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Photo of Shingleback - January 2005

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Photo of Shingleback - January 2005

Postby Wombat124 on Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:45 pm

Hi,

Took this photo whilst on holidays in January. My kids held the shingleback for about 1/2 hour so it became a family pet!!

http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php?album=197&pos=1

Photo taken with Kit lens.

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Postby ozimax on Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:50 pm

nice and sharp, I'm about to cut some z's and I'm sure I'm going to have nightmares about the giant killer shingleback...Max
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levels ...

Postby christiand on Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:54 pm

Hi Wombat,

why is he so dark ?
If I may make a suggestion, have a play with levels in photoshop.

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shingleback ...

Postby christiand on Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:57 pm

It was the year 1962 !!!

we used to leave a saucer with milk in the backyard in Adelaide,
and lizards would come to have a drink.

One day this shingleback came and he noticed the saucer and he bit into the saucer with a mighty clonck !!! and then disappeared.

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Postby mudder on Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:11 pm

Strewth! That looks like a monster from an old horror movie! Part lizard, part snake... Eeeeshhhh...
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Postby Wombat124 on Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:16 pm

Christian

I wanted to keep it "original" and I liked the dark background which gives it an spooky look.

But it could be lightened up to give a different affect I agree.

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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:30 pm

Great photo - now comes the nightmares :cry:
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Postby Wombat124 on Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:28 pm

Thanks for comments - I though it was a good photo - so many times when I take close ups the final product is disappointing (usually blurred) but this one had a high F stop - around 16.

By the way the kids did not lose any fingers.

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Postby Marty on Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:06 pm

Great photo.
Its very sharp, especially with the kit lens.
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Thanks Marty

Postby Wombat124 on Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:22 pm

Thanks Marty

The original photo (over 4mb) is quite spectacular in that the colours are much better. Resizing for a web photo lost some of that "precisness" of the original thus a bit dark (especially in the background).

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