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 #2435 27 Apr 2020 at 3.59pm | |   |
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In reply to Post #2434
I think so but I'm not great on identifying birds. The speed of thing once it took off I had no chance of finding it with the long lens.
The last couple of years they've been a regular sight when I have my morning coffee through May and June, never bothered to shoot them before as they stay out of range for a decent shot. Last year there were regularly 4 birds up the pylon, the year before 3, I think it must be a favourite spot of a breeding pair to teach the fledglings
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#2434 27 Apr 2020 at 3.55pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2433
Is that a Peregrine Dave??
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#2433 27 Apr 2020 at 3.45pm | | |
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Held the box off to one side to try and add interest, still not that happy with it but highlights are under control
Excuse the poor quality (soft lens, 600mm equivalent handheld + very heavy crop), looking for an ID confirmation on this raptor
I had the camera trained on it for over an hour hoping it would take off towards me, typically it decided to move the moment I'd lowered the camera to get some blood back in my arms 
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#2432 25 Apr 2020 at 2.05pm | | |
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That rig looks more manageable 
I'm gonna have a tweak of the softbox, because of the closer worker distance I have I'm getting nice diffused light but at quite a high angle. So I'm gonna either try and make a notch for the lens to sit in or extend the front to serve the same purpose, and maybe make a gap in the diffusion to let a bit through more directly, it seems a bit too flat now.
My daughter has permission from the boss to put some blue dye in her hair, so I'll be doing some portraits. Now, given my aversion to editing, can I make the blue really pop by using gels and tweaking the white balance? I'll probably use a warming gel on her face given her pale skin, and I don't think lifting the blue channel in light room will do her any favours there
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#2431 24 Apr 2020 at 3.40pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2430
Getting there with the diffusion. Found a great styrene film bag, that a monitor came wrapped in, for the end of the snoot and now have a bit of plastic milk carton elastic-ed over the end of the lens.
Gone back to the 5D as well, the weight of the 1D was just too much, half a kilo difference!
The AF is faster and more accurate. Sod the frame rate.
Sedge
Long-jawed spider & brunch.
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#2430 24 Apr 2020 at 10.45am | | |
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And typically the day I don't bring my camera I've got an exhausted bee taking sugar water from a fake flower 
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#2429 24 Apr 2020 at 9.05am | | |
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In reply to Post #2428
I think I saw the original on Instagram, either a photography page or some # that popped up, really simple to do but I thought it looked great and worked out how to do it straight away you could easily do it with a phone camera and a lamp if you can set the white balance manually, although I've used a camera and a flash with an orange gel
Might have a go a bit wider and throw some blue into the 'sky'
Was trying to do something similar but with star trails in the garden, using a granite worktop and buckets and bottles to make the horizon and hide the ugly views I've got to the north, but even in the small hours there's to many lights from the neighbours 
Thinking about it, I might be able to use my tempest brolly as a light shield 
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#2428 24 Apr 2020 at 8.59am | | |
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In reply to Post #2425
Very nice indeed - magazine inspired?
I buy the occasional one for long journeys and they are full cool ideas like this.
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#2427 24 Apr 2020 at 6.46am | | |
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In reply to Post #2426
It is but with a large dose of plagiarism 
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#2426 24 Apr 2020 at 6.40am | | |
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In reply to Post #2425
Is that one of your own mate?
I was going to say cracking shot that but I guess it’s more like a piece of art work, brilliant
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#2425 23 Apr 2020 at 7.48pm | | |
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I miss sunsets over water
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#2424 22 Apr 2020 at 5.57pm | | |
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How great would this have been a billionth of a second later 
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#2423 22 Apr 2020 at 5.09pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2422
I've got plenty of them 
With the general lower cost of glass in mft land its too easy to say "I'd only get £100 for that I might as well keep it"
My cull took a bit of a twist with the failed body upgrade. Whereas the em5 line fit in a pocket with a small prime, the em1 line don't, sooooo I'll be keeping the 5ii when I get the em1.
Which means I need to have a cull elsewhere, I think I can part with my 45 1.8 and I've never liked my 75-300. I do need to get rid of a selection of nissin and yongnuo flashes but I'm not sure flashes have much resale value.
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#2422 22 Apr 2020 at 4.24pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2421
1 in - 2 out
Gotta be ruthless or you end up with cupboardfulls of redundant toys
Decided to sell my 400 5.6.
It owes me nothing at this stage and I just don't use it.
That may well pay for the Raynox AND a tube of Pringles 
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#2421 22 Apr 2020 at 4.12pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2420
I can but its a balance, getting enough of the subject sharp and clearing the background, and the transitions tend to look a bit scruffy to me, whereas with a longer focal length it's cleaner. Sort of sharp-bit soft-wtf is that vs sharp-bit soft-fuzzy-I think that's a flower If everything stayed still for a stack @2.8 it'd be nice
I think I'd be tempted by a macro at around 120mm, but I don't know of a native one and tbh my bank balance can't keep up with my wants
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