Beautiful Blue

raianraian Registered Users Posts: 260 Major grins
edited June 8, 2006 in Wildlife
Two from today. This guy was so close to me, and so quiet, I almost missed him. He was hunting in the reeds along the edge of the water. The first pic could have been lightened up a bit.. but I'm just trying to figure out manual settings so any help/advice appreciated.

Taken with my Sigma 70-200... 1/500 f5.6 85mm

gbh1.jpg

This shot was taken at 1/1250 f4.5 135mm.. I moved around him a bit.
gbh3.jpg

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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2006
    Great catures Raian. The WB on the first looks a bit off, the white on the heron don't look white to me.

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  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2006
    Good captures, but brighten them up a bit. :): :):
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2006
    Good shots that could be improved. The first shot's WB is off, its way too cool. That can easily be corrected if you are shooting in RAW (which I hope you are doing).
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  • raianraian Registered Users Posts: 260 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2006
    I have not figure out yet how to change the WB ne_nau.gif When I did try to get to that menu on my camera, I did not have the option to change it. I think there's a way to get there.. just haven't figured it out yet.

    Harry... I'm still a bit intimidated by the camera and have not attempted RAW. I will get there one of these days. :):
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2006
    raian wrote:
    I have not figure out yet how to change the WB ne_nau.gif When I did try to get to that menu on my camera, I did not have the option to change it. I think there's a way to get there.. just haven't figured it out yet.

    Harry... I'm still a bit intimidated by the camera and have not attempted RAW. I will get there one of these days. :):

    I had to be forced into trying RAW, felt intimidated by it, too. Correcting the white balance would be so easy in RAW. I am not as sure in photoshop, I know it can be done, but since I always use RAW now, I just don't know. I think it it too cyan. Maybe if you could use something to get the cyan out of the white, depending on what your photoshop can do.

    Cool photos, very nice!!!

    where were you?

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2006
    raian wrote:
    I have not figure out yet how to change the WB ne_nau.gif When I did try to get to that menu on my camera, I did not have the option to change it. I think there's a way to get there.. just haven't figured it out yet.

    Harry... I'm still a bit intimidated by the camera and have not attempted RAW. I will get there one of these days. :):

    You change the WB setting on the D50 by pressing the button on the back (its the one marked WB and has the ? and key icons on i) and turning the command dial. Thom Hogan sells excellent e-books on all of Nikon's DSLRs http://bythom.com/ I always get his e-book whenever I get a new body.

    Take your time to learn your camera. I started out shootimg jpegs when I started with a DSLR. As you get more comfortable with the camera you can start to spread your wings. RAW is no problem, just a few extra steps in your post processing but it gives you a lot more flexibility.
    Harry
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  • raianraian Registered Users Posts: 260 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2006
    Thanks ginger and harry! I plan on shooting some RAW this weekend just to see how it works, etc. I'll probably really mess it up but heh, it's a learning thing :D

    Figured out why I couldn't get to the WB settings. I was looking at it with the camera setting on Automatic... you have to be in Manual "M" to change the WB settings. Doh!!!

    Ginger, I was at Magnolia, down by the boat and river (not in the swamp area).
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