3 from the Dam

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3 from the Dam

Postby firsty on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:34 am

I decided not to post the same views as everyone else as you all did a better job than me
so here is my take, all shots with D200 Tamron 28-75mm 2.8

Flower :)
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1/750 f4 ISO 200 @75mm

Golden Stairs
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1/640 f8 ISO 320 @28mm

Dinner Time
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1/100 f8 ISO 400 @75mm
I saw this large black wasp type bug fly into this web so I decided to wait and see what turned up
I was expecting a small spider to come out and have trouble with the wasp... then this dirty great big thing came out... no problems :)
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Postby avkomp on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:49 am

the spider is my favourite followed by the stairs.

like the way the legs converge to the prey.

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Postby ru32day on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:52 am

All are great, but I love the spider (possible since it's very far away!). Interesting composition on the stairs too.
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Postby pgatt on Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:43 am

That spider is awesome and very freaky Firsty, love the texture to it all. The colour in the flower shot is awesome, gotta love the Tammy hey!
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Postby leek on Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:08 am

Nice shots Keith... It can be difficult to come up with different shots when there are so many photographers around, but you succeeded...

Thanks for the brief play I had with your D200 as well... It's nice to see one in the flesh... Very different to the D70... BTW, If any of the 4 toothless shots of my daughter came out, then I wouldn't mind a copy...
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Postby Slider on Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:16 am

Vewry nice Keith. The spider is a beauty. :D
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Postby sheepie on Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:52 am

The flower - lovely, great exposure and colour :)

The stairs don't do much for me.

But the spider is a cracker - well spotted!

When you're at a spot like yesterday it's all too easy to take the obvious shots (I'm certainly guilty of that!) - it's nice to see some took a different approach :)
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Postby Willigan on Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:14 pm

Nice work Firsty! The stairs are great & I love the flower & the spider. Pity the poor wasp...
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Postby gstark on Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:33 pm

Keith,

Great work. I love the spider, and also the one of the stairs, although in this latter case I'm trying to figure out if this image hasn't been oversharpened just a bit too much.

I'm really undecided about that; it's a good image (I think) but you've taken the sharpening right to the edge. :)
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