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Mudgee Trio

Postby stubbsy on Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:08 pm

Three very different pics from my Mudgee visit at the weekend. I have lots more to PP (I took 1300 shots :shock: ), but these are three that took my fancy.

24-120 VR
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24-120 VR
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70-200 VR
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Postby huynhie on Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:14 pm

Nice shots Peter, 3 down 1297 to go. :wink:
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:39 pm

I really like #3 Peter but with 1300 shots would you not be better off using a video camera :?: :roll: :lol:
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Postby radar on Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:46 pm

sirhc55 wrote:would you not be better off using a video camera :?:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Peter,

all three are nice. The third one stands out for me, beautiful colours, nice bokeh,

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Postby LostDingo on Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:24 am

sirhc55 wrote:I really like #3 Peter but with 1300 shots would you not be better off using a video camera :?: :roll: :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: .......now that's funny :!: :!: at 60 frames per second :shock: :shock:

Maybe it's the National Geo theory at work....1 out of every thousand captures from a photog on assignment is chosen for publication.....so Peter should have a min of 1.3 National Geo quality captures :idea: :idea:

No, Peter manages to see some things to capture that others might overlook....not many have that type of an eye.

On another note....there is a young fella in my office who has a D70 and he shoots night club shots.....each time he goes out he shoots a min of 600 shots.

The problem is he is just "pulling the trigger"....after a year of this he still has no clue what his camera can do or how to use....no disrespect to him as he is a really nice guy....but he doesn't seem to have learned much.

I can go out of a weekend (take in mind only landscapes and longish exposures) and I will most likely shoot about 100 for the whole weekend.

Personally....I don't have the kind of time to sift through hundreds and hundreds of pics....I'd rather take a few good ones. If I can get "1" good capture of the morning I am in all honesty very happy :D
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Postby birddog114 on Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:39 am

sirhc55 wrote:I really like #3 Peter but with 1300 shots would you not be better off using a video camera :?: :roll: :lol:


On the trip
I shot less but carefully choosen what I aimed to and I usually achieved the high ratio of keeper.

Shooting sport or action is difference way of shooting.

But then in thousand of triggers, you may or may not earn a real good ones.

Maybe Peter tries to find something to do or makes himself busy with his spare times to PP those 1300 shots till the next workshop at Stockton sand dunes shooting on the 29th July :lol: :lol:
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Postby huynhie on Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:45 am

At this rate Birddog is going to have to post more bargains for CF cards and hard drives more regularly. :lol:
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Postby Geoff on Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:45 am

Peter - that last one (#3) is absolutely stunning, would love to see this enlarged, printed and framed - the colours are amazing mate. Keep this up!! :)
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Postby daniel_r on Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:38 am

Peter,

I like how #3 turned out - the D2x really latched on to the blue!

I'll be interested to see how my version of #1 with the fisheye comes up with a bit of PP. I like what you've done with #1.
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:39 pm

Thank you all for your comments. #3 is a great example of the superb bokeh of the 70-200 VR
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Postby SteveGriffin on Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:11 pm

Peter,
once again you have seen what others have simply walked past.
Well Done!
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Postby marcotrov on Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:46 pm

#3 is a superb shot Peter. The vibrant colour,contrast and DOF make it a winner of the three by a mile. Just can't wait to get my hands on the 70-200VR I ordered from Birdy :wink:
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Postby stubbsy on Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:29 pm

Steve, Marco - thanks.

Marco - you'll love the 70-200. Did you get the TC 1.7 as well?
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Postby marcotrov on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:42 pm

Stubbsy said:
Marco - you'll love the 70-200. Did you get the TC 1.7 as well?

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. I decided against getting it first up thinking my money would be better spent saving up for another quality lens as I have the 80-400VR that I'm pretty happy with but it's tempting :wink:
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