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Photo of the Day May 2014
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Thanks, MacRy!
Hummingbird (3707) by MCH-1138, on Flickr
D7000 Nikon 85mm f/1.8G 1/250 @ f/6.3 2 Speedlights
Thanks Kenoh for the comment
Here is another shot using the same light. It is a faux lighthouse that I used the morning sun to help light it.
_GLS5147 - Version 2 by wwsakall, on Flickr
Here is another shot using the same light. It is a faux lighthouse that I used the morning sun to help light it.
_GLS5147 - Version 2 by wwsakall, on Flickr
Another zoo shot. Hope your enjoying these as I have plenty more to come.
20140516-_DSC2226 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
20140516-_DSC2226 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
Have you tried shooting multiple long-exposure shots and using noise averaging techniques to get rid of the noise? It frequently works very well.
I did briefly investigate that as an idea, until I realised that the cloud blur would be different on each image!
Thanks, spitfirejd! For those who are interested, the motion blur is a result of the shutter speed (which is slow compared to the speed of the hummingbird's wings) and the fact that the bird is in direct sunlight, so it is being illuminated for a longer period of time relative to the comparatively short duration of the flash, which otherwise freezes the motion. Putting the bird in the shade would reduce the visibility of the motion blur by reducing the ambient exposure. Similarly, adding more light (i.e., more and/or stronger flashes) and stopping down the aperture (to reduce the ambient exposure) would help freeze the motion.
Hummingbird (3653) by MCH-1138, on Flickr
D7000 • Nikon 85mm f/1.8G • 1/250 @ f/6.3 • 2 Speedlights
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Eastern Kingbird:
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Well captured AFB.
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Another zoo shot. Hope your enjoying these as I have plenty more to come.
Well captured AFB.
Warning OT
was very bored at the office today, and it's also a major nameday here in Greece (Constantine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idmU-cvarcA&feature=youtu.be
was very bored at the office today, and it's also a major nameday here in Greece (Constantine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idmU-cvarcA&feature=youtu.be
A few things.
Yes you must have been very bored.
You own to many Star Wars Lego toys for a grown man.
I can see the string!
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Thanks C&A. I liked his expression.
A few things.
Yes you must have been very bored.
You own to many Star Wars Lego toys for a grown man.
I can see the string!
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yes, I was
Yes, I do
Yes, you can
yes, I was
Yes, I do
Yes, you can
Top tip. Magicians use blue lighting to hide the string!
and green underwear!!
will be reshooting this as of tomorrow, with better lighting, scripting, better & more complicated shots and post production.
regarding the string, come to think of it, it might be fun to make it disappear. Darth will be hanging by a Wrecking Force
Thats what I though what you were going for. However if you make a Star Wars film, please just leave it alone. Don't keep going back and editing it and adding bits and then changing the actors etc. (George please take note!)
Han shot first!
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To get this thread back on track.
20140516-_DSC2195 by apple fanboy1, on FlickrSadly the male lion has passed away, so I only had the lady's to shoot.
Photo of the Day May 2014
Bought a cheap adapter for my Tamron 70-300mm Pentax mount lens to try it on my Fuji XE1. It works surprisingly well on it and it even has a manual aperture ring that I had never noticed before, making it even more usable.
Not the most exciting shot but I've been busy and only managed to get a couple of shots off with it yesterday to test it in the garden.
Bought a cheap adapter for my Tamron 70-300mm Pentax mount lens to try it on my Fuji XE1. It works surprisingly well on it and it even has a manual aperture ring that I had never noticed before, making it even more usable.
Not the most exciting shot but I've been busy and only managed to get a couple of shots off with it yesterday to test it in the garden.
