Reflections of black necked stilts

Fleas · January 18, 2004

I was amazed to find this pond west of Phoenix with this artisy display of birds. Some have said it looks like a painting

cmr164 · January 18, 2004

Fleas wrote:

I was amazed to find this pond west of Phoenix with this artisy display of birds. Some have said it looks like a painting

I could not resist playing.... I only flipped the intensities.

Fleas · January 18, 2004

super
Super!! I like it Charles.. Thanks

ian408 · January 18, 2004

Fleas wrote:

I was amazed to find this pond west of Phoenix with this artisy display of birds. Some have said it looks like a painting

Notice the non-conformist? The one bird facing the other direction?

Very nice.

Ian

Fleas · January 18, 2004

Yup!!
Thanks..Yeah Ian I got a kid like that

One in ever bunch.

fish · January 18, 2004

Fleas wrote:

Thanks..Yeah Ian I got a kid like that One in ever bunch.

That really is a lovely and peaceful shot, fleas. What was the scoop on your exposure?

Fleas · January 18, 2004

Thanks..
Fish, I use the digital viewfinder method of taking pictures. Use manual mode and just dial what I want the picture to look like then snap the picture. Usually the shudder speed is set to 125 unless it is a lowlight setting or want to completely freeze the action. So I really dont bother with settings as I just dial what I want. Most of the reptile and insects pictures are auto and night framing mode as they are mostly taken at night. U of A is putting out a book called 50 Common Insects of the Arizona Desert which hopefully will have my photos in.

cmr164 · January 18, 2004

Fleas wrote:

Fish, I use the digital viewfinder method of taking pictures. Use manual mode and just dial what I want the picture to look like then snap the picture. Usually the shudder speed is set to 125 unless it is a lowlight setting or want to completely freeze the action. So I really dont bother with settings as I just dial what I want. Most of the reptile and insects pictures are auto and night framing mode as they are mostly taken at night. U of A is putting out a book called 50 Common Insects of the Arizona Desert which hopefully will have my photos in.

Take a look at the EXIF data on the original shot and it will almost certainly have the exposure info. If you can not display EXIF info and have a UNIX or Linux box then 'strings name_orig.jpg | more' will show you the data. An example:

cmr% strings rome00dec227nightftn.jpg | more
hExif
0210
0100
Kodak
DCS520C
dKODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Photo Desk JPEG Export v3.2 M2000:12:28:15:34:43
2000:12:28:15:34:43
dISO Speed: 400
Aperture: f1.2
Shutter: 1/15
Max Aperture: f1.2
Min Aperture: f16
Exposure Mode: Program AE (P)
Compensation: +0.0
Flash Compensation: +0.0
Meter Mode: Evaluative
Flash Mode: No flash
Drive Mode: Continuous
Focus Mode: One Shot
Focus Point: --o--
Focal Length (mm): 85
White balance: Auto
Time: 15:34:43.530
2000:12:28:15:34:43

fish · January 18, 2004

cmr164 wrote:

Take a look at the EXIF data on the original shot and it will almost certainly have the exposure info. If you can not display EXIF info and have a UNIX or Linux box then 'strings name_orig.jpg | more' will show you the data.

I work for the company that produces Solaris, but my home box is XP.

I should probably post this in ABBA, but I can't figure out how to get from a smugmug photo link to the gallery with EXIF data. For instance, the link...http://fleas.smugmug.com/photos/1535157-M.jpg takes me to the photo in a browser window outside of the smuggy gallery. I can go to fleas.smugmug.com, but then I have to hunt around to find the gallery and image. Assuming it's not in a password protected gallery, I might be able to find it, given enough time and interest. Any clues?

Then again, I just spent the time looking at fleas' gallery, and no EXIF data is displayed (for whatever reason). So, I'm sunk.

dISO Speed: 400
Aperture: f1.2
Shutter: 1/15

Hmmm...I wouldn't have expected that. Seems like the DOF is greater than what might be obtained with f1.2 (holy mackeral...what lens are you using that goes down to f1.2??).

Are you sure that's accurate?

Fleas · January 18, 2004

Yikes!!
I can find nothing on the EXIF. it displays it on the camera smart stick data before I delete it. Since I have no interest nor use for EXIF I do not keep track of it. All I can find out about this pictures is the orginal size of 140 kb and was taken on 12-07-03.. Sorry
The link to this picture is > http://fleas.smugmug.com/ > http://fleas.smugmug.com/gallery/11164/2 >
http://fleas.smugmug.com/gallery/11164/2/1535157 >
http://fleas.smugmug.com/photos/1535157-M.jpg
Hope you can find what you want.

fish · January 19, 2004

Fleas wrote:

I can find nothing on the EXIF. it displays it on the camera smart stick data before I delete it. Since I have no interest nor use for EXIF I do not keep track of it. All I can find out about this pictures is the orginal size of 140 kb and was taken on 12-07-03.. Sorry
The link to this picture is > http://fleas.smugmug.com/ > http://fleas.smugmug.com/gallery/11164/2 >
http://fleas.smugmug.com/gallery/11164/2/1535157 >
http://fleas.smugmug.com/photos/1535157-M.jpg
Hope you can find what you want.

There is a setting in smugmug to allow "extra camera information" to be visible, but I think the default is "yes". Just out of curiosity, which camera are you using?

ian408 · January 19, 2004

fish wrote:

I work for the company that produces Solaris, but my home box is XP.

I promise not to tell Scott

Try this: http://www.takenet.or.jp/~ruuji/ It's an Exif reader.

Here's what it will output:

Filename : hover-panorama.psd
Photoshop PSD Header
Channels : 3
Mode : RGB
ColorDepth : 8
ImageWidth : 5674
ImageHeight : 952
AdobeResource
: 16Byte
: 5036Byte
DisplayInfo : 16Byte
DisplayInfo : 14Byte
GlobalAngle : 4Byte
Global Altitude : 4Byte
PrintFlags : 10Byte
CopyrightFlag : 2Byte
Print flags information : 10Byte
Color halftoning information : 72Byte
Color transfer functions : 112Byte
Layer state information : 2Byte
Layers group information : 2Byte
Grid and Guides information : 16Byte
URL List : 4Byte
Slices : 842Byte
ICC Untagged : 2Byte
Document specific IDs : 4Byte
ThumbnailResource : JPEG Format (Offset:6458Size:3202)
Version Info : 122Byte
Version Info : 302Byte
Main Infomation
Orientation : left-hand side
XResolution : 144/1
YResolution : 144/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
Software : Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
DateTime : 2003:09:21 14:58:07
ExifInfoOffset : 164
Sub Information
ColorSpace : Uncalibrated
ExifImageWidth : 5674
ExifImageHeight : 952

Ian

cmr164 · January 19, 2004

fish wrote:

I work for the company that produces Solaris, but my home box is XP....

> dISO Speed: 400
> Aperture: f1.2
> Shutter: 1/15

Hmmm...I wouldn't have expected that. Seems like the DOF is greater than what might be obtained with f1.2 (holy mackeral...what lens are you using that goes down to f1.2??).

Are you sure that's accurate?

Yes. and notice "Focal Length (mm): 85" It is the Canon 85 f1.2L
The picture that came from is:

The full size with the EXIF data is at http://www.iisc.com/dgrin/rome00dec227nightftn.jpg

The other 2 shots from that series are:

and:

Fleas · January 19, 2004

I use sony 707 cybershot camera . The link above cannot be displayed, so went to the home page and had to download chinese language. Now what?

cmr164 · January 19, 2004

Fleas wrote:

I use sony 707 cybershot camera . The link above cannot be displayed, so went to the home page and had to download chinese language. Now what?

Because I support Japanese language web pages, broken u$oft thinks it
has to download Asian language extensions. It is not true. You can ignore
that (click past) and the image will display.

http://www.iisc.com/dgrin/rome00dec227nightftn.jpg

Just checked it and it works.

fish · January 19, 2004

cmr164 wrote:

Yes. and notice "Focal Length (mm): 85" It is the Canon 85 f1.2L

Neato torpedo

wxwax · January 19, 2004

Fleas, that's a fabulous shot.

Fleas · January 19, 2004

wxwax wrote:

Fleas, that's a fabulous shot.

Thanks Sid....

Fleas · January 20, 2004

ouch

fish wrote:

There is a setting in smugmug to allow "extra camera information" to be visible, but I think the default is "yes". Just out of curiosity, which camera are you using?

Smugmug sez that I have that, but the software that I use deletes this info when it reduces the size for posting..

eland · January 21, 2004

Stilts
Fleas,
This is a most pleasing and dramatic photograph.
It is as good a bird image as I've seen with wonderful design
and is worthy of a place on the cover of a book on birds.
Outstanding work.
eland

Fleas · January 21, 2004

Wow!!
Thanks Eland, Your are the Master of E-DeFT and I am honored that you came here and comented. Your published African wildlife photos are tremendous. It is not very often that amateurs like me have the opportunity to get get advice from a pro of your calibur. I wish I could be one of your students in Australia.

Reflections of black necked stilts

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