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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 09:58 |
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a hour down seashore today over high tide and I'm really starting to wonder a D300s ( app.10 years old) and a Tokina 400mm f5.6 M/F ( about 20 + years old) handheld and its turning out shots like this . how far have we really come ,and are we just fools to believe in the improvements they tell us about. yes a A/F lens would have given a higher percentage of keepers (allegedly) but at what cost Attachment: starting to wonder .jpg (Downloaded 19 times)
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 10:37 |
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jk
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Graham Whistler wrote:Family friend Bob Entwistle who lives very near Mount Kenya sent me this image and I do not think he will mind me sharing this with you all: Lovely shot Graham. The two Nubian kingfishers shot is nice as well.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 10:38 |
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Robert
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Jeff, you missed the vital ingredient, YOU, your experience and fieldcraft are a major factor. Thrust that camera and lens into another photographers hands and you may well not see the same results. I can relate numerous examples of skilled hands making an apparently poor tool turn out gems of craftsmanship and musicians who can make beautiful music with a makeshift instrument. That said, the tool still needs to be sharp.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 10:40 |
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jk
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Eric wrote:Well it could be greenfly as well... Good shot. You can see the wings of the aphid.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 11:46 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Jeff, you missed the vital ingredient, YOU, your experience and fieldcraft are a major factor. Thrust that camera and lens into another photographers hands and you may well not see the same results. I say a resounding Aye to that!! I had this great idea today, back the car away from the bird feeding area in the garden. Climb in the back, lower the (darkened) window enough to point the lens out of, wrap up in dark colours and baraclava. I looked like a bank robber waiting for the getaway driver to arrive. Discovered the 500mm was too long....went in house to get 300mm. Sat for 20min taking shots of branches at different ISOs waiting for the birds. Went back into the house to get fresh battery.  Sat for another 20 mins. Threw some more food out on the lawn. Sat for another 20mins. Nothing. Went back in the house for lunch. I had barely bit into my sandwich....birds everywhere. 
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 13:26 |
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blackfox
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why wrap up in camo gear , if your in the car they take no notice of you . whatever you're wearing . I have a spot where this will be applied shortly as I now have a lifting rear window . normally got to hang out of the drivers door but movement more than anything spooks them ..do this again it will work
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 13:28 |
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blackfox
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this one was taken today hanging out the drivers door d300s and Tokina 400 f.5.6 M/F well why not by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 13:32 |
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blackfox
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and again out of the window today , pulled up on a roundabout on the ind. estate and shot out of the window  christmas dinner by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24th, 2018 14:16 |
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Eric
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blackfox wrote:why wrap up in camo gear , if your in the car they take no notice of you . whatever you're wearing . Not camouflage......I was cold with the window down. 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2018 13:02 |
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jk
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