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Postby yeocsa on Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:38 pm

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D70 + AFS 300F4.
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Postby mic on Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:50 am

Beautiful Arthur, you are good at these Birdy Shots.

Maybe one day you could get a good one of our Birdy with a big 300mm Nikkor hanging around his neck :D

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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:40 am

Arthur - you are certainly making the 300mm sing with some beautiful shots :D
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Postby kipper on Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:52 am

Arthur, what sort of a crop you doing. What sort of distance from camera to subject?

Everytime I've tried to get close to birds they usually run.
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Postby mic on Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:57 am

Must be ya after shave Kipper :D

Try Brute 33

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Postby KerryPierce on Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:25 am

Very good shot, yeocsa. :) You must have been pretty close to that critter. The DOF looks to be razor thin. :shock:
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Hi

Postby yeocsa on Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:19 pm

Thanks for all the kind comments. I am a newbie when it comes to bird photography and have much to learn from fellow photographers.

I could get this close because these like ducks they are accustomed to people. The bird was about 2 meters away from me.

I was using AFS 300F4 + TC1.4X. 1/250 f8. ISO 200. Handheld. Auto WB -2. EV -0.3.

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Postby Neeper on Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:58 pm

Is that bird what you guys call a duck?
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Postby Glen on Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:15 pm

Arthur, I think they threw in a 10kg bag of bird food with your 300mm AFS. :wink: Nice shot.
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Postby Manta on Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:35 pm

Neeper wrote:Is that bird what you guys call a duck?


Nah Neeper - Arthur was just saying they, like ducks, have become accustomed to having people around them. Probably so tame they don't even flinch until you pour the marinade on them... :wink:

It's actually a Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra - according to Morcombe's Field Guide to Australian Birds.
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Postby jethro on Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:43 pm

hey arthur this is a fantastic shot what kind of drug did you feed it i can't believe the focus. what is the exif data? FANBLOODYTASTIC!
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Postby Neeper on Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:33 am

Manta wrote:
Neeper wrote:Is that bird what you guys call a duck?


Nah Neeper - Arthur was just saying they, like ducks, have become accustomed to having people around them. Probably so tame they don't even flinch until you pour the marinade on them... :wink:

It's actually a Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra - according to Morcombe's Field Guide to Australian Birds.


Hehe, ok.. I was going to say they look different than our ducks.
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Hi

Postby yeocsa on Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:07 am

jethro wrote:hey arthur this is a fantastic shot what kind of drug did you feed it i can't believe the focus. what is the exif data? FANBLOODYTASTIC!


Thanks, Jethro. There are lots of them around and they are good for target practice.

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