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meihua In reply to ??? [2007-08-28 03:05:28 +0000 UTC]

WOW this is the best capture ever! great work!

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Photosbykev In reply to ??? [2007-08-27 20:22:25 +0000 UTC]

hell of a capture an image that has escaped from me for the last 3 years lol

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 21:24:55 +0000 UTC]

PS - I hope to see your version soon! it will be much better for sure

Oh, and I'm pretty disappointed about what "Bird-club" does with photos that go to submition - my plover photo looks really bad there :-/

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meihua In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-28 03:05:24 +0000 UTC]

What do you mean? The resized thumbnail compresses and distorts the image ... but that happens to everyone.

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to meihua [2007-08-28 13:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Well,I mean when I opened a pic uploaded by club it lookes terrible... - it was resized and compressed, it's a pity they do it to every pic :-/ they can resize a bit but not to size of small thumbnail...

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meihua In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-28 20:32:24 +0000 UTC]

when we upload pictures to the club, we save the small unzoomed version of each deviation.. this helps prevent art theft

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to meihua [2007-08-29 18:21:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh... I understand now, thank you very much for explanation!

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Photosbykev In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-27 21:27:16 +0000 UTC]

you hope? I'm hoping as well lol. Nearest I've got is pin sharp tail feathers lol

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 21:35:43 +0000 UTC]

I know something about this... a bunch of feathers or water drops on tens of photos

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 21:22:04 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thank you very much Kevin! the only problem is that it is a crop, huge crop, so I can't do print, although I whish to hang it onto wall over my bed
Anyway I was really lucky with this one - finding huge field with THOUSANDS! ( I MEAN it! ) swallows and... one puddle... just sit and wait.
I had to forget about AF, no camera would handle it. And I had to set 200mm on my 70-300 zoom as having 3fps it was impossible to soot-in the shallow DoF @300mm. I whish it was full-frame...

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Photosbykev In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-27 21:24:33 +0000 UTC]

I've been trying with my 600mm lmao and failing!

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 21:33:13 +0000 UTC]

wow! at 600 I do understand why you failed
Swallows are cosmopolitans almost, they do not afraid of human so much so I think such a focal length is not necessary, even troublesome... I'm pretty sure that 300mm would be enough. I took this shot with no camo, they were REALLY close... now whith you camo and some bright 300mm and 8fps it should be a bit easier...

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Photosbykev In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-27 21:40:20 +0000 UTC]

The place I shoot at is on a lake not a puddle so I need the reach of the 600mm. also they tend to drink anywhere so it's fun trying to track them. No camo just sitting on the side of the lake enjoying watching them

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 21:44:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I understand now... then, yes, it must something completely different, far more difficult. Good luck anyway...
BTW - have you ever thought of catching a stern hitting water surface? this must be SOMETHING...

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Photosbykev In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-27 21:57:19 +0000 UTC]

an artic Tern? They are in the same place

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 22:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Well... I mean any tern ( mostly common tern )... I'm really charmed by the view of tern hovering in the air for a second and the falling down as an arrow to the water and hitting it as rock... so fast and graceful! I've seen some nature movie in TV showing some birds diong it by they weren't terns...

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Photosbykev In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-27 22:06:59 +0000 UTC]

There is a huge colony near my work that I spend time with

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to Photosbykev [2007-08-27 22:10:20 +0000 UTC]

Well... so... shoot'em! waiting for tack-sharp pic of tern falling down, just before hitting water surface!

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Photosbykev In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-27 22:18:18 +0000 UTC]

I will when work allows me too lol

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bear48 In reply to ??? [2007-08-25 10:48:12 +0000 UTC]

sweet catch

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cycoze In reply to ??? [2007-08-24 00:36:51 +0000 UTC]

Superb capture and a beautiful image!

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to cycoze [2007-08-24 07:41:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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cycoze In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-24 10:33:52 +0000 UTC]

Very Welcome it is an exceptional image

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houstonryan In reply to ??? [2007-08-22 19:27:54 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!!! I am impressed by the sharpness of this photo...What lens do you use? I need one.

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to houstonryan [2007-08-22 21:20:22 +0000 UTC]

It was just sigma 70-300 Apo, but stopped down to f:11 - it's already huge crop so yes, it is really sharp.

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houstonryan In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-22 23:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Tnanks for the info...I think I need to get a tripod and use smaller apertures...My images are too blurry...of course my 300mm lens is a prophoto lens, and not that great.

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to houstonryan [2007-08-23 06:36:27 +0000 UTC]

Actually I don't use tripod I know I should but I;ve got only old shaky tripod I use fro "family shots". What lens exactly do you have?

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houstonryan In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-23 15:40:33 +0000 UTC]

I think it is a ProPhoto 5.6 300mm lens...it was only $249 and has some chromatic aberration (magenta/blue on fringes)...I couldn't afford anything better as I had just purchased the D200...

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to houstonryan [2007-08-23 20:58:03 +0000 UTC]

I see, well it would be absolutely enough for you to buy some 300/4, I'm going to doit in some near future. And 300/5.6 is not a pro rather prime if meant that. Pro is 2.8

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houstonryan In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-24 00:35:40 +0000 UTC]

I thought the brand was prophoto...not the lens...

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to houstonryan [2007-08-24 07:40:58 +0000 UTC]

prophoto? you mean a company name? huh, never heard of such...

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houstonryan In reply to Dunadan-from-Bag-End [2007-08-24 19:37:06 +0000 UTC]

Promaster? I'm not sure...it isn't a well-known company name though

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to houstonryan [2007-08-24 20:44:00 +0000 UTC]

Promaster - yes, I heard about it

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to BesidesThat [2007-08-22 21:19:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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remigiuszScout In reply to ??? [2007-08-22 18:31:41 +0000 UTC]

super strzał

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to remigiuszScout [2007-08-22 21:19:34 +0000 UTC]

Dzięki

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pikku-ish In reply to ??? [2007-08-22 18:15:03 +0000 UTC]

jestem pod wielkim wrażeniem uchwyciłeś świetny moment. Tafla jeziora (?) ogrywa rolę magicznego lustra. Linii symetrii. Dwie jaskółki stykają się dziobami. świetne.

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Dunadan-from-Bag-End In reply to pikku-ish [2007-08-22 21:17:04 +0000 UTC]

To była kałuża jedyne co mnie martwi w tym zdjęciu to to że to spory crop - nie zrobię sobie z tego odbitki anie nie sprzedam zdjęcia :-/

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DECEMBERFORESTMOON In reply to Ayoxin [2009-11-05 17:20:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh does it really drink water during the flight - amazing!!

Thanks to the Dunadan from Bag-End for this wonderful Inspiration on my own wings!

Chris

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