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Postby Slider on Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:25 am

Had a ball up at O'Reilly's today with the Bowers experimenting with a few different settings and lenses:D

Male Regent Bower Bird - Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
1/2000s @ f/1.4 ISO 400
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Couple of Regents - Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
1/1250s @ f/1.4 ISO 100
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Male Satin Bowerbird - Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
1/1600s @ f/1.4 ISO 100
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Postby big pix on Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:28 am

nice work Mark....... first one is a ripper
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Postby adamj123 on Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:49 am

yeah all really great shots but the first won is a winner
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Postby Steffen on Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:00 am

The pick for me is the last shot. I would have preferred the first one if not for the spectacularly bad bokeh. I can't believe this was shot with the 50/1.4, it almost looks like taken with a mirror lens. Colour me puzzled...

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Postby Slider on Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:20 pm

Thanks for the comments Folks :D

Can't explain the bokeh Steffen Might have been some movement in the tree in the background.
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Postby Steffen on Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:21 am

Mark, I feel bad about my comment now, believe me, I didn't want to take anything away from your pictures. They're all grrreat.

Those technical things intrigue me, though. To mis-quote Bones, "I'm a mechanic, not a doctor..." :lol:

Not wanting to worry you, I think the lens might be defective/mis-aligned/whatever. I've never owned the 50/1.4 AF because I got by with the 50/1.2 AiS - until I sold it in a fit of insanity. I'm thinking of getting the 50/1.4 AF now from Poon, but your image put a spanner in the works, sort of... :shock:

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Postby Slider on Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:59 am

Steffen, don't feel bad. The point of this area of the forum is to seek honest feedback, not just pat each other on the back :D

I wouldn't worry too much about the bokeh as the shot in question is around a 50% crop which will obviously have an effect. Here are another couple with the same lens under different conditions. I had the lens on loan but will definitely be ordering one.

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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:58 am

first one is tops! Love the movement and eye contact from the bird
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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:04 am

Yep, #1 and #3 are tops. #1 reminds me of a parachutist coming in to land.

I think that Mark is probably right, and the "donuts" are caused by specular highlights on moving leaves.

I don't think that it is a major issue, however.
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