Nature and wild life thread.

Not retroactively I hope :)

I tried that once and realized I'm just too lazy to keep it up, providing the EXIf data that is. Having said that, I'm very willing to provide details for specific images, The ones that work for you. I shoot with an Olympus E-3 which is 90% of the time strapped to a Zuiko 70-300mm f4-f5.6 lens. Generally speaking I'm shooting at f5.6 using spot focus and some kind of all in metering. Generally at ISO200 unless it's a quick subject in low light. On board OIS on at all times and I rarely use a tri-pod...Hope that helps a little to get a general feel of my shooting methods. The rest is as minimal as I can get away with in PS, usually a levels tweak then a selective color treatment to make the color pop a little (tried this with the vivid setting in cam and decided my method worked better) Finally unsharp mask in prep for webalization. But yeah ask away on a specific image if you need to
 
Your deffo the man Starmapper, lie I said b4, your stuff is Nat Geo quality.
Here's a few shot from a family trip back last December. This is Central Australia! Northern Territory

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Mino - you already know I'm a big fan of your work. Just stumbled on this thread and perused through it with great delight.

I have to agree with the comment that you should create a photo book. You might check www.mpix.com where you can actually do this. I know I'd buy one, I'm sure many others here would as well.
 
ducks always seem to be smug and content like, "Hell yea, I'm a duck. Envy me. Bake me some cookies."
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thanks starmapper! the speckles in those foxgloves are wild.
another mallard. kitty my cousin and i rescued. and the cat outside my balcony that loves to stare.
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This little guy was way out of the reach of the 70-300 and I could never not get some grass going through some part of him but MAN...Could the little bugger sing!


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Starmapper, how close do you still get even when using the longest end on your 300mm. I use a 300 too but can't seem to get anywhere near as close as you,, it appears you have "Stealth" mode and can walk right up to these creatures!! A 300mm and a tiny bird even from 10 to 20 feet away still won't get results like yours.
I can crop and zoom some shots but hey, thats cheating and throwing away resolution. Let me know your secret,,,,please!
 
Starmapper, Viewing these photos is better than taking a trip to lake (w/o the mosquitoes....hee! hee!) I'd never be able to get this close to these wondrous creatures in order to see them.
 
shaun1970 said:
Starmapper, how close do you still get even when using the longest end on your 300mm. I use a 300 too but can't seem to get anywhere near as close as you,, it appears you have "Stealth" mode and can walk right up to these creatures!! A 300mm and a tiny bird even from 10 to 20 feet away still won't get results like yours.
I can crop and zoom some shots but hey, thats cheating and throwing away resolution. Let me know your secret,,,,please!
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In the case of the last bird shot singing in the reeds, I was about 20-30 feet away shooting in bright afternoon sun at 1/4000 at ISO 400. I think the key to shooting with a 300 at distance is the high shutter speed. That shot was cropped about 60%. The secret I think to getting close is in choice of location. I shoot in parks and areas where a fair amount of people visit, I think this helps because the animals and birds are not as afraid of humans as they would be way out in wild country. They're still skittish only letting you get so close and too sudden a move will scare them off. Slow easy advances on birds and animals with no sudden movements is my MO. Hope that helps.
 
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