. Using the camera pre-focussed and triggered ...
Posted by pschlute on 28/05/2017 - 13:49
Ripley's turn tonight as my model.
Your lighting again has produced great depth, tones and contrast across the dogs coat (sorry, is that the right term? I'm not a doggy person!). The background brightness seems fine ...personally I still prefer the black background as in your earlier ones, which really sets off the deep tones on the ...
Posted by McGregNi on 28/05/2017 - 14:16
Ripley's turn tonight as my model.
I'd like to see a crop, without the body, a square crop cut off just below the ears I think you are right Nigel, the square crop suits much better. Although with this particular photo it shows up the focus defficiencies more.
Posted by pschlute on 28/05/2017 - 15:34
Volleyball Reportage Photos (Pentax K-S2 and some lenses)
Thanks for comments and views. I used different values for aperture, shutter speed and iso, but most of the photos are with AFC focusing mode, back button focus, a shutter speed of 1/1000 - 1 / 1500s, aperture f = 5.6 and ISO = 800-1100.
Posted by edri on 29/05/2017 - 11:32
Some Recents....
Impressed by how sharp these are, were they manually focused or does the Tamron teleconverter allow auto focus?
Posted by RobL on 30/05/2017 - 07:26
Barbed wire
That's a very precise point of focus there! Glad to hear it's working again. Am I right to assume that it was your camera contacts that were at fault? I believe it's the same ones that are used for SDM and DC lenses.
Posted by McGregNi on 31/05/2017 - 05:55
Barbed wire
That's a very precise point of focus there! Glad to hear it's working again. Am I right to assume that it was your camera contacts that were at fault? I believe it's the same ones that are used for SDM and DC lenses. Thanks Nigel, no it was one of the two little brass tabs on the lens that broke, ea...
Posted by 08tiger on 31/05/2017 - 06:23
The Baby and Me
I love it Nigel, not just for the description of using the twin flash set-up in bright daylight, but also because you both seem to be holding back a grin. Keeping a secret from the photographer no doubt !
Posted by pschlute on 30/05/2017 - 20:01
More macros
Cheers Nigel, I was lucky that it was quite bright sunshine for 20 mins or so, I had to get an angle that lit the background with sunshine and allowed my flash to light the focus daisy. Its quite difficult to not end up with a black background when using tubes and macro. If the flash is strong enou...
Posted by derek897 on 31/05/2017 - 23:07
Black and white profile portrait with rim lighting
For this one I used a snoot on camera left but beyond the subject pointing back. A weak fill light (softbox) was used on camera left. A reflector was positioned behind Rio to add more fill. The weak fill effect gave a quite unappealing low contrast result in colour. But I am much happier when i p...
Posted by pschlute on 01/06/2017 - 21:09
Some Weeds....
Fox and cubs (#2,3) are devils to photograph due to their really intense colours. Well done for getting them right. Personally, I hate AF macro lenses because they focus on what they want to and not the precise bit you want. #3 is a good example, where the lens went for the maximum contrast at the ...
Posted by davidwozhere on 10/06/2017 - 00:16
