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Postby Chazman1981 on Sat May 26, 2007 11:24 am

As the subject says
Hopw you enjoy please feel free to play around but only if your going to repost and show me what you did Cheers

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Middle one taken with sigma 10-20 others with the sigma 70-200 2.8 macro
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat May 26, 2007 11:46 am

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#1 - love the pose but finding the focal point is hard, just a little too soft

#2 - Lighthouse Beach - this shot is spot on and is even more impressive with the moon in shot - love it

#3 - What a brilliant pose of the two felines. This shot is spoilt somewhat by the intrusive bamboo(?) but I still like it

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Postby Chazman1981 on Sat May 26, 2007 1:17 pm

First pic was taken @ F2.8 the focus is on the bird standing up (not bent over) so the bent over one is just in front of the focus but then blends out again so i guess i will have to use a smaller F-stop next time like F4 or 5.6
originally i didnt like the bamboo in the tiger picture but its growning on me, to me it gives a sense of depth
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Postby colin_12 on Sat May 26, 2007 5:06 pm

I like the last two Chazman,
That beach shot is great
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Postby fishafotos on Sat May 26, 2007 5:20 pm

I am loving #2, great shot.
For 1 and 3, I would strongly recommend using f/5.6, that is where this lens shines in terms of sharpness, those two are still good but just slightly off in the sharpness department. It is a hard situation in #1 because the blur there is motion blur, not focus blur. Are you using continuous AF(AI Servo in "Canon Speak")? If you are, turn it off and put it on single area AF (One Shot in "Canon Speak").

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Postby Chazman1981 on Sat May 26, 2007 5:41 pm

Birds pic i agree, was taken @ 1/80 F2.8 so could have been quick using iso 200 or even 400.

with the tigers it was 1/60 F2.8 @ 200mm iso400.

i hate using anything higher than iso400, it gets abit too grainy for my liking
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Postby ChemicalHorizon on Sat May 26, 2007 10:20 pm

Love the second and third ones. Where abouts was #2 taken?

As other have said, the first is a little soft...but i suspect its from the 1/80 shutter speed.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat May 26, 2007 11:22 pm

ChemicalHorizon wrote:Love the second and third ones. Where abouts was #2 taken?

As other have said, the first is a little soft...but i suspect its from the 1/80 shutter speed.


The lighthouse atop Lighthouse Beach Port MacQuarie - a great spot
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Postby Chazman1981 on Sun May 27, 2007 8:58 am

Thats right Lighthouse @ Port Macquarie

A few nice spots round here

are you a local sirhc55?
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Postby marcotrov on Sun May 27, 2007 9:00 am

#2 is a ripper of a shot chazman and I agree with Chris' assessment on the other images. :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun May 27, 2007 11:32 am

Chazman1981 wrote:Thats right Lighthouse @ Port Macquarie

A few nice spots round here

are you a local sirhc55?


Unfortunately not, but I do visit friends there whenever I can and spend each christmas in Port. I have considered moving there as I really like the place.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun May 27, 2007 11:36 am

Love it when it’s rough weather in Port

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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Sun May 27, 2007 12:54 pm

Second one of the series for mine........nice work!

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Postby gstark on Sun May 27, 2007 3:16 pm

Chazman,

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Postby Pehpsi on Sun May 27, 2007 8:32 pm

All awesome shots mate, well done..

1 colour is great
2 perfect comp, beautiful tones, + bonus moon
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Postby chet on Sun May 27, 2007 11:40 pm

WOW. Love them all.

Canon or Nikon man? Contemplating the Sigma 70-200 2.8 macro myself. You pleased with it so far?
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Postby Chazman1981 on Tue May 29, 2007 8:23 am

i use a canon 400d but not to say i am a canon man, i had a D70 before, i am kinda the outcast in the family, my dad and brother both use nikon, i love the 70-200 macro, i wouldnt get the standard 70-200 though, the macro version has better glass elements in it. and is much sharper. the only thing i wish for is abit more focal length but very rarely, its awesome for indoors and under hard light conditions.
the tiger shot was good being able to use the 2.8 at only 400iso where as my brother had to use iso 1600 because his was 5.6 and the results of mine were alot more satisfactory and @ 2.8 it blurred alot of the zoo background out so it looked nicer.
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Postby chet on Tue May 29, 2007 11:10 am

thanks for that. 2.8 is a great advantage!
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