The products of my long weekend

[Alex]

Well after spending about 80 % of ANZAC holiday postprocessing the images I took this weekend I am posting my results below. These are more like snapshots compared with the images posted by others over the weekend, but nevertheless:

1. Sunset #1 (handheld, kit lens), first sunset I ever shot.



2. Sunset #2 (handheld, kit lens)



3. Koala (70-300 G lens)




4. Koala again (70-300 G lens)



5. Seal's rock 1 (70-300 G)



6. Seal's rock 2 (70-300 G)



7. Seals rock 3 (70-300 G)




8. Seal's rock 4 (70-300 G)



My apologies for the excessive number of photos.

In need of critique and comments.

Thanks
Alex

[BBJ]

Alex, fantastic, a lot of people bag this lens as it cheap but i think it is a great lens for what it is and capable of some nice images. I have used this lens as well with my motorsports with great success as well and well your pics show it all and i love the sunsets.
Well done.
Cheers
John
BBJ

[big pix]

Alex your sunsets are just fantastic............ Animals are not for me but nice pixs, water scenes....... the last 2 are good except for the highlights, as this area lacks detail. Sometimes you loose detail when you down size

cheers
big pix

[Onyx]

First ever sunset?! Mate they look fantastic! As do the koalas and seal rock.

[Alex]

Thanks for the comments, guys. I really appreciate it as I need pointers from more experienced photogs as I just started to use a camera a few month ago.

John,

My first experience with the 70-300 G lens wasn't that good. As I found a lot of images turned out too soft. I first thought it was my technique but I also so that softness wasalso observed in photos taken in excess of 1/500 s shutter speed. Now, I realised that it least with MY lens, I have to avoid the max focal length, so as long as I don't go beyond 270-290 mm, it works well and provided there is enough light it is an excellent lens for the money it costs. BTW, I saw your rally images today - superb, very sharp!

Alex

[PiroStitch]

That's a great selection of photos Alex So how many cups of coffee did you make when waiting for the computer to post process? I remember you telling me you had a slowish system.

[big pix]

Alex sorry I missed it when I looked at your pix, but looking again, have you tried to crop your sunsets to a loose pano format {just crop top and a little off the bottom}, I think it might be a bit of an improvement,

Cheers
bp

[Alex]

That's a great selection of photos Alex So how many cups of coffee did you make when waiting for the computer to post process? I remember you telling me you had a slowish system.

Thanks, mate.

I had a good sleep the night before Slowish is a gross understatement. I run on Celeron 500 with 196 MB of RAM and that' running NV, NC and PS CS concurrently. This piece of junk is long overdue for a replacement.


Alex

[Alex]

Alex sorry I missed it when I looked at your pix, but looking again, have you tried to crop your sunsets to a loose pano format {just crop top and a little off the bottom}, I think it might be a bit of an improvement,

Cheers
bp

bp, great idea, Thanks. I think you are right - there is too mush of sky left in both pics.

Cheers
Alex

[sirhc55]

Alex - there is nothing to worry about with these pics. I tend to agree with Big Pix on the crops but overall a fine set of pics.

[Alex]

Thanks for your comments, guys.

Alex

[phillipb]

Nice shots Alex, the 1st koala shot is really crisp, nice bokeh too. I have that lens as well, good value for money.

[mic]

Top shots Alex,

Well done

[flipfrog]

1 2 6 and 7 my favs


but all great captures!!!!!!!!

[yeocsa]

#1 is my favourite.

cheers,

Arthur

[Alex]

Thanks for your helpful comments, everyone. Funnily, on my old uncalibrated CRT the first one looks darker and I couldn't see the couple sitting on the pier and a boat in front. But can see them on newer wife's laptop LCD monitor and the monitor in my office.

Cheers
Alex

[kipper]

Seals Rocks? Is that down at Phillip Island?

[Alex]

Yes, Darryl. Nice place. Combined a few things in one trip. My mother-in-law is visiting from Thailand so we took her to have a look, I managed to get a few photos and did some fishing as well

Alex

[KerryPierce]

There are some very cool shots here and I thought the sunsets were great.

[kipper]

My parents got down to Phillip Island. I was planning on doing it but decided to go to Marysville, Lake Mountain and passed through Warburton. Warburton I think is going to be my next place to go for a day.

[Neeper]

Nice pictures!! keep them coming.