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Pics from Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens.
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Sun May 15, 2005 9:30 pm
by dhess
All pics shot with 70-300 ED at 300mm or close to.
All pics handheld except the lizard.
All pics USM'd and most have the stauration slightly increased (between +10 and +20)
All criticism and recommendation are very welcome
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Posted:
Sun May 15, 2005 9:37 pm
by edneeves
I would suggest maybe cranking up the ISO a bit, this will give you a little more room with the shutter speed and hence give you a slightly crisper image. Other than that I think they look pretty good, especially liking the lizard shot.
How close can you get to a subject with the 300mm?
Ed.
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Sun May 15, 2005 9:41 pm
by Neeper
I agree, there seems to be a bit of camera shake. The flower one is nice.
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Sun May 15, 2005 9:49 pm
by kipper
#1 - Not sharp enough. Not sure what the EXIF data reads but the image is too soft, probably from camera shake.
#2 - While the image shows some sharpness in the body (could be a tad sharper, again camera shake?), the beak looks a tad soft. Probably too shallow DOF, try cranking reducing the aperture by a few stops.
#3 - Not sharp enough.
#4 - A tad sharp, nice composition
#5 - Very sharp, think a member in Melbourne had a photo like this with the 18-70DX.
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Mon May 16, 2005 1:16 pm
by dhess
Thanks for the replies.
I figured I would get crucified for the lack of sharpness
I don't have the steadiest hands. But I will be acquiring a 70-200VR soon.
Good point on bumbing up the ISO to speed up the shutter. At the time I didn't think I would need it as it was bright and on the LCD the pics looked alright.
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Mon May 16, 2005 2:31 pm
by darb
last two are nice ... the others seem blurry.
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Mon May 16, 2005 6:26 pm
by mudder
Yep, sharpness yada yada in the first few, but the lizard shot's a bewdie and the colour in that water lily(?) is so vivid, looks great! Including the bug
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Be tempted to clone out the stuff surrounding the flower, just leaving the green leaf in the b/l corner, just to keep attention on the flower... Looks great with that colour tho!
Cheers.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:04 pm
by dhess
Thanks.
Just have to learn how to clone and I will give it a just.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:11 pm
by mudder
G'day,
Sorry mate, by cloning I meant copying from a source location (another black area) over the target (where the faint distractign bits are) in Post Processing, like PhotoShop, PaintShopPro etc...
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Mon May 16, 2005 10:14 pm
by dhess
No worries will give it a go.