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First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

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First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby losfp on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:07 am

The highlight of the zoo visit was of course the little baby elephant, Luk Chai. The first shot taken with the 300mm and a 1.7x TC. Clearly the age-old rule that anything in miniature is automatically cuter still applies here even if the subject in question is over 150kg!!!

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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby craig.rohse on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:32 am

The first one is very nice and crisp, did put a smile on my face. :up: :up:
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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby aim54x on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:43 am

Wow...that rule surely holds true there! i really like the action in the 1st and the 2nd is really nice as well with the contrast showing the actual size of little Luk Chai. #3 is a classic!!

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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby gstark on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:07 am

aim54x wrote:#3 is a classic!!


Absobloodylutely!

You can just picture the little guy calling out "hey, wait for me!"
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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby chrisk on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:32 am

LOVE #1. bloody brilliant ! love the unusual-ness of the "pose".
is that a crop or SOOC ?

which 300 are you using ?
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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby losfp on Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:01 am

Thanks for the feedback guys :) He sure is a little cutie and since we also bought zoo memberships on the day, we're looking to go back every few weeks to see how he is getting on!! He was hilarious in the soccer game - he was chasing enthusiastically after the ball everywhere it went, and basically getting in the way of the other elephants. His aunties and mum all love him though - pic # 1 was where he panicked for some reason and ran screaming. Two seconds later, there were 4 big elephants surrounding him to protect him.


Rooz wrote:LOVE #1. bloody brilliant ! love the unusual-ness of the "pose".
is that a crop or SOOC ?

which 300 are you using ?



Rooz, from memory #1 was uncropped - I remember thinking at the time that it was lucky he fit in the frame. AF-S 300mm f/2.8 (Version 1) with a 1.7x TC, so 510mm all up. I think i had it stopped down to f/5.6 from the f/4.8 that the TC leaves you with.
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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby chrisk on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:22 pm

damn man, you have hands of freakin steel !! 510mm filling the frame and get it so perfect. well done. :cheers:
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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby Oz_Beachside on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:28 pm

losfp wrote:... since we also bought zoo memberships on the day, we're looking to go back every few weeks to see how he is getting on...


if you get back at regular intervals, a time series of his/her growth would make for award winning presentation!
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Re: First weekend with new 300mm lens - #2 - Elephants

Postby losfp on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:33 pm

Rooz, this is why the good lord invented monopods on his day off ;) Needed something to take the weight of the 600mm....
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