DM: Vancouver March '09 Meetup Results

Well, we managed to get out to the Reifel bird sanctuary. 4 of us got together: myself, coyote1086, 800si, and brooker T.

I had a good time; it was nice meeting some fellow Dyxum members and hanging out. Looking forward to the next time.

Here's a few of my favs...(with either my Tokina 80-400 AT-X, coyote1086's Min 200 2.8, or brooker T's Tamron 200-400)

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#8: Some of the crew...coyote1086 & brooker T


Edited by womprat4 - 23 March 2009 at 03:44

Great pictures, really love 1, 2 and 5. Great detail, sharpness and exposure of all of them is spot on.

It was a great weekend for Dyxum: A Vancouver meet as well as a Benelux meet (with a Czech and a Belarus family). I find these meetings really inspiring and am looking forward to more from you guys.

There are many different kinds of birds/ducks, I never knew shooting birds could be fun, as it is very hard to shoot BIF with A100. During the gathering, I tried the Tokina 80-400 and Tamron 200-400, both have good sharpness and they are not too heavy. I also encountered "System Error" and drained my battery.

Here are my better shots

#1 Heron


#2 Crane, like everyone else


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#5 Very colorful duck, my setting was at F7.1, and shutter speed is slow


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#9 BIF, by using BrookerT's Tamron 200-400


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#12 The crew ... look at 800si's big Nikon lens

Wow....These shots are wonderful guys! Such an eye-opening to a new DSLR user like me. I will post out pictures from my beercan later. Hope for your comments.

Thanks
Sam

Sam, your beercan is very good, and with the A700, the pictures are great and sharp.

Edited by brettania - 24 March 2009 at 12:22

It was nice meeting all you guys. You've captured some nice images.

Here are 3 of mine.

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goodwrench wrote: Great shots guys, wish I could have come. It was the last day of spring break so it was family day for me. Garth

Absolutely unacceptable. You'd better not diss your Dyxum family next time, or else we go to your house and umm, err, soap your windows!