Some bird pics to share

[harlequin2902]

Hi all,

Went for a walk at Marina City Park this afternoon to try out the Nikon D70. Here are some pics to share with you guys.

These were taken with a Nikon D70 at 450mm, f/5.6, ISO400. Hand held.

The Collared Kingfishers (yup, there were 2 of them flying around in the same tree !)

[kingkong]

nice photos, samuel.
yeah, these birds are often seen in pairs, making a lot of noise, probably courting.
you have steady hands! very sharp for handheld.
what's with the ringed highlights in the last photo? what lens were you using?

[harlequin2902]

what's with the ringed highlights in the last photo? what lens were you using?

Must be the side effects of my attempt to digitally reduce the effects of chromatic abberation.

I was using just a very basic Nikon 70-300 G f/4.5-5.6 zoom lens.
< S$200 in the used market

[kayheem]

Hi all,

Went for a walk at Marina City Park this afternoon to try out the Nikon D70. Here are some pics to share with you guys.

These were taken with a Nikon D70 at 450mm, f/5.6, ISO400. Hand held.

The Collared Kingfishers (yup, there were 2 of them flying around in the same tree !)

Great shots! I like the first one best. The deep blue sky makes it feel that it was taken in some temperate country.

How about some astrophotos next?

Kay Heem

[harlequin2902]

Great shots! I like the first one best. The deep blue sky makes it feel that it was taken in some temperate country.

How about some astrophotos next?

Kay Heem

Hm, I'm afraid I don't really have the proper supporting equipment for that at the moment (EQ mount, pier, drives) Oh well, maybe next time. Right now, I just want to concentrate on taking better nature shots first. There is still much to learn from the real bird photographers out there.

[Airconvent]

hi sam,
maybe its the astro training but the first thing I noticed is the blue sky...a pity it did not stay blue for very long. let's hope Sat night will not disappoint!
Got a wedding dinner to attend, so can join in any session after 12am!


btw, these images are good...a marked improvement over your previous attempt..good focus, colour and contrast.

rich

[harlequin2902]

Here are a couple of pics from today's session at Botanical Gardens.

These 2 are fairly common species in the Swan Lake neighbourhood.





Pardon the noise in the 2nd pic. This is due to digital sharpening using P.S

[kayheem]

Here are a couple of pics from today's session at Botanical Gardens.

These 2 are fairly common species in the Swan Lake neighbourhood.

Pardon the noise in the 2nd pic. This is due to digital sharpening using P.S

Your shots are getting quite good. I am sure you must be very happy with your D70. :-)

I think your shots would look even better if you had waited for the birds to turn to face you.

Kay Heem

[harlequin2902]

Your shots are getting quite good. I am sure you must be very happy with your D70.

I think your shots would look even better if you had waited for the birds to turn to face you.

Kay Heem

Hi, thanks for the compliments. (hm...but these 2 were the only ones that passed Q.C ... out of a whole batch of 40 + :oops: )

For every species encountered today, about 15 exposures were made for each (I should have done more, but I was limited by my 128mb memory card... :roll: ). In the process, a few different 'poses' were captured but unfortunately many had to be junked during processing due to blurring caused by camera shake or overly rapid movement of the bird while a slow shutter speed was used. I think I should try an early morning shoot the next time. The lighting conditions will be much better than what we had today.

[MooEy]

not too bad la, considering u only using the 70-300g. bokeh quite bad wor, maybe u can go ps and apply more blur to the background. a tighter crop would be better. since u so into bird photography, when u going to buy that 80-400vr.

~MooEy~