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Take a D300 to the beach and

Postby gstark on Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:34 pm

grab a few shots.

Bondi, this afternoon.


80-400VR

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85 f/1.4

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Straight from the camera, resized only.
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Postby Glen on Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:15 pm

That 85 1.4 sure has nice results :D I notice they are quite reasonable in bargains too
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Postby gooseberry on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:23 pm

Glen wrote:That 85 1.4 sure has nice results :D I notice they are quite reasonable in bargains too


You got yourself one of them yet Glen ? :)
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Postby Glen on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:28 pm

I have the 85 1.8 Gooseberry and every time I see the results of the 1.4 I get those little pangs of envy :D
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Postby gooseberry on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:30 pm

Glen wrote:I have the 85 1.8 Gooseberry and every time I see the results of the 1.4 I get those little pangs of envy :D


:lol: :lol: Hahah.. I've got the 85/1.8 as well.... I always tell myself - it's good enough for me.
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Postby Glen on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:33 pm

But is it working? (talking to yourself) :lol:
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Postby gstark on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:44 pm

Glen wrote:I have the 85 1.8 Gooseberry and every time I see the results of the 1.4 I get those little pangs of envy :D


That's why I went for the 1.4. I knew the 1.8 would leave me wanting ....

Glen, I may post the sister image to that last one. I focused on the book, and you can read every word on the page.
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Postby gstark on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:45 pm

Glen wrote:But is it working? (talking to yourself) :lol:


At least he gets a sensible response. :)
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Postby gooseberry on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:53 pm

Glen wrote:But is it working? (talking to yourself) :lol:


Must resist.... seems to be working so far - though not sure for how much longer my immunity will last - especially when I stumble across images taken with it (like this thread) and get poisoned with the lens lust virus :lol:

gstark wrote:At least he gets a sensible response. :)


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Postby Matt. K on Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:56 pm

The D300 seems to render very natural colours and skin tones.
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Postby Bindii on Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:57 pm

That last one is a cracker Gary!! Looks like it was a brilliant day for the beach also... glad to see your getting to grips with your new toy also... :)
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