First 300d pic

Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
edited March 25, 2005 in Wildlife
Well today I had about an hour to kill before my dentist appointment:cry so I went to the beach to test out the new 300d. Played with all the settings and snapped a few pics nothing really great. On the way back to the truck I saw this little guy and thought I would give it a try. took about 5 pics of the same bee before he took off. This was the only good one. How did I do? Taken with the kit lens at 18mm 1/1000th f4 ISO 100

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Thanks for looking,

Eric
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Comments

  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2005
    Hey Eric,

    You don't belive in taking it slow. You have to go after an extremely difficult subject to try out your new camera on. Not a bad start at all considering the degree of difficulty. It looks like you froze the action pretty well. thumb.gif I would love to see a tighter crop on the bee.
    Harry
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2005
    i think you did very good, as a matter of fact its better than good and Ill tell you why! there is only two things in this world i am afraid of -one of them is bats ( there's a dgrinner trying to get a grey headed fox - HES NUTS!) but i am even more afraid of BEES!!!! im 6 ft 1 and if i see a bee - im off runnin......so I think you did wonderful... you're crazy also to get even that near a bee. As for me i will stick to nice peaceful animals like gorillas, tigers, birds of prey etc.



    troy

    Eric&Susan wrote:
    Well today I had about an hour to kill before my dentist appointment:cry so I went to the beach to test out the new 300d. Played with all the settings and snapped a few pics nothing really great. On the way back to the truck I saw this little guy and thought I would give it a try. took about 5 pics of the same bee before he took off. This was the only good one. How did I do? Taken with the kit lens at 18mm 1/1000th f4 ISO 100



    Thanks for looking,

    Eric
  • jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2005
    eric

    you're off to a great startthumb.gif i'm glad ole Cam (our name for her) has found such a capable new home. when i shoot bees, i like to get close to where i know they will land. i use an el cheapo tripod and get close to flowers where bees are. there you know they will stay put for a few seconds.

    i think this is a $ shot because you went for the bee in flight. next time dont be afraid to bump up the iso to get a higher shutter spead, and harry is right about cropping...you will be surprised at the detail you could see in a 20-50% crop. it will make it look like you were much closer to the subject.

    jeff
    www.lapiz007.smugmug.com


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