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At the Beach
Posted:
Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:11 pmby Slider
Taken today near Double ISland Point using the Tamron 70-300 at 300mm 1/640s at F6
Beautiful birds.
Posted:
Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:15 pmby Aussie Dave
nice one Mark. Is that a crop or full-frame out of the D70 ?
Must have had some good light shooting @ 1/640sec @ 300mm
obviously the blue sky gives it away.....doesn't it 
Posted:
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:02 amby Slider
Thanks Dave.
Bumped up a stop to counter the strong backlight and cropped about 1/4 of the original image.
I have since found out it is called a Brahminy Kite, just out of interest.
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Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:05 amby ozczecho
Well caught Slider....
Posted:
Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:08 amby mudder
Gee, the lighting looks terrific... Hard to get the underside so detailed, well done...
Posted:
Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:55 amby Slider
Thanks for the comments. I think the time of day had a lot to do with getting the light under the bird. Relatively early (around 9:00 AM) so the sun was still down low over the ocean. Could also have been a lot of light reflecting back up from the water and sand.
I am pretty happy with the result as so many of these type of shots end up very dark underneath.