Well, here's my first upload (edit - now 2 pics here)

[tasadam]

Hi everyone.
Time to bite the bullet and share the fun I've been having.

Got my camera late December. Recent trip to Wineglass Bay in Tasmania, 1300 odd photos later in 3 days, doing the sorting and found this one that I was PARTICULARLY happy with.

This photo is as it was, no cropping, no photoshopping.
Downsized original photo to 800x531, resultant photo 66Kb.
Nitty gritty -
Focal Length 130 mm
F-Number F 4.2
Exposure Time 1/1250 sec
Metering Mode Pattern
Exposure Program Normal
ISO 200
Focus Mode AF-C
No exposure compensation
No flash

My own criticism - As I had junk on the camera sensor and couldn't get it sent away due to this pending trip, I was using a narrow depth of field, to reduce the evidence of black spot (none present in this photo). The result is the tail feathers perfectly focused but the wings slightly not. It doesn't detract from the photo at all - with the drops of water from the feet and the wave coming in, a fast shutter has probably served the photo better than slightly more depth of field to catch the wings clearer. What do you think?

[birddog114]

Duck again and again!
We will have Peking duck for Easter

[sirhc55]

The slight blurring of the wing tips adds to the sense of motion IMO. Nice duck

[dhess]

Which lens did you use and what focal length?

[bago100]

Nice photo Tasadam

I think the tail spread is the human equivalent of reverse thrust

Graham

[ozimax]

Good one, Max

[tasadam]

Which lens did you use and what focal length?

The lens was the 70-300G lens that comes in the kit when you buy the D70 with the 2 lenses (the other being the 18-70). Quite a light weight lens but I like what it can do!
Thanks for the comments and hey Birddog enjoy your peking duck!
A few frames after this pic I took another - the bird in the water took off and they flew together as is here.
I realy like the closeness of the wings to the water, gives it a sense of drama or something.
Cheers
Adam.

[Killakoala]

That's quite nice for the 70-300G. i like the way the wings are in opposition to each other, one up, the other down. Great snap. Well done.

[mudder]

G'day, welcome to the bunch, you can call yourself and old hand now after a couple


Really like the second one for great timing. Don;t worry about the dust spots, just practice the healing brush in PS like I do

Cheers.

[meicw]

Adam, Welcome. I really like both pics. Well caught.

Regards
Meicw

[tasadam]

Thanks to those for their comments.
There's a lot of great photos taken by a lot of members!
Oh wouldn't Broadband be nice! Then it wouldn't be so painful looking through them all, er, trying to look anyway.
C'mon Telstra, pull your finger out!

[sirhc55]

Adam - a camera is only a tool and your second photo proves that capturing the moment is something that YOU have done well.

[Deano]

Adam,

I like your shots. I really want to get some good birds-in-flight shots but I have only tried from below and the exposure is a 'mare. You've done a goot job with the birds against the water.

I would crop the sitting bird out of the first one. As for the second I reckon removing the ocean on left, bottom and a smidge off the top would look great. Then you get a tighter crop left and bottom with space right and top for the birds to fly into.

I frequently take copies of shots I see on this forum and try a few crops. Let me know if you want to see what I like for the second shot.

Cheers
Dean