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Postby johndec on Mon May 23, 2005 4:10 pm

I had a bit of time today, so I thought I might try and join the D70 duck shooters club, but I only managed to make a goose of myself :lol:

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Postby sheepie on Mon May 23, 2005 4:13 pm

Very impressive lighting there :)
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Postby Glen on Mon May 23, 2005 4:17 pm

I agree, great lighting
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Postby Onyx on Mon May 23, 2005 5:37 pm

haw haw haw, great humour John. ;) Personally, I would have liked to see a little less power with the fill flash. But it seems the geese let you get fairly close.
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Postby birddog114 on Mon May 23, 2005 5:40 pm

John,
Great stuff!
Hongkong sells roasted goose! French has goose liver pate! I love it!
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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon May 23, 2005 5:45 pm

You have to watch those ganders, they can be more territorial than dogs. They seem to like nuts :wink: :!: :twisted: Be very careful or :cry:

I had a friend who was hospitalised as a result of a gander having a very close gander at the more delicate parts of his person. BTW, nice pic. Foreground lighting may be slightly too strong, but hey, who's nitpicking.
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Postby johndec on Mon May 23, 2005 5:55 pm

cricketfan wrote: BTW, nice pic. Foreground lighting may be slightly too strong, but hey, who's nitpicking.


I actually upped the brightness a little as it looked a bit underexposed on my CRT. Now I look at it on my lappie,it looks a tad overdone. Damm monitors, maybe I should mail everyone a print :lol:
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Postby johndec on Mon May 23, 2005 5:58 pm

sheepie wrote:Very impressive lighting there :)


I've never realised the importance of the D70's 1/500th flash sync until today.
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Postby Matt. K on Mon May 23, 2005 6:24 pm

johndec
Nice shots! Geese make great subjects. Suggest you try dialling in minus 0.7 on your flash and the images will look more natural. The lighting is a little overpowering...but just a tad.
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Postby johndec on Mon May 23, 2005 7:03 pm

Reopened the pic in PS, went to levels, moved the middle slider down about 10%. Is this any better:

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Postby yeocsa on Mon May 23, 2005 7:13 pm

Good sharpness there. Good sunny day and use of fill flash gives you great clarity. I can see the "catchlight in their eyes".

Well done.

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Postby Matt. K on Tue May 24, 2005 6:46 pm

You have improved it...maybe could go even a little darker.
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Postby birddog114 on Tue May 24, 2005 7:04 pm

When can we have them BBQed? :lol:
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue May 24, 2005 7:21 pm

The 2nd one has so much more to it - well done.

Postscript: Be very wary about posting pics of pet ducks as Birddog will want them for a meal :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol:
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Postby birddog114 on Tue May 24, 2005 7:25 pm

sirhc55 wrote:The 2nd one has so much more to it - well done.

Postscript: Be very wary about posting pics of pet ducks as Birddog will want them for a meal :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol:


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Postby johndec on Tue May 24, 2005 7:32 pm

Thanks all. I don't think Rockdale Council will take too kindly to Birddog doing their resident Scarborough Park Geese in Hoi Sin sauce :lol:

One other point, colour temperature on monitors: I have my CRT set to 6500K as it is closest to what my printer spits out. I must remember to review pics at 9300K before I post as that is the colour temperature most monitors and AFAIK all lcd's default to....
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Postby MCWB on Tue May 24, 2005 7:42 pm

sirhc55 wrote: Be very wary about posting pics of pet ducks as Birddog will want them for a meal

He's not the only one. ;)

And John, are you going to be at the minimeet this week? Want me to bring my Spyder2 for you to borrow? Mind you, I have to say the problem here seems to be too much fill flash rather than a major calibration issue, try -2/3 FEC as Matt K suggests. Mine is always set at -2/3 unless I have the LS2 on, and I haven't quite figured that one all out yet.
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Postby johndec on Tue May 24, 2005 7:59 pm

MCWB wrote:
sirhc55 wrote: Be very wary about posting pics of pet ducks as Birddog will want them for a meal

He's not the only one. ;)

And John, are you going to be at the minimeet this week? Want me to bring my Spyder2 for you to borrow? Mind you, I have to say the problem here seems to be too much fill flash rather than a major calibration issue, try -2/3 FEC as Matt K suggests. Mine is always set at -2/3 unless I have the LS2 on, and I haven't quite figured that one all out yet.


MCWB,
Thank you very much for the kind offer. I probably won't know till Thursday or Friday if I can get there (the curse of the self employed), but I'll PM you and take you up on your kind offer if I can. :D

I'll take the tip on -2/3 if I can translate the manual from the original tlhIngan and work out how to do it :!: :!:
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Postby the foto fanatic on Tue May 24, 2005 9:18 pm

johndec wrote:Reopened the pic in PS, went to levels, moved the middle slider down about 10%. Is this any better:



Yes, it is improved and is a good pic.
I think the advice about reducing the power of the flash for future shots is right on the money.
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