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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 6/13/2010
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Thanks for the interest in my images and comments Jen. Glad you like them. Come back and visit anytime.
Andre
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 5/25/2010
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Love the way the swallow sits there holding onto the branch, havent met you before, just saw your comments here and there, curious about the photographer behind:) Love your look at wildlife, my piece of cake! Thanks for sharing, regards Jen
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/10/2010
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Thanks Erland,
Glad you like it. I want to start posting other kinds of photography, but I will be sticking to local birds for the time being.
Andre
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Erland Pillegaard
{K:34147} 5/8/2010
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Wonderfult capture picture
erland
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/7/2010
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Thanks again Nanda,
I appreciate your support.
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/7/2010
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Thanks Dave,
I'm trying to follow some advice I read in a nature photo mag. When shooting birds, if the eyes and beak are not sharp, delete the image because that is where 80% of the interest is.
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/7/2010
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Thanks Rashed,
With your photo skills and equipment, you will not be struggling much longer with birds. I've tried to pick up a few little hints from some of the people here on this site about shooting birds. Also from some articles that I read. One thing that I read in a nature photography magazine made a lot of sense to me. The writer said that shooting still pictures of birds isn't that much different than portraits of people. If the eyes and beak are not clear and sharp, the image is not much use. As long as you get the eye contact and a sharp beak, you can get away with a lot of other small faults. Of course birds will not stand still and pose for us in studios, so that is another challenge. :)
Thanks for the comment and visit Rashed.
All the best to you too!
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/7/2010
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Hi Eb,
Thanks for the comment.
You are absolutely right Eb. Lenses are like sailboats... I think they call it one foot itis with boats. Were never satisfied with the length we have:)
There was indeed some cropping with this one and I was still pretty close to the bird too. This one and the previous image of his mate were taken when I was about 30 to 50 feet away from them. They usually don't let you get that close. As you say, it is quite a challenge most times with the 300mm and 14tc (for small birds) I think the lens performs quite well without the TC when shooting sporting events, car racing or larger animals and birds. But, leaves something to be desired when shooting small critters like this.
I was advised to stay away from the 20tc with this len as it tends to get too soft and really limits your shutter speed in low light conditions.
That 300 f/2.8 with the 20EIII would be excellent, but pretty pricey.
Andre
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Nanda Baba das
{K:78053} 5/7/2010
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Excellent capture, composition, light.
Brst wishes,
Nanda
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 5/7/2010
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Excellent capture of this one, Andre! Great colour and I like the catch light in his eye.
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:2292} 5/7/2010
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Great capture, very colorful and sharp, I am still struggling with birds.
Wishing you all of the best my friend.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 5/7/2010
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Cool capture, Andre! These are such small birds! Are your cropping much? I use the 300mm and TC17 quite a lot for wildlife. But for small birds it is rarely enough without some serious cropping. I am budgeting for 200-400 in the near future. Bet that won't be long enough reach either with either tc 14 or 17! Some say it is optically not good with tc's. So another thought has been the 300 f/2.8 which does reasonably well with the new tc 20 EIII.
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