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Postby Zeeke on Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:11 pm

Ventured down to the pond behind my house.. first time in 3yrs of living here... even tho everyone else goes down there (private property/tree farm) i dont feel right about it, but today i had inspiration, Oneputt loaned me his 80-400VR for a couple of days(IM IN FREAKIN LOVE!! GIMME GIMME GIMME!)

Ducks werent playing the game and choosing to be as far away from me as possible... so i spent the arvo light taking photos of the water lillys.. not exciting.. but bit of fun

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Postby birddog114 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:16 pm

80-400VR, is it a lens? :lol:
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Postby Slider on Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:37 pm

THe 1st shot is a beauty Tim. And yes that is one very nice lens. :D
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Postby moggy on Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:23 pm

Very nice shots Tim, and yes that lens is somethin' else! :lol:

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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:36 pm

The first shot is amazing! Lovely work... and I hope you can get yourself one soon, otherwise the lust will drive you crazy.
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Postby Zeeke on Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:40 pm

Thanks for the comments... lust is already killing me... you can guess where ill be tomorrow before sunrise... down near the pond to catch the morning light.. take my bag of tricks down too because the amount of dragon flys is amazing, i think i counted atleast 15 diff species.. or atleast 15 different coloured ones.. also frogs and toads...... and lots of gambusia (guppys) and tadpoles...


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Postby marcotrov on Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:57 pm

Its a bloody good lens alright :wink: You gotta get one Tim.
Nice images Tim, apart from seeming a little underexposed I really like #1, its 'busy' but perfect for the type of shot the background really accentuates the lonely bloom. By way of a little suggestion a little gentle fill flash will really help to pick up the colours even further :)
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Postby blacknstormy on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:21 pm

Beautiful shots Tim - I'm not even game to look at the 400VR - it would mean instant divorce :)
Looking forward to tomorrows posts of dragonflies
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Postby DionM on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:29 pm

Nice series! Second one is my pick. PS: Is the reason you are now game to go there is that if your equipment gets confiscated because you are trespassing ... you only lose your camera body and not a lens :lol:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:32 pm

blacknstormy wrote:Beautiful shots Tim - I'm not even game to look at the 400VR - it would mean instant divorce :)
Looking forward to tomorrows posts of dragonflies
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Just tell Damian that your upgraded the Fig leaf to a bigger bolder model, it's got VR too! 8) :oops:
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Postby Zeeke on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:41 pm

Nah, nobody would try and confiscate it, i know the owners of the place.. im just shy.. and walking about with a camera and a big lens... you might have someone wander up and ask ya what ur doin.. i dont like confrontations..

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Postby mudder on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:18 am

The second shot does it for me out of this bunch, the lillies make interesting subjects...

Couldn't get the EXIF so wondering what sort of aperture was used on them as the DOF looks fairly deep, just wondering whether the aperture could have been opened more to narrow the DOF and isolate the subject more?
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Postby mitedo on Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:36 am

Nice shots Tim #1 would be my pick of the bunch :D
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