My son's bird pics

MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
edited March 11, 2007 in Wildlife
I went birding with my son at Ft. De Soto park recently. The bird action was slow and it was a bit foggy at sunrise. We had a great time none the less.

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Ginger requested I post some of his pics. He was using my old D70 with a 180mm, f2.8 lens wide open on a monopod. He did his own post production. Unfortunately, I don't think he knows how to change the ratio of crop dimension. These were all cropped 8x10.

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His most impressive pic is this 9 panel panorama of the North beach lagoon. He stitched this together in CS3 without any help from me!

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Mitch
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Tell your son he did a fantastic job! That panorama is super, and he got an awesome reflection on the egret. If he starts at this age, he'll be a pro in no time! clap.gif
  • RhuarcRhuarc Registered Users Posts: 1,464 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    That is a beauty of a pano! clap.gifclap.gif Tell him so for me when you get a chance :)
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Oh, my!!!! Those are very nice. I love yellow feet on a bird! And to stitch that together in CS3, I have never done that. Now I want to try!!!!

    How is your bridge working, mine is terrible, so I can't wait to upgrade as I love the system. I have the beta, that is why I know my bridge is not working well, and I have gone back to CS2.

    That are wonderful photos. The focus is sharp, the subjects are interesting, and, in the one case, the feets are yellow.

    Thank you for posting!!!

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Hey, those are some nice shots, better than me when it comes to shooting white birds. I always blow out the whites. Tell him to keep it up. He has definitely impressed me! I can't wait until my children start showing an interest in daddy's hobby.
    Stephen
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    I think he did very well! They all just great!

    Thanks for sharing,

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,959 moderator
    edited March 10, 2007
    A very nice job indeed! Thanks for teaching him the art of photography
    and an appreciation of nature!
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    You two make a great team ylsuper.gif

    Well done.
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Great job, both of you!! Tell your son he'll be fantastic photographer one day and a PS pro as well!clap.gif
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Maestro wrote:
    Hey, those are some nice shots, better than me when it comes to shooting white birds. I always blow out the whites. Tell him to keep it up. He has definitely impressed me! I can't wait until my children start showing an interest in daddy's hobby.

    Thanks for the kind words.

    The photography lesson for him that day was to learn how to watch for blown highlights (blinkies) and to adjust the exposure compensation accordingly. He caught on pretty quickly!
    Mitch
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Oh, my!!!! Those are very nice. I love yellow feet on a bird! And to stitch that together in CS3, I have never done that. Now I want to try!!!!

    How is your bridge working, mine is terrible, so I can't wait to upgrade as I love the system. I have the beta, that is why I know my bridge is not working well, and I have gone back to CS2.

    That are wonderful photos. The focus is sharp, the subjects are interesting, and, in the one case, the feets are yellow.

    Thank you for posting!!!

    ginger

    Thanks for asking me to post these, Ginger!

    He used the photomerge tool in CS3 and claims it was pretty easy! These 9 year old kids are computer geniuses these days!

    I can't get bridge to work in CS3 either. Takes forever to load and the photos are so blurry that I can barely see them. I use Nikon browser and then open into CS3. Hope the final version fixes this.
    Mitch
    http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    clap.gif fantastic job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:ivar
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Mitchell wrote:
    Thanks for the kind words.

    The photography lesson for him that day was to learn how to watch for blown highlights (blinkies) and to adjust the exposure compensation accordingly. He caught on pretty quickly!

    Now please write a tutorial for me too. rolleyes1.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Congrats! Your son took some good photos!thumb.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2007
    great shots --A story--- when I first took a class and wanted to do wildlife photos the school I went to had a zoo trip so I took my son with me .He was a little older than your son and I am a lot older than you .An old guy even older than me came over as I was watching Hunter take some shots .He said to me this is a great hobby deal.gifwings.gif and you can do this with your son no matter how old you get thumb.gif he made my day even better .
    Jeff W

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