One of these days one of these damn birds will land near to me at a sensible distance and hour with good light conditions so i am not trying to keep a 750mm lens steady and having to use 3200ISO to get a reasonable shutter speed!!!
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One of these days one of these damn birds will land near to me at a sensible distance and hour with good light conditions so i am not trying to keep a 750mm lens steady and having to use 3200ISO to get a reasonable shutter speed!!!
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Very nice photo mate, is that noise post-processing or from the camera?
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camera mate, ISO 3200 to get a shutter speed of 500th @ f6.3
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"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
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i feel compelled to ask.....what was the "not sensible" distance that these photos were taken at?Originally Posted by ArkAngel
love the top one by the way, the mouldy old fence post/bit of wire/bird of prey combination is right up there with the best of the wildlife photo's IMO. top work chap
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The fencepost is a telegraph pole, this was shot from my upstairs bedroom window.
Distance?.....probably about 70metres. Using my Nikon D300 and sigma 120-500mm lens with the crop factor of the smaller sensor it makes the lens a 750mm. and it was quite a tight crop from the image hence the loss of quality
I'm just being picky, obviously i would prefer they land about 5metres away and in nice bright light. Standard photography stuff, i'm never happy with the result!!
Last edited by ArkAngel; 13-04-2012 at 11:03.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Famous last words of General John Sedgwick
May 8th, 1864
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Is the price tag in £ sterling or euros ?
Nice photos by the way.....
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looking at the photo again it's really obvious that it's a telegraph pole, i feel a little bit silly now
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nah it's not that obvious, lets face it the angle of the shot is unusual as i am on eye level with the top of the pole.looking at the photo again it's really obvious that it's a telegraph pole, i feel a little bit silly now
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May 8th, 1864
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Gorgeous photo. Very jealous of your 500mm lens... I have a 200 on my D40, I can just about get the birds in my back garden from my sofaTrying to photograph seagulls flying in the wind is another challenge I quite like. You were lucky enough to have a poser though! Nice one
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Very nice photo !!!
Just thinking what is in the beak in the first photo?
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Cracking photo considering the conditions
another jealous of the lens hehe
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Whatever it was eating!Very nice photo !!!
Just thinking what is in the beak in the first photo?
It was tearing into something but i couldn't make out what.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Famous last words of General John Sedgwick
May 8th, 1864
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