Duck

SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
edited February 5, 2005 in Wildlife
A duck on the Dodder River, Dublin.

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20d, Sigma 70-200 + 2x extender. Iso 800, f5.6, 1/640,


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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2005
    Shay, That is one nice duck, great reflection! I am glad you added the info, especially re the fact that you used an extender.

    I am thinking seriously of ordering a 1.4X extender for my new, to be, 300L, etc, lens. What do you think of a long prime like that with a 2x extender vs a 1.4x.

    Everything it nice and sharp in your photo. Great colors, too.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • KbikeKbike Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited February 4, 2005
    Here is a Swan picture I took a few years ago, before digital, in Annecy, France. I took it with a Pentax point and shoot and scanned it with a cheap scanner.
    Clif
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    Clif
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  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Shay, That is one nice duck, great reflection! I am glad you added the info, especially re the fact that you used an extender.

    I am thinking seriously of ordering a 1.4X extender for my new, to be, 300L, etc, lens. What do you think of a long prime like that with a 2x extender vs a 1.4x.

    Everything it nice and sharp in your photo. Great colors, too.

    ginger
    Thanks, I'm glad you like the photo.

    I got the extender as a cheap way of getting to 400. It works in bright light but the autofocus is slow. In dim light the picture quality does suffer (a lot! )

    This is an example:

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    f10, iso 800, 1/1000, ex0 at 400mm. Cloudy overcast sky. I haven't done any work on this in photoshop.


    The combination works for me because I wanted the 70-200 f2.8. Another €200 gives me a serviceable 400 lens. I will buy a zoom or prime at some stage in the 400+ range ( when the credit card cools off rolleyes1.gif )

    The extender also moves the balance point of the lens and it isn't as well balanced on a tripod / monopod.

    I wouldn't recommend the combination to you because I haven't had clear bue skys to try it in yet. ( Roll on summerthumb.gif ).

    And remember, I'm an absolute beginner at photography so my opinions are very IMHO rolleyes1.gif .

    Sorry I can't help you more. Btw congrats on the 20dthumb.gif

    Shay.
  • REECEPHOTOREECEPHOTO Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2005
    Very funny shot great angle Kbike.................Laughing.gif
    It's not the speed that'll kill ya
    It's the sudden stops!
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