Jock Elliott
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- Troy, NY
That flower shot is so sharp I think I cut myself.
Cheers, Jock
Cheers, Jock
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From Cooper's Pond, Troy, NY, this afternoon.
Cheers, Jock
A gaff rigged Cutter in Plymouth Sound, the lens of the FZ200 is at full stretch, so an example of a shot that would not have been possible with any other of my cameras/lenses
The range safety launch Smit Dee crossing Plymouth Sound below the Hoe with, in the background centre left, the elegant facade of West Hoe Terrace
The sky colour in both these shots is the result of some thundery weather to the west.
Barrie
Verbatim copy of a post in "Show Birds" thread
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
1st winter Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Note the thinner bill than a Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), signs of a forehead, lacking on a Cormorant and a flatter crown to the head. These features are not fully developed in this bird hatched this year, also being a young bird it has a whitish throat and browner plumage than an adult would have.
The first two are probably outrageous captures with an FZ200, call it beginners luck, have to see how well I can repeat the exercise! They are both crops of the original 3:2 format to 2:3, but retaining the full height of the original shot.
Barrie
Barrie,
Those in-flight shots are impressive!
What were your settings? Maybe I'll "borrow" the recipe . . .
Cheers, Jock
Auto focus, f/4 and lots of luck, although I can't find a setting for that in the menu. I took no more inflight shots than those, although there were several terns around they hardly ever cam close enough for another attempt. The shots were really just a gamble, I didn't expect the results I got. Ok not the best of image quality, but they should be suitable as evidence if it were a rare bird to back up a written description, and that was the initial rational behind getting the camera.
Barrie
The title should read "This is just a bit of superzoom fun." Can't seem to edit the title.