Minnamurra meet shots

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Minnamurra meet shots

Postby GK on Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:24 am

Hi All,

Looks like I'm the last one to post the photos up :(

Here they are, looking forward to C&C!
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There are a couple more on my flickr.
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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby christiand on Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:40 am

cool,

thanks for showing 8)
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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby ATJ on Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:18 pm

The echidna came out well. I would have liked to see more detail in the face but I know how the conditions were so I can understand.

What lens were you using for the other three. They all look great small, but the large versions all show distortion and/or aberrations towards the edges. In the last one mozzie looks all distorted.
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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:18 pm

ATJ wrote:The echidna came out well. I would have liked to see more detail in the face but I know how the conditions were so I can understand.

What lens were you using for the other three. They all look great small, but the large versions all show distortion and/or aberrations towards the edges. In the last one mozzie looks all distorted.


Some possible explanations from EXIF:
# Camera Model = Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL :wink:
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/8 second = 0.125 second
# White Balance = auto (0) Not an issue per se but indicates camera was making decisions not photographer
# Focal Length = 10/1 mm = 10 mm
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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby GK on Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:56 pm

Hey,

Thanks for comments!

Apart from first image I was using Sigma 10-20mm, which would explain the distortion. And a few of them are HDR, either using Photometrix, or just blending layers in Photoshop.

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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby colin_12 on Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:26 pm

That could explain why the shot with Mozzie has some rocks on the left nice and clear but the right a bit out of it.
I like the echidna shot.
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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby stubbsy on Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:13 pm

Thanks for sharing these. #2 is the standout for me - I really like the "neat and in the middle" composition".
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Re: Minnamurra meet shots

Postby marcotrov on Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:06 pm

GK #2 and #3 are well composed and colourful images that seem to handle the high contrast rang evident in shaded forest quite well. Good job.
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