Rainbow lorikeets - how to get better shots?

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Rainbow lorikeets - how to get better shots?

Postby wazonthehill2 on Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:28 pm

Hi guys
Here are five Rainbow Lorikeet pics that I took on morning in rock Hampton a few weeks back
I am wondering what works and what is wrong with each shot
they all look over exposed now, and they are obviously cropped (can only fit the camera body, the 17-85 and the 50mm in the brief case with the overnight pair of jocks and socks)
Being on a bridge at gum tree height was good though.
Thanks

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whizzzz, there goes life again.....
But now captured on a Canon 40D with bits

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Re: Rainbow lorikeets - how to get better shots?

Postby Pa on Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:59 am

to me the first four are a bit busy....on my screen they look a little dull, maybe lacking saturation
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Re: Rainbow lorikeets - how to get better shots?

Postby phoenix on Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:25 am

Also i'd try and separate the lorikeets from the background. There are a few ways to do it, but that and the saturation are probably the two things that would make these photos nicer :)
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Re: Rainbow lorikeets - how to get better shots?

Postby big pix on Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:29 pm

Cheers ....bp....
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Re: Rainbow lorikeets - how to get better shots?

Postby Dargan on Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:24 pm

Time of day and light quality and fill flash are suggestions, as well as lens choice you indicted yourself. First image is my pick of those posted.
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