Wattle they think of next...

Giphsub

Here are a few from around the yard yesterday. C&C welcome. All shot with D300 and Bigma (Finally getting happy with using this lense)

#1 Red Wattle Bird


#2 Bees in the gum flowers


#3 Pee Wee


#4 Laughing turtle dove


#5 And my favourite subject for the day, the Singing Honeyeater


#6


#7


#8


#9 And my favourite of the lot

jonh68

Those are great shots. I have been thinking of getting a D300 and pairing it with the Bigma or the 150-500. This confirms it wouldn't be bad choice

Giphsub

jonh68 wrote:

Those are great shots. I have been thinking of getting a D300 and pairing it with the Bigma or the 150-500. This confirms it wouldn't be bad choice

Thanks John! Bear in mind that the Bigma certainly needs a lot of light and my particular model isn't that sharp stopped down to its lowest aperture, making things even more difficult to get a good sharp shot. I think I am getting my sharpest results at around F16 with the Bigma! The higher iso performance of the D300 helps me compensate for that a bit though

redleash

Some really nice bird shots! Interesting species--where are they?

Lauren

gus

redleash wrote:

Some really nice bird shots! Interesting species--where are they?

Lauren

each bird is named above the photo.

Nice light there mike

Giphsub

redleash wrote:

Some really nice bird shots! Interesting species--where are they?

Lauren

Thanks Lauren. They are Australian birds. Specifically, Perth, Western Australia.

Giphsub

gus wrote:

each bird is named above the photo.

Nice light there mike

Thanks Gus! Yeah most of the honeyeaters were shot late avo.

gus

gus wrote:

each bird is named above the photo.

Nice light there mike

I do apologise lauren...i misread your post.

Photosbychuck

Great Photos!

I like #8 the best.

Take Care,
Chuck,

Giphsub

Thanks Chuck! I reckon that is my second favourite after #9.

Jack'll do

Wonderful series Mike. That's quite a nice camera/lens combo. thumb

Giphsub

Jack'll do wrote:

Wonderful series Mike. That's quite a nice camera/lens combo. thumb

Thanks Jack/John! The Bigma is nice enough, but I still want a nice prime!

Ric Grupe

gus wrote:

each bird is named above the photo.

Nice light there mike

Did you think "what" for "where", Gus?

Ric Grupe

Love the Wattles, Mike.

The TD shot is neat...the lines of the antenna actually aid the comp...except for that little bit in the upper left...

TralfazPhoto

What is a Bigma?

dlplumer

Great shots Mike. Nice to see I am not the only one who shoots Doves

dbaker1221

great captures Mike. :ivar :ivar

I've found that My bigma shoots sharpest at f8, but I shoot it at 6.3 a lot. My d300 though seems to need to be stopped down to -1 ev on almost every shot

dbaker1221

TralfazPhoto wrote:

What is a Bigma?

sigma 50-500 mm lens

jwear

I am sticking with the nikon Looks like you are getting the handel on it --I like that bird

BigAl

Nice set Mike Glad to see you're giving the Bigma a workout again - what were you using for support? I must admit I use mine at any aperture that feels right

Giphsub

Ric Grupe wrote:

Love the Wattles, Mike.

The TD shot is neat...the lines of the antenna actually aid the comp...except for that little bit in the upper left...

Cheers Ric! This better?

Giphsub

dlplumer wrote:

Great shots Mike. Nice to see I am not the only one who shoots Doves

yeah, well, um... it was just there, so...

Giphsub

dbaker1221 wrote:

great captures Mike. :ivar :ivar

I've found that My bigma shoots sharpest at f8, but I shoot it at 6.3 a lot. My d300 though seems to need to be stopped down to -1 ev on almost every shot

Thanks Dave! Well I had never really tried much at other apertures because of the loss of light, but I was more impressed with it at smaller apertures Funny enough, I think these were shot with it up to +0.7 ev...

Giphsub

jwear wrote:

I am sticking with the nikon Looks like you are getting the handel on it --I like that bird

Thanks Jeff. I'm happy with the d300

Ric Grupe

Giphsub wrote:

Cheers Ric! This better?

Well...you coulda added a little canvas on top while you were at it!

Giphsub

BigAl wrote:

Nice set Mike Glad to see you're giving the Bigma a workout again - what were you using for support? I must admit I use mine at any aperture that feels right

Thanks Al. Yeah I wasn't happy with it for a while, but thought I'd give it another go, seeing as I had got some pretty decent shots with it in the past. Glad I did! I have only been using a monopod. I wanna get a decent tripod, but want to fork out for a decent one that I won't have to upgrade later. However, having just moved from Japan to Aus, funds are a bit tight right now...

Giphsub

Ric Grupe wrote:

Well...you coulda added a little canvas on top while you were at it!

evil eggplant

Nice
I know we need to give some credit to the photographer, but that Bigma is working well for you.

Interesting subjects, nicely captured. Good series.

Cheers

Giphsub

evil eggplant wrote:

I know we need to give some credit to the photographer, but that Bigma is working well for you.

Interesting subjects, nicely captured. Good series.

Cheers

Nah, you can give it all to the camera and lense! Thanks EE.

coscorrosa

Great shots! I love seeing shots of unfamiliar (to me) bird species.

Giphsub

coscorrosa wrote:

Great shots! I love seeing shots of unfamiliar (to me) bird species.

Cheers Ron! Yeah that's why I enjoy seeing all the shots from everyone else on here!