Birds in Botanical Garden.

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Birds in Botanical Garden.

Postby yeocsa on Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:19 pm

At last, managed to recce Botanical Garden. Pictures taken with D70, 80-200 f2.8 and TC 1.4X. Hot afternoon.

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Postby Link on Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:37 pm

Nice shots, my fav is the second one. I like the bright halo behind the bird's head!

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Postby Tommo on Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:02 pm

Nice shots, the colours in the first one are fantastic :) So much clarity.
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Postby lukeo on Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:05 pm

The 1.4x telecnverter really does the trick with such a nice lens ... i like number 2 as well.
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:37 pm

yraen69 wrote:The 1.4x telecnverter really does the trick with such a nice lens ... i like number 2 as well.


I really like the 1st one - a question - any USM on these as the second shot seems overley sharp?

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Postby yeocsa on Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:58 pm

Hi Chris,

Yes, USM applied to all. 2nd one does have higher USM as there was some blurr due to camera shake.

All shots were handheld. The 1st one is the infant. The 2nd is one of the parent - very protective and shy. Did not have time to recompose as they flew off very quickly. If you had noticed, some branches and leaves were in the way. Did not like the strong backlight as it reduced the details on the birds and resulting in distracting overexposed areas.
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Postby mudder on Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:27 pm

G'day,
Excellent shots, favorite is #2... Great sharp images... Especially if you had to be quick... I'd be very happy to catch those...

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Postby Onyx on Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:46 am

Awesome captures - your bokeh seems so much nicer than mine! My 80-200 has borked bokeh! ;)
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Postby BBJ on Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:00 am

Top shots of the birdies, i dont seem to have much luck at times, it's the ferals that tag along seem to be able to make enough noise to scare them off. LOL
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Thanks

Postby yeocsa on Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:03 am

Dear all,

Thanks for all the kind comments.
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