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Postby christiand on Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:22 pm

Hi all,

I'd like to share with you some Australian dragons.
I was at the Melbourne Aquarium and had a go at using the SB-800 flash. BTW all photos were taken with the kit lens.

The water dragon:
http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... dragon.jpg

The leafy dragon:
http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... /leafy.jpg

The weedy dragon:
http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... /weedy.jpg

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Postby birddog114 on Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:25 pm

chritiand,
All are very nice shots,
I like the colourful of weedy dragon.
Thanks for sharing!!!
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:31 pm

Great pics christiand - I like them all and me thinks I will off to the Zoo go

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Postby Onyx on Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:42 pm

Oh but it's so much more of a challenge shooting without the flash! ;)
Good pics, got more?
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Postby christiand on Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:58 pm

Thank you for your nice replies

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:58 pm

Sensational.

So much colour and so sharp too, especially considering you had to shoot through thick glass.
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Postby bago100 on Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:15 pm

Killakoala wrote:Sensational.

So much colour and so sharp too, especially considering you had to shoot through thick glass.


KillaKoala - How do you know Christiand didn't climb in the dragon cage and snap away or use an underwater camera housing and jump into the aquarium such as the lengths our members will go to to take exceptional shots such as these? :D

Excellent photos - especially the reptile pic

Thanks for sharing also

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Postby Greg B on Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:53 pm

Great shots christiand, you must have a really good camera.

(Joking of course, hope you read the other thread....)

I still haven't been to the aquarium, an oversight that needs to be remedied.
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:59 pm

Cristiand
Love the water dragons. Skilful use of the flash and technically well done. They look so fragile! Beautiful composition.
The first dragon seemed a little too yellow so I copied the image and used the grey eye dropper in Photoshop (curves), to correct the colours. I think it looked better but I would not post your pic back without your permission. I would rather you posted it as you see best.

Keep them coming!
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:05 pm

Hope you are not considering Volcano shots christiand!!!

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Postby christiand on Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:54 pm

Hi Greg,
I assume you know this part of Melbourne:
http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... -china.jpg

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for Matt, please go ahead

Postby christiand on Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:58 pm

Hi Matt,

I also saw the image being a little bit too yellow and wasn't sure what to do. Please show me your suggestions.

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for Onyx

Postby christiand on Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:08 pm

Here is another aquarium photo:
http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... -fish1.jpg

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Postby Vicareyus on Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:56 pm

Hi Chrisiand
Liked the leafy and weedy.
The c-fish1 is a very funny shot - the eyes make it look comical - I'd crop the excess on the right-side of the photo though- great shot!
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Postby christiand on Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:09 pm

Hi Vicareyus,

I believe this is an even funnier photo:

http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... -fish2.jpg

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Re: for Greg B

Postby Greg B on Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:11 am

christiand wrote:Hi Greg,
I assume you know this part of Melbourne:
http://downunder.customer.netspace.net. ... -china.jpg

Cheers
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Yes I do christiand, and that's a good shot. The mood on a wet night is well captured, nice work.

Was it handheld or tripod?
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