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Nikon DSLRs and Lenses for bird photography

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 07:12

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blackfox wrote:
The only thing I find wrong with Graham's shot above the central composition perhaps move it to the left a bit , I was always told to leave the birds /subjects room to look into

edit on this my reply above was actually to robs now reposted image below . :whip:

Sorry about that Jeff, I got in a right muddle.

I frequently type posts then forget to click the 'Post Reply' button, but sometimes I am doing it twice and double posting, I thought I had double posted, so deleted, but I hadn't, so I lost the whole post and couldn't find it again in history to extract it, and re-post. The brain must be in meltdown. o.O

Your bird above with the red berry is lovely, like you say, give it some space to fly into. I try to do that with cars and bikes racing, leave plenty space in front. Unless you are creating an identification portfolio they need a bit of room to spread their wings.

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 07:29

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Eric wrote:
jk wrote:
Interesting thought Eric.

Doing underwater photography is similar to bird photography except you have the added limitation of needing to manage your air and buoyancy. Initially I wanted to fill the frame with the subject either in the initial shot or by cropping. Eventually I decidedthis response resulted in a 'stamp collection' style of photography. Now I look for the fish to be against a good background with good lighting. This tends to result in a 1/3 ratio of subject/background.

We were given a 55" tv just before Christmas by a friend (long story). I've resisted going that big because when the newscasters come on, their heads were normal size (as if they were sitting across the room from me) so I didn't pay much attention to them. But now they are bigger, I feel compelled to listen to them despite the rubbish they are reporting. It's weird.

AND.... all the poor make up, sagging skin, wrinkles and pimples are so much more evident. I can even see NOISE on the images :lol:

Mary Nightingale (as it's a bird topic) has a turkey neck hanging down and my wife's ski jumping toy boy hero's have all got acne and freckles. It destroys our fantasies. :lol:

I think there's a lot to be said for being small and unobtrusive. :lol:

But seriously I am going to give my subjects a bit more air. Maybe backing off the cropping won't mean as much noise reduction. o.O

I have 42" screen in Spain and a 38" here in UK in a smaller room.
I find that more than enough. I cant see the need or desire for massive screens. To each his/her own!

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 08:11

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just seen a sigma 150-600 C for £524 ex cat return looks as new , very tempted

Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:16

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Less crop with this one?

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:17

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This is what he did under water!

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:19

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total stunner graham :bowing:

Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:20

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and now your taking the proverbial
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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:27

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614 is lovely, the fishes expression isn't visible... and lot's more room.

615 is amazing. But it's a technical set up and I suspect a LOT of misses, unless it's a video camera?

The little fish seem to be cowering, can't blame them!

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:38

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D850 normal pix as the others. I did shoot a video with the D850 with the same setup looks good but can not post it here.

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Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2019 09:47

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Graham Whistler wrote:
D850 normal pix as the others.

What, post 615? Did you use an underwater housing?

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