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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Regarding the D850 with the grip and bigger battery: this only increases the continuous shooting speed. It does not improve the focusing. I did buy one but don't use it. The D5 and now D6 have a separate processor chip just for focusing. That is in addition to the regular chip that does the exposure and controls the camera. That is why those two cameras have such fast focusing. They are made for the sports photography market.
My photo above was taken with a D750 and again, I had only this one opportunity to catch a photo of the tongue.
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Nov 16th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
I sold the D750 after I finally received the D850. Later when I was trying to shoot birds in flight with the Nikon D850 paired with a AF-S NIKKOR 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR, I found the D850 focusing system was not fast enough. So I now use the D850 with nothing larger than a 70-200. I bought a used D5 to use with the big Nikon lens and it always works.
With these newer bodies I now always use floating ISO with fixed F stop and shutter speeds of my choice. I only use fully open aperatures when either the light is extremely low such as pre-dawn in Kenya, or when I want a large amount of bokeh. I was using f/2.8 when I was looking for chameleons because I wanted to defocus the leaves and branches. I did not expect the chameleon's tongue to come out so far when I saw him eyeing a bug.
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Nov 14th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Dear Larry,
It is interesting that your comment was the only one on my image this month and none of the other members of group 94 commented. To answer your question about which lens, I had to look it up as I had sold it to buy the current generation. The one that I used for this photo was the Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 AF-S ZOOM-NIKKOR (1999-2007).
Had I included the original image, the moderator would have reduced the size of my presented image. I will look at the original later but my opinion of the branch ghosting on the left is that was actually out of focus. I also find that all zoom lenses have chromatic aberration which becomes apparent on bright light shining through the leaves.
I was in the right place and the right time to take this one very special photo of the chameleon's tongue lashing out and then disappearing back in his mouth in much less than a second. I did not have the opportunity to either adjust the ISO so I could increase the f-stop nor could I get to the side of the branch to take a side view. With my current cameras is is much easier. So I am sad that I had no depth of field. At least the branch and the chameleon were very sharp. I did not have the fortune to see this or any other chameleon using its tongue again.
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Nov 13th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Do you have a photo of the top of the mushroom's cap or do you remember it well? Please use that and the gills to look up the scientific name of this.
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Nov 12th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Having a really distinct "horizon" in the center is distracting. I would suggest having it 1/3 or less from the bottom. |
Nov 12th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Really improved! This is perfect.
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Nov 10th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
The 1/160 sec is why the wings are so blurred. Otherwise nice. At 400mm I recommend no slower than 1/1000 sec.
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Nov 8th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Really nice and sharp photo. If it were mine, I might try to blur or darken the birds underneath and to the right side. |
Nov 8th |
| 94 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
magnificent animal.
|Do you have any free room in the original above his horns? It might look less crowded with a bit more free space just on the top. The image quality is excellent.
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Nov 8th |
8 comments - 1 reply for Group 94
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8 comments - 1 reply Total
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