Fire series, from the 300mm f/4 lens

obelix

Got the lens today.

Not that these shots tell much about the lens apart from that I did not get a coke bottle )

I LOVE the perspective I get through this lens, seems sharp!.

From the mouth of the dragon



Calm waters!



Finally, some birds

ian408

Which lens? The Canon?

The egrets are nice but a tad OE. Where abouts did you find them?

Ian

gus

The bird one is great

obelix

ian408 wrote:

Which lens? The Canon?

The egrets are nice but a tad OE. Where abouts did you find them?

Ian

Ian, this is the Nikon 300 F/4 AF IF ED lens. This is from Shoreline park, Mountain View.

I always struggle with egrets, my best so far:

[img][/img]http://clix.smugmug.com/photos/10096702-M.jpg

obelix

Humungus wrote:

The bird one is great

Thanks Humungus.

bikehiker

Like the egrets.

ian408

obelix wrote:

Ian, this is the Nikon 300 F/4 AF IF ED lens. This is from Shoreline park, Mountain View.

I always struggle with egrets, my best so far:

[img][/img]http://clix.smugmug.com/photos/10096702-M.jpg

Thanks! I think the all white birds are the most difficult to shoot. Harry or Steve
suggested shooting a frame, looking at the histogram and making adjustments
before approaching. That's worked reasonably well for me so far. Of course, RAW
helps too.

We should head out to the sloughs one day.

Ian

CMaster

I love that first shot with the reds, oranges, and yellows with nice dark black! Great shot!

obelix

bikehiker wrote:

Like the egrets.

Thanks Mike.

obelix

ian408 wrote:

Thanks! I think the all white birds are the most difficult to shoot. Harry or Steve
suggested shooting a frame, looking at the histogram and making adjustments
before approaching. That's worked reasonably well for me so far. Of course, RAW
helps too.

We should head out to the sloughs one day.

Ian

Yes, that is how I normally proceed, but here the light was changing so fast and I was fumbling with the new heavy lens . I should have center weighted metered on the egrets and stopped down by -0.7 EV.

obelix

CMaster wrote:

I love that first shot with the reds, oranges, and yellows with nice dark black! Great shot!

Thanks CMaster.