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Title: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by Anguslau on Oct 8th, 2004, 7:45pm 292 Common Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Penfold Park 彭福公園 8/10/2004 1D Mark II EF600 + converters http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/34780770.jpg http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/34780777.jpg http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/34806496.jpg |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat (黑喉石即鳥) Post by KK Hui on Oct 8th, 2004, 7:57pm Love the clean bg, details and sharpness ... I'd pick the last shot as the winner given the choice. Nicely done, Angus! ::) KK Hui ARPS www.geocities.com/kkhui_001 |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat (黑喉石即鳥) Post by Forrest FONG on Oct 8th, 2004, 8:03pm Hi Angus, Excellent photos! I was most impressed by the sharpness of the eye. Forrest 8) |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat (黑喉石即鳥) Post by xyz_ps on Oct 8th, 2004, 8:12pm Really VERY VERY nice! ;D |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat (黑喉石即鳥) Post by Daniel CK Chan on Oct 8th, 2004, 9:32pm Very excellent photos. I also opt for last one because of the turning head, clean background and visable legs. |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by Hendrix on Oct 8th, 2004, 9:52pm :D :D :D :D :D How close is it ? ;D |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by Betty on Oct 8th, 2004, 10:17pm Really capture the beauty of the bird. Nice to meet you , Angus. :D Betty |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by isaac_chan on Oct 9th, 2004, 4:13am Really close. :D |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by Anguslau on Oct 9th, 2004, 12:18pm Thanks all for the encouragements! :) The bird/birds were very cooperative, I was basically working at minimum focusing distance (ie ~5.5m). Its really exciting working so closely with a bird. With hind sight, I could have done a lot better in a number of ways. For instance, I think the background is too dark, I should have shifted position a bit to chosen a lighter BG. I should have also tried getting closer and swap the converters with extension tubes. Well, may be next time... ;D Betty, nice to meet you and Wai Hung too! :D Having both of you watching behind me makes me a bit nervous since I am still wearing a "L" plate... :P |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by pippenho on Oct 9th, 2004, 12:24pm wow :oKOversion,amazing! |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by KK Hui on Oct 9th, 2004, 1:49pm on 10/09/04 at 12:18:17, Anguslau wrote:
I beg to disagree, Angus. The dark bg is perfect in this case! What I'd have done was not to stack converters since you were so close to your subject. An 25mm extension tube may gain you a little closer with you 600/4 but not much. Having said that I would have just shot it with a 1.4x converter and get even better resolution on the plumage details ... ::) Exposure wise, I'd have compensated it more on the negative side with an additional -1/3 EV to check the white! KK Hui ARPS www.geocities.com/kkhui_001 |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by Anguslau on Oct 9th, 2004, 7:51pm kk, thanks very much for the explainations. ;) Actually I haven't stacked converters this time. The first two pictures were with a 1.4x converter, but cropped a bit. The third picture was with a 2x converter, full frame. I was shooting with a 2x initially from around 12 meters. As I got to around 6 meters, I found that I have trouble fitting the bird in the frame!! ;D So I took off the 2x and begin shooting without converters. But the image was too small. I have to crawl back to my backpack to get the 1.4x converter to continue... I was too excited trying to take pictures and didn't really checked the exposure - just relied on evaluative metering. Unfortunately, most pictures were slightly overexposed due to the dark background... :P |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by Betty on Oct 9th, 2004, 9:21pm In order not to disturb the stonechat, Angus CRAWL back 2 times to his backpack to get his gear. So much respect to the bird, that's the secret of "how close it is." Betty |
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Title: Re: Siberian Stonechat 黑喉石即鳥 Post by KK Hui on Oct 9th, 2004, 9:22pm Angus, Sorry about the stacked converters thing! I was misled by your statement in your original post saying "1D Mark II EF600 + converters". ;D Please make it a habit to include some important tech/shooting data if you wish to have useful feedback from other photographer(s). This applies to anyone else who posts their images here in this forum ... KK Hui ARPS www.geocities.com/kkhui_001 |
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