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2 birds in the bush

Postby BullcreekBob on Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:19 pm

G'day

Neither myself, nor the 18-200mm seem that suited to "wildlife" photography, but still that's no reason to not try. I think the bokeh from the lens is quite good.

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Nikon D70S ISO 200; Nikkor 18-200mm F5.6 @ 200mm Handheld 1/60sec on camera flash from 15metres

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Nikon D70S ISO 200; Nikkor 18-200mm F8 @ 200mm Handheld 1/80sec

Short of getting a better lens (can't afford) and camera (coming) is there anything in particular I should be trying to do? or avoid?

Thanks for looking
Bob in Bull Creek
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Re: 2 birds in the bush

Postby christiand on Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:21 pm

Hi Bob,

I took the liberty to quickly PP your photo of the kookaburra (I sincerely hope you don't mind)

What I did was a little sharpening, a little shadow highlight and a little (perhaps too much) saturation.
What do you think ?

Best regards,
CD

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Re: 2 birds in the bush

Postby BullcreekBob on Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:18 pm

G'day Christian

I certainly don't mind you doing things to the images I post here, in fact I very much appreciate the time and effort in you, or anyone else puts into doing so.

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