Watching me watching you! [Archive]

kilo delta

January 2nd, 2010, 13:25

Captured this shot while out walking the dog yesterday :) Best viewed full screen.

http://photos2.pix.ie/41/28/41286CF7B2BC4826BC7DB45377DDAFC6-800.jpg (http://pix.ie/nforce/1428943)

Chacha

January 2nd, 2010, 13:33

Perfect shot! :applause:

Cool view on full screen! :ernae:

kilo delta

January 2nd, 2010, 15:53

Thanks, Chacha :ernae:

Kiwikat

January 2nd, 2010, 18:15

That is an excellent shot!

What lens were you using? (not to say it was the lens that made it a nice shot- just curious as I'm currently lens shopping and am paying attention to focal lengths and apertures)

Panther_99FS

January 2nd, 2010, 18:23

"Good Show!" Kilo Delta...:ernae:

kilo delta

January 3rd, 2010, 02:55

Much appreciated,folks :ernae:
Kiwi... I shot it using a Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AFS VR lens on a Nikon D300.
Here's another ...

http://photos2.pix.ie/C1/6E/C16E6AF2DFD9483D9757F5FD8134BFD1-800.jpg (http://pix.ie/nforce/1428942)

Panther_99FS

January 3rd, 2010, 04:20

Much appreciated,folks :ernae:
Kiwi... I shot it using a Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AFS VR lens on a Nikon D300.

Ah....The 70-300....:jump:

jmig

January 3rd, 2010, 06:41

That is .... those are, beautiful shots. There is a Swan Lake in Sumter, SC. I use to go walking there and took pictures of the swans. I loved it during Christmas. It was a beautiful place.

JorisVandenBerghe

January 3rd, 2010, 06:55

That's a very nice close-up. The water drops are the cherry on the pie! :applause:

Kiwikat

January 3rd, 2010, 07:11

Kiwi... I shot it using a Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AFS VR lens on a Nikon D300.
Here's another ...

Cool! You could thread a needle with that shot it is so sharp. The Nikon 70-300 must be better than the Canon 70-300. The canon one could really use an update, with ring USM and some better elements. It is quite a bit older than the Nikkor.

That's a cool name... Nikkor. Although Cannon is cool too. :mixedsmi:

kilo delta

January 3rd, 2010, 09:06

Thanks again,everyone :redface:
The 70-300 is one of my favourite lens and still gets plenty of use even after I bought my nikon 80-200 f2.8 ,thanks mainly to it's longer reach and surprising sharpness. The VR is a godsend as I shoot handheld exclusively.:)

Here's an old (festive) shot taken with the 70-300 :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/GeeTI/robin4.jpg

Panther_99FS

January 3rd, 2010, 12:49

Kilo Delta,
Do ya' have any primes just outta curiosity :ques:

Cloud9Gal

January 3rd, 2010, 13:46

kilo delta

January 3rd, 2010, 14:29

Kilo Delta,
Do ya' have any primes just outta curiosity :ques:

Apart from a 50mm f1.8...I'm afraid not, Panther. Current lens selection is :

Nikon 50mmf1.8
Nikon 18-70mm kit lens
Nikon 70-300mm VR
Nikon 80-200 f2.8
Sigma 28-70mm f2.8

I'm after a lens with a longer reach and have been eying up the Bigma 50-500mm or maybe a 300mm f2.8 prime (with TC). :)

kilo delta

January 3rd, 2010, 14:35

KD! I love the lil birdie! How cute!!

http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/stock/smiley-sign0061.gif (http://www.smileyvault.com/)

Wow! The colors are so vibrant and crisp! Awesome shot!

My new background as well! Thank you & please keep posting your photos!

http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/signs/smiley-vault-signs-148.gif (http://www.smileyvault.com/)

Glad you like the Robin, C9G :ernae:
I took that pic over a year ago when I was visiting a local airfield with my son. That bird was practically tame and landed right beside us as it watched the aircraft taking off and landing!:icon_lol:

JorisVandenBerghe

January 3rd, 2010, 23:19

I'm after a lens with a longer reach and have been eying up the Bigma 50-500mm or maybe a 300mm f2.8 prime (with TC). :)The Bigma may be the cheaper one of the two, but if it's as good as Canon's 300/2.8, you'll get impressive pictures out of it. Far better regarding quality than the Bigma, I'd say. The Bigma has a very useful range, but IQ is far from exceptional - though fair to good for such a huge range.

So that bird is called a 'Robin' in English ? One learns every day....:)

kilo delta

January 4th, 2010, 13:00

Cheers, Joris.:ernae:

JorisVandenBerghe

January 5th, 2010, 00:22

Have just noticed I forgot to comment on that 'robin' :redface:...C9G is right, the colours are excellent, you seemed to have chosen exactly the right aperture for that shot!

kilo delta

January 5th, 2010, 04:17

Thanks,Joris, though in all fairness the "model" posed for quite a long time in order for me to get a decent shot. The Swan,however, was getting a bit uppity about me being up close. :icon_lol: :ernae:

Cazzie

January 5th, 2010, 05:41

Great shots Kilo. That little European Robin looks cold, got its feathers all puffed for insulation.

Humans that have never seen a live swan are really amazed at first just how big they are. Folks they are big birds. Despite their beauty, swans are dangerous birds too Kilo, there have been incidents where swans have killed humans (usually young children), especially a cob (male) sitting babes (swans are one of the few birds in which the male shares this duty).

Caz

kilo delta

January 5th, 2010, 08:00

There's another spot down by a local lake that has very tame swan's and ducks. The swans here will happily eat out of your hand....even my 4 year old daughters!:icon_lol:

Snuffy

January 5th, 2010, 09:50

... Humans that have never seen a live swan are really amazed at first just how big they are. Folks they are big birds. Despite their beauty, swans are dangerous birds too Kilo, there have been incidents where swans have killed humans (usually young children), especially a cob (male) sitting babes (swans are one of the few birds in which the male shares this duty). ...

Geese are just as bad, and you don't need a nest of chics around for them to decide they don't like you.

:icon_lol: