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Application to join D70users Duck Club...

Postby johndec on Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:17 am

Actually, perhaps I should only apply for associate membership as my duck only has one leg :shock:

Today we went down to Symbio Wildlife Park at Stanwell Park, just south of Sydney. I have a few more to post over the next few days.

Last night I uploaded the new sReala curve into the D70 and I must say I'm not that impressed with it. This photo took a lot more PP work compared to Fotogenics 4.0 that I was using before. It looks basically a minor tweak over the D70 "normal" curve.

Anyway "Le Canard":

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Postby johndec on Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:25 am

A couple more ducks from today

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Postby birddog114 on Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:51 am

John,
Your application has been granted :lol:
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Postby Manta on Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:17 am

Nice picks John. I'm not sure if it was the new curve but something left some 'artifacts' on the top of that stump.... :lol:
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Postby kipper on Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:11 am

Australian Wood Duck (Male) fyi @ top
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Postby stubbsy on Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:49 am

John

Like the first one best. Great detail in the feathers. Your photoshop technique is awesome, you'd never know the other leg had been cloned out :wink: :lol:
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Postby fozzie on Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:56 am

johndec,

Nice duck shot.

IMHO: only good duck is a dead one, on a serving tray or plate asian style.

I have just read the condition for joining the D70 Duck Club, and is has to have two (2) legs, not one (1) :lol:
Therefore your entry has been rejected :lol:

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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:37 am

John - Le Canard is a very nice shot.

Fozzie - be careful, you may wake up one morning with a duck leg on your pillow :roll:
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Postby MattC on Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:30 pm

I like Le Canard. Better alive where the value lives on, than on a plate - blimey, I sound like a vego greeny!! I have never liked duck meat much anyway.

Just a quick Q. Is that the normal feather pattern on the RHS of the bird where the grey meets the white of the wing?
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Postby johndec on Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:41 pm

MattC wrote:I like Le Canard. Better alive where the value lives on, than on a plate - blimey, I sound like a vego greeny!! I have never liked duck meat much anyway.

Just a quick Q. Is that the normal feather pattern on the RHS of the bird where the grey meets the white of the wing?
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A good question Matt. I've just blown up the original NEF to 100% and it shows the same pattern in the feathers. Seeing as it was pretty much in the "sweet spot" of the lens (24-120VR), I think we can discount CA as well as oversharpening.. Of course, if the D70 had a decent viewfinder I would have noticed it before I took the pic.... Sorry, I love my camera, just hate it's viewfinder. Look through a D2H or D2X and you will know what I mean :?
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