Some photos from our trip to Sydney

[bwhinnen]

I'll add more as I get through them.

This was my first hand held attempt with a subject and water. Was taken at the top waterfall in the Chinese Gardens, Darling Harbour, the willing subject is my wife

Shutter priority, 1/2 second F/22. 28-80G. I do notice the overexposed area and it bugs me...



Cheers
Brett

[xerubus]

great shot... especially with the slow shutter speed... your wife must have been perfectly still ...

the over exposure can't really be helped with the direct sun... but i've given it a go for you... sorry... that's about the best i can do....

[Killakoala]

It's a really good attempt to get the effect you were after.

[bwhinnen]

Meerkats... Quite appropriate as we went to the Lion King the next day. Both shot with the 70-300G, not at full focal length though





Brett

[xerubus]

brett ... those meerkats are wonderful... well done.

[bago100]

Good photo

I've tried to crop the photo and see how that looks. Hope you don't mind.



Rule of thirds can't be used here when this is done unfortunately

Was the overblown right hand side obvious in the preview screen?

Cheers

Graham

[Killakoala]

Those Meerkats are absolutely sensational. They are one of my most favorite animals.

I love how you've gotten them to stand to attention on command They must have known you were taking their photo and posed for you.

[Glen]

Brett,

great shot! can see the concentration on your wifes face, obviously you told her not to move.

Bago,

Well done, "neat and in the middle"

[bwhinnen]

Brett,

great shot! can see the concentration on your wifes face, obviously you told her not to move.

Bago,

Well done, "neat and in the middle"

No I think that was the "Have you taken the photo yet" look, I asked her to stay still in the next one...

Crop does look better and a good idea

Yeah the blown section was there in the preview, but I didn't want to underexpose as I wasn't sure how much I could have recovered.

The standing to attention of the Meerkats is a trick they've learnt when someone walks up to their enclosure holding a bag near the edge of the wall. I think half of all the photos I took at Taronga were of the Meerkats, my wife adores them.

Cheers
Brett

[Glen]

Brett,
after the first 3,000 photos taken of my wife round the house she doesn't even pay any attention to me any more when the camera comes out

[bago100]

Brett

A little photoshopping and you have this

What do you think?



Cheers

Graham

[bwhinnen]

Brett

A little photoshopping and you have this

What do you think?

http://home.iprimus.com.au/gbaglan/falls2.jpg

Cheers

Graham

Now that I like! Thanks!

Brett

[kipper]

I've got a good closeup of a meerkat when I went to the Melbourne Zoo. Thought I had a lot of keepers from the day trip with my sister and nephew but only about 40-50%

[bwhinnen]

Now this is my favourite animal. A bit young to be called King, so perhaps Prince?

Shot with the 70-300G @ 130mm through the wonderful glass that everyone uses now.



Brett

[kipper]

So Brett, is that the Nikkor AFG 70-300mm F4-5.6 lense?
If so, that is bloody amazing. Do you have the shooting data for that tiger shot?
I'm half considering selling my Sigma 70-300mm APO super macro, never been able to achieve those sort of shots with it. Maybe it's user error I don't know.

Although I just saw this.....some of them are APO II so I dunno what the difference is:

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/browse?id=28325

[bwhinnen]

So Brett, is that the Nikkor AFG 70-300mm F4-5.6 lense?
If so, that is bloody amazing. Do you have the shooting data for that tiger shot?
I'm half considering selling my Sigma 70-300mm APO super macro, never been able to achieve those sort of shots with it. Maybe it's user error I don't know.

Although I just saw this.....some of them are APO II so I dunno what the difference is:

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/browse?id=28325

Yes it is that lens, I've heard (never used the Sigma as the APO II was more expensive and the 70-300G was a lens to learn with) that the APO II is a good lens.

Focal Length: 130mm
1/80 sec - F/4.2
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Tone Comp: User-Defined Custom Curve (WW 3.5)

One thing that I always do with the 70-300G is use the UnSharp Mask feature under Nikon Capture, which really helps bring out the detail in the photo.

I've found the WW 3.5 curve to give me the best results with what I shoot straight off camera in good lighting.

Cheers
Brett

[Mj]

Just goes to show the 70-300 lens can get great results... just have to have the right conditions and light levels though otherwise it can be hard going to get that elusive shot.

[kipper]

I assume this photo was taken freestanding, no tripod etc.


ps. I only have the APO I not the II, not sure what the difference is. Whether the optics are greatly improved or whether it was something else in the lense that they changed.

pps. my cat is cuter - http://forum.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=1091

[wile_E]

love the shot of the tiger brett!

awesome awesome awesome

[Killakoala]

Tigers make great subjects. You've nailed some 'life' in that animal too. Well done...