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Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:21 pm**

After seeing Willy wombats water dragon photos in this thread I went down to the river in Parramatta to try and get a shot of one I had seen there last week

I only had my Tamron 28-75 2.8 and this is as close as I could get to the water dragon with out spooking it

D200 Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 @75mm f8 1/60 ISO200

this is a 100% crop from the photo

this was shot in raw and enhanced with minimal editing
using rawshooter pro 2006
only adjustment was use the auto exposure setting which changed:
exposure +0.27
fill light +13
shadow contrast +15
highlight contrast -17

cropped to 100% and processed to tiff then opened in Photoshop cs2 and applied a smart sharpen of 50% radius .5
then exported as jpeg

You have to love this camera and the lens is great too... but I do need a longer lens, then just think how good the pics will be

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:24 pm**

Man, for a 100% crop that aint bad at all, sharp and detail full.

Shame you couldn't get closer, the ones near my place are quiet tame, but not nearly as tame as Doug and Genista's family of water dragons.

Top PP work, IMO.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:28 pm**

Hooley Dooley

That is quite remarkable!

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:15 am**

You don't have to post things like this. I'm having enough difficulties with my lust.... :roll:

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:46 am**

Holy crap!!

That is fantastic for a 100% crop!!

Paul

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:59 am**

Had you not pointed out the cropping I doubt that many would have been aware. Nice work

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:48 pm**

Keith,

I've been waiting for my D200 for a few months now and seeing this makes me want to cry. Considering the amount you have cropped the dragon, I can't believe how sharp it is!

Have just read two more reviews of the D200, one in this month's Camera Australia magazine and another in a British mag that Simon (Manta) lent me at work, and both reviewers are beside themsleves with superlatives.

Patience is a virtue, they tell me.........

Cheers

Michael

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:52 pm**

Keith one word...WOW.

Amazing detail in the crop. I assume the lens has a bit to do with it...

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:11 pm**

thats pretty decent, but i doubt it was all the camera.

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:40 pm**

firsty, check out the creeks in the hills areas have walks along most of them.

excelsior reserve springs to mind. but most of the creeks are good for walking around.
plenty of eastern water dragons around at various times.
there is a waterfall at carlingford/dundas which often has big ones around.

your shot is a male in breeding colours

Steve

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:28 pm**

One word. Awesome

I can feel an upgrade coming on. If I order now I might have one by the time my tax cheque come in :roll:

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:55 pm**

Very impressive!
Slider your tax cheque is already spent I thought :wink:

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:09 pm**

SteveGriffin wrote:Very impressive!
Slider your tax cheque is already spent I thought

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:16 pm**

This is indeed an excellent pic but my kudos would be aimed fair and square at the excellent lens used :wink:

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:08 pm**

didn't realise how many photographers here are also on OCAU

Great crop, great technique being able to use 1/60 at 75mm and best thing of all its sharp sharp sharp!

I think that its only the D200 that helped, but that tamron is a very sharp lens, i personally love my tamron too

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D200 helps when your lens is not long enough :)

D200 helps when your lens is not long enough :)