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**Speed Pujari** · 11-10-2008, 11:54 AM

whoops I miss a lot due to absence of net at home (myself a miser

) ...

@m1G- Ur R6 is awesome (bike as well as its foto) .. Just a suggestion, u shud have tried a smaller apeture to get a twinkling effect of the street lights

@aryan- dude the first foto it seems u have screwed up the WB.. but a nice compo indeed. If shot in RAW then try changing the WB and see.

@killer - Dude congrats for procuring an awesome piece of equipment and welcome to the group of Nikon users. U'll love the cam just the way m doing with my D40.
I was carried away and got frustrated initially, but now I can realise the power of this puny looking D40/40x/60.. u'll never repent for the investement u have made

..
Ur first shot is incredible to believe that its shot using 18-55mm kit lens.

u r getting the noise bcoz of cropping.

**Vicky** · 11-10-2008, 02:28 PM

@SP: At f/16, he's already at a very small aperture... any smaller and it would cause softness due to lens diffraction

@ Aryan : Love the softness of the 1st one. Is this as captured or achieved in post processing.. in either way, I love the effect.

**Aryan** · 11-10-2008, 02:29 PM

@Vicky: Thanks.

I didn't do anything related to 'softness'..Just tweaked the contrast a little, that's it!

**Vicky** · 11-10-2008, 02:30 PM

From the HAWK series...

Here's a couple more from last week..

She was constantly aware on my presence.. got to captured some heavy Eye-Contact in these...

Love how her wing span is so symmetrical and 'back lit'..

400D with 70-300 IS @ 170mm, 1/400, f/7.1, ISO 200

This one's my favorite.. love the aggressive pose.. how the body n wings are angled, but head is horizontal..

400D with 70-300 IS @ 160mm, 1/320, f/9, ISO 200

Check out the larger version of this one here!

Thanks for looking

**Aryan** · 11-10-2008, 02:31 PM

@Vicky: Terrific!

Love the second shot..*Puff...* Superb!

**psycho 98** · 11-10-2008, 02:39 PM

@vicky those are nice clicks, i love shooting eagles they give so much time for photographer to shoot you see

one thing is for sure everytime you keep on posting snaps like this from your 70-300mm, i am bugging my head to buy it. i wish when the day would come

I envy you man

**no1lives4ever** · 11-10-2008, 02:47 PM

@vicky.. brilliant pics of the birds in flight..

One thing you may want to try out next time.. Use your flash when taking the bird shots.. This is something I have seen most bird photogs do to get the eyes lit up with a nice catch light.. Also helps with these kinds of situations to prevent parts of the bird going black on the photo..

Overall, i am really impressed with the results you got with a 70-300 lens. I have tried a lot and have given up bird photography as I find it next to impossible to get one in flight :-(

-- no1lives4ever

**no1lives4ever** · 11-10-2008, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by psycho 98 View Post

one thing is for sure everytime you keep on posting snaps like this from your 70-300mm, i am bugging my head to buy it. i wish when the day would come

I envy you man

Get the 70-300 IS with a close up diopter like the Canon 500D or the raynox. You will have both a good macro and a huge range for bird photography..

-- no1lives4ever

**Vicky** · 11-10-2008, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by Aryan View Post

@Vicky: Terrific!

Love the second shot..*Puff...* Superb!

Thanks Aryan! Great to see you posting here again

Originally posted by psycho 98 View Post

@vicky those are nice clicks, i love shooting eagles they give so much time for photographer to shoot you see

one thing is for sure every time you keep on posting snaps like this from your 70-300mm, i am bugging my head to buy it. i wish when the day would come

I envy you man

Thanks mate..

As for GES (Gear Envy Syndrome), everyone suffers from it.. the guy with the Canon A550 envies your H10, you envy my 400D+70-300, I envy my friends 40D+400 5.6L, he in turn envies the pro with the 1D Mk III & 600 F4 L

There's never an end to it

Originally posted by no1lives4ever View Post

@vicky.. brilliant pics of the birds in flight..

One thing you may want to try out next time.. Use your flash when taking the bird shots.. This is something I have seen most bird photogs do to get the eyes lit up with a nice catch light.. Also helps with these kinds of situations to prevent parts of the bird going black on the photo..
-- no1lives4ever

That's a nice tip, and i've even used this before... but on such a bright day and specially when shooting something 20mtrs away and against the sun, you'd ideally need something more powerful like the 580EX with a Better Beamer to get any tangible effect..

**m1g** · 11-10-2008, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by Speed Pujari View Post

whoops I miss a lot due to absence of net at home (myself a miser

) ...

@m1G- Ur R6 is awesome (bike as well as its foto) .. Just a suggestion, u shud have tried a smaller apeture to get a twinkling effect of the street lights

There's a thing called sharpness..The more you stop down, the sharper it gets..Till F16..Beyond which depends from lens to lens

**m1g** · 11-10-2008, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by Vicky View Post

Thanks Aryan! Great to see you posting here again

Thanks mate..

As for GES (Gear Envy Syndrome), everyone suffers from it.. the guy with the Canon A550 envies four H10, you envy my 400D+ 70-300, I envy my friends 40D+400 5.6L, he in turn envies the pro with the 1D Mk III & 600 F4 L

There's never an end to it

A 1d MKIII + 600 F4L is really overkill if you're not pro..
And like everything in life, one can kill with the cheaper not-so-powerful stuff too! Like a Mitsu Evo! Though in wildlife, you're left scrambling in shit if you don't have good length..

Hey anyone got a 50mm 1.8 canon mount prime? Second hand good condition for sale?

**anvancy** · 11-10-2008, 10:58 PM

Originally posted by m1g View Post

A 1d MKIII + 600 F4L is really overkill if you're not pro..
And like everything in life, one can kill with the cheaper not-so-powerful stuff too! Like a Mitsu Evo! Though in wildlife, you're left scrambling in shit if you don't have good length..

Hey anyone got a 50mm 1.8 canon mount prime? Second hand good condition for sale?

so u wanna shoot your apache with that huh??

**Aryan** · 11-10-2008, 11:07 PM

@m1g: I have the Canon 50mm f1.8, but it's not for sale..

**archistar** · 11-11-2008, 12:05 AM

@ vicky: superb shots there bro... the 9 shot panorama is fantastic....

**m1g** · 11-11-2008, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by anvancy View Post

so u wanna shoot your apache with that huh??

not just my RTR.....just about everything!
Its a kickass lens dude..for a kickass price!

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