Fire series, from the 300mm f/4 lens

obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
edited January 4, 2005 in Landscapes
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

dragon.jpg

Calm waters!

waterOnFire.jpg

Finally, some birds

birds.jpg

Comments

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited January 4, 2005
    Which lens? The Canon?

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

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    The bird one is great thumb.gif
  • obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    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
  • obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    The bird one is great thumb.gif
    Thanks Humungus.
  • bikehikerbikehiker Registered Users Posts: 79 Big grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    Like the egrets.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited January 4, 2005
    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
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • CMasterCMaster Registered Users Posts: 63 Big grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    I love that first shot with the reds, oranges, and yellows with nice dark black! Great shot! thumb.gif
    -- Paul (pmack.smugmug.com)
  • obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    bikehiker wrote:
    Like the egrets.
    Thanks Mike.
  • obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    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.
  • obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2005
    CMaster wrote:
    I love that first shot with the reds, oranges, and yellows with nice dark black! Great shot! thumb.gif
    Thanks CMaster.
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