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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 November 2008 at 20:27
another with A700 and 70-300G, pushed one step in RAW to ISO1600 eqv. Noise ninja and sharpening applied.

Focal Length: 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 800
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot



 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 November 2008 at 04:34
The autumn colors are starting to appear in central North Carolina. It was overcast, but two days of rain had ended and I couldn't spend another hour indoors. Here are a few of today's shots...

Canada Goose

A100;Sony 70-300 (300mm);ISO-160;f5.6;1/500th

Stoping for a scratch

A100;Sony 70-300 (160mm);ISO-200;f5.6;1/320th

Ahhhhh... That feels better

A100;Sony 70-300 (110mm);ISO-200;f5;1/200th

A pair of Malards

A100;Sony 70-300 (300mm);ISO-400;f5.6;1/400th

and a pair of Mute Swans pose for the camera

A100;Sony 70-300 (75mm);ISO-100;f6.3;1/250th

A long-distance glimpse of a Great Blue Heron.

A100;Sony 70-300 (300mm);ISO-320;f5.6;1/500th

Oh, I almost forgot the autumn colors!

A100;Sony 70-300 (300mm);ISO-400;f5.6;1/500th

Looking forward to the sun tomorrow.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 November 2008 at 15:47
As always very nice pictures everyone
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 November 2008 at 17:42








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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 November 2008 at 01:46
I spent some time today working on my Black Vultures. They are found only in southern US. They are a most demanding subject. Black on black and against a bright sky.

against backdrop

A pair
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 November 2008 at 02:06
@ TBMike: Looks like a post-processing nightmare! (the process, not the results). I see lots of Turkey Vultures in North Carolona, but never a Black Vulture even though they are said to range this far north. Thanks for the shots!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 November 2008 at 18:12
I dont know the english name, "grcbe huppé" for us in winter colors.




Excuse my bad english please!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 November 2008 at 19:43
The first Robin of Winter
Sony A700, Minolta 400mm APO G HS with 1.4x TC APO
Uncropped. High ISO NR off. No post processing NR.

560mm 1/1000 f/6.3 ISO 1600


560mm 1/1000 f/6.3 ISO 1600


560mm 1/1000 f/6.3 ISO 250; lots of Bibblepro fill light




Edited by analytical - 10 November 2008 at 17:19
12mi SW of Glen Rose,TX
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 November 2008 at 15:59
Very nice picture, Okapi. I think the name in English is Great-crested Grebe. I was just finding out about that bird and its breeding plumage is beautiful.


Here are some pictures from Sunday.
1. Snowy Egret


2. Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow


3. Juvenile Peregrine Falcon


4. Double-crested Cormorant


5. Anna's Hummingbird giving me a mean look - The gorget turns into an intense iridescent rose-red.


6. Another shot of the same bird


7. Turkey Vulture


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 November 2008 at 16:16
Magnifico!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 November 2008 at 17:08
Luis,

I love the detail in your Anna's Hummingbird, particularly #6. I am trying to sell some old Pentax equipment to fund the purchase of a Sony 70-300mm SSM. The more I see of your 400G+1.4xTC, the more I think... What else do I have to sell?

Cheers... Brian

P.S. I found a pair of Bald Eagles this weekend. They were too far away for my 75-300. Your lens would have come in very handy!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 November 2008 at 19:32
Nice shots Luis

Brian, indeed it's frustating not having one of those real good G's but they are soooo expensive. I have to make do with my not so fast 400/5.6 and 500/7.2 Sigma's ;-)

Here's some with a 500/8 af mirror on A900
1/1250s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400


1/320s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 November 2008 at 14:32
More small ones







Great shots luis, what a startling bird that hummer is.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 November 2008 at 09:14
Thanks Tim, Brettania, Dumont and Brian.
I love hummingbirds. Last weekend they were quite active in the area. You could hear them singing and moving all over the place.

I was looking at the hummer pictures and thinking that how to make them look closer to how I remembered them from this weekend. The sky wasn't so washed out and the colors were a tad more intense. The problem is that the head color was so intense that any global modification would blow out the colors on the head.
Then I saw Gil's post at dpreview recommending Nik's Viveza plug-in and decided to give it a try.

I must say I'm impressed with the ease with which you can do local modifications of the picture using this tool, without affecting other parts. With a few clicks, I independently controlled the background saturation, the brightness/contrast/etc of the body and the head of the bird without directly resorting to layers, masks or other PS trickery.

Here are the modified versions (work in progress):




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