There was a thread on this sort of thing I think a little while back:

Link: link

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and another +1 from me. Nice captures. I find these small birds so hard to photograph. Maybe I need to get me one of those 600mm lenses. Top work!

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That's a nice set to my mind. I don't think they look over processed. I think my favourite from the bunch is number 3. The more twisted nature of the trees looks appealing and I especially like the way you have captured the mist so that the trees become fainter in the distance. I reckon there is great potential there to have a play in post-processing - maybe try as a black and white conversion?? or else leave as is

I also think the leafless tree adds a feel of desolation to the first shot - which could be brought out even more if you wanted to play with desaturating the colours even more... and the colours in number 2 are splendid!

Good stuff all round. Enjoy the DA21 ltd. I have one of those and more often than not it is my favourite lens (this changes all the time but the 21mm seems to rise to the surface more than most:wink

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Nice set. I love the vibrant background colours. I have been trying (and mainly failing) to get some decent pics of ducklings recently but they don't half shift! I think my fave is probably bums up as well, although I might trim a little off the bottom.

Really good stuff though

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I know what you mean about zoos. I enjoy going to see the animals but I still don't like seeing them caged in the way they are in some places...

Your tiger shot is a cracker - super sharp from the looks of it and I reckon it looks good as a mono shot. All the pics are good but the last three are excellent to my mind. The philosophical look on the monkey's face is brilliant!

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Thanks all for the comments. I am very much enjoying the fisheye lens. I was in two minds to an extent about the last one but on balance I think I rather like it. I'll try and boost the blues in the sky though...

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Thanks Gareth!

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Roger. Many thanks - you are right! (good spot) - I was using a ringflash. I was hoping (maybe optimistically) to find some bugs but I fear I was in the park a little too early (or else my 'bug-eyes' were not quite firing on all cylinders). Suffice to say I couldn't find any but found these plants instead.

I've also had a bit of a play in PP so the slight colour differences will be down to my colourization (is that a word?) of the B/W images with Photoshop. In general I have processed the pics as I normally would, then converted to B/W, added a vignette, boosted the contrast and slightly lifted the highlights, and colourized with a blu-ish tint (mainly)

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Wow there are some great shots there! I especially like the two macros, he sunset shot and the final one. The final one probably edging into first place for me. All very high quality though. That duck looks very cool too

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With apologies for posting 2 sets today - and further apologies for the dreadful pun in the title of this thread, I thought I would put up a few shots taken with the 10-17 Fisheye, which I recently got a copy of. I have to say it's an addictive lens to use as everything taken with it seems so funky it seems to warrant a great amount of use. My subject on this day was the British Museum...

First up, the Great Court:



Pharoah's room:



Sentries:



Foyer:



Portico:



Hope you like these. Any C&C welcomed as ever. I seem to have taken a ton of pictures this last couple of weeks (I blame the (nice) weather)

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