Great stuff! I take my hat off to the last poster for going out in the cold, was worth it I guess after seeing those shots!

 

Shot 5 is incredible.
I would suggest using your flash on shot 2n3. Know what i mean?

 

thanks sal...it was scary out on the ice covered beach. cane in my right hand, camera around my neck, camera bag in my left hand...people myst have thought i was nuts..."look at the guy with the cane and camera bothering the birds on the ice!" then i had to pee and i was 200 mtrs from my car, the birds must have thought i was nuts too...."hey, look at the guy with the cane and camera peeing in the snow!" it was a busy morning.

thanks for the compliments guys, it helps with the confidence.

never would have thought of a flash in the day...that would have brightened up the front of the bird?

#5 is my fave too, drove up and saw the mist..."score" is what i thought.

 

it's called fill-flash Steve
when the background is really bright, to where exposing for the subject will blow out the rear (over expose) a flash works nicely to even things out....meter for the background, pop up the flash (or mount if using external ) and shoot..
if it's off some you can reduce the amount of flash to pull things in line, means of doing that are in the manual or "matrix metering" the subject with the flash up should accomodate as well as it takes into account the entire "scene" in your viewfinder

good shots mon ami

 

ne of you guys take a look at the newish d60?
Thinkin of trading in for that.
http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/sto...&itemID=234003
or
http://www.vistek.ca/details/details...ID=DigitalSLRs

 

neither!!! find a good used d70s/d70/d50...these new entry cameras are getting cheaper and cheaper and they add frills to the option list and take away useful stuff like the dedicated information LCD (now they put it on the big main display which consumes more battery), also you are limited to lenses that have built in motors...these new entry levels are basically point and shoots with removable lenses IMHO

 

trance, for that kinda money get the D80

 

how come my pics were not included for voting in the feb competition, im pissed.

 

It's probably too big (excedes the limit 800 pixels in width). It's in the official thread rules, ForSale.

 

if it was how come it was smaller then all the other photos?

just asking im not too technical when it comes to online posting pics with dimensions and all, how can i check its 800 pixels width?

 

Just PM Sal (szuberi) and ask what happened to your pics. That's the only way to get to the bottom of it.

 

It was +10 yesterday, so after a quick wash I snapped a few before that nasty storm takes its toll on shiny car lol.

 

good shots xray...also try shooting at an upward angle (focusing up) when taking such macros....you will be amazed with the results.

 

Thx Sal! I'll give it a shot! All these camera tricks I'm still learning. Lol!

 

nice shots..

boo for not calling out for photoshoot!!

:-D

 

^Lol. I had only 1 hour to wash before I had to get to work. No time to enjoy the nice warm weather yesterday. Thanks for complement.

 

 

^show me the monnneeeyyyy!!

 

Here's a crop from the original size.

 

thats my tax return