Wattle they think of next...

Giphsub · June 6, 2008

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 · June 6, 2008

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 · June 6, 2008

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 · June 6, 2008

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

Lauren

gus · June 6, 2008

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 · June 6, 2008

redleash wrote:

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

Lauren

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

Giphsub · June 6, 2008

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 · June 6, 2008

gus wrote:

each bird is named above the photo.

Nice light there mike

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

Photosbychuck · June 6, 2008

Great Photos!

I like #8 the best.

Take Care,
Chuck,

Giphsub · June 6, 2008

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

Jack'll do · June 6, 2008

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

thumb

Giphsub · June 7, 2008

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 · June 7, 2008

gus wrote:

each bird is named above the photo.

Nice light there mike

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

Ric Grupe · June 7, 2008

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 · June 7, 2008

What is a Bigma?

dlplumer · June 7, 2008

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

dbaker1221 · June 8, 2008

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 · June 8, 2008

TralfazPhoto wrote:

What is a Bigma?

sigma 50-500 mm lens

jwear · June 8, 2008

I am sticking with the nikon

Looks like you are getting the handel on it --I like that bird

BigAl · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

Giphsub wrote:

Cheers Ric! This better?

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

Giphsub · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

Ric Grupe wrote:

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

evil eggplant · June 9, 2008

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 · June 9, 2008

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 · June 10, 2008

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

Giphsub · June 10, 2008

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!

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