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Post by William Nguyen on Nov 4, 2008 15:20:52 GMT
Spent about 2hrs shooting various water birds at my favourite lagoon but the birds were a bit scarce that day. Surprisingly my best captures came when I was on my way out of the nature reserve late in the day at around 630pm when the light was dying fast. All shot from my car using a pillow as my support  Whistling Kite - 1/100, f5.6, ISO800, 50D, 600 f4 + 1.4x TC.  Dollar Bird - 1/400, f8, ISO800, 50D, 600 f4 + 1.4x TC.  Thanks for looking, William |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Nov 4, 2008 23:05:20 GMT
Nice catch Mate! That must have been dark already as an ISO800 wide open you were just able to get a 1/100 shutter. The pillow really worked!! ;D
It's always towards the end of a sortie that you get the best shots ;D. Just like what happened to us the other day, when we were almost done for the day, we have to walk 10km to get our lifer when in fact it was just in the 1st km was the bird located.
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Post by jonathandael on Nov 4, 2008 23:20:58 GMT
Lovely Kite! another aussie bird that has a modern spiked hairstyle no matter how the groom themselves..  So that's how a dollar bird looks like...  handsome and 'clean cut'... Nice shot, mate! |
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Nov 5, 2008 2:38:06 GMT
Both sharp-looking! Great job, William.
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Post by Teddy Regpala on Nov 5, 2008 4:51:35 GMT
Whoa William!
That's a great looking Kite, fuzzy head.
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Post by William Nguyen on Nov 5, 2008 5:12:11 GMT
@neon - thanks mate, it simply comes down to luck sometimes too @jonathan - nice camo outfit mate! that's pretty serious Yeah I love the way the Kite flares its feathers like that, makes for a different portrait @bob - cheers |
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Nov 5, 2008 6:27:46 GMT
I agree - those are excellent captures :-)
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Post by Martin Alvendia on Nov 5, 2008 8:13:47 GMT
Love the Afro Look of the Kite! Wonderful catch William!
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Post by William Nguyen on Nov 5, 2008 10:09:26 GMT
Cheers guys |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Nov 5, 2008 13:08:03 GMT
Unbelievable detail and sweet BG on the first, excellent job on exposing the darker parts of the second.... very nice set, Will!
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Post by William Nguyen on Nov 5, 2008 14:52:39 GMT
Thanks Romy, pretty happy with the results considering the lighting conditions. I'm really loving the 50D's reach and cropping ability |
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Post by Teddy Regpala on Nov 6, 2008 5:05:31 GMT
Thanks Romy, pretty happy with the results considering the lighting conditions. I'm really loving the 50D's reach and cropping ability Yup William, that's a keeper. Those two are it's selling point, lots of pixels for cropping and it's low-light performance. |
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handsome and 'clean cut'... 
, AFS 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G , TC 1.4EII, TC 1.7EII, SB-800, Manfrotto 190CXPro3/393(3421), RRS BH-55, Kirk NC300 lens collar
