General shots at the park

[Striker]

Hi guys just wanted to share some shots I did at wellington Point today.

Wanted to play around with my mates Canon 10-22 and my 70-200.

I hope you like, I particurly like the sun through the trees, I was trying to use a little imagination...was lots of fun.

Those IBIS are ugly.

[Dennis]

Nice work Tony. My favourite is the airborne flock of waders – quite a stunning spectacle!

Cheers

Dennis

[AlexN]

Pics 3 and 4 push all the right buttons for me :) well done.

[Matty P]

Stunning images Tony,

Thanks for sharing. :)

[Striker]

Thanks guys,

Dennis have you been out to Wellington Point where you can walk across to king island on low tide, it's been 20 years for me but found it a beutifull place to image and for a picnic.

Thanks for letting me know what those Birds were I didn't have a clue...a Bird is a Bird to me.

I am happy to share my images as long as you can bare looking at them and dont get sick of the continual posting of images... I know I can get a bit carried away with these things.

If you see anything I can do to improve the images let me know all be it camera settings or even processing.

[RB]

I like #1 and #4 the most Tony, nice work mate.

I'd recommend giving your sensor a blast of air using a rocket blower (not compressed air ), as you can see some sensor dust on these.

Also you may want to invest in a filter for your lens if you haven't already to protect the front element.
I highly recommend the Hoya Super HMC Pro1 UV filter (http://www.hoyafilter.com/products/hoya/pro1d-01.html), I always have one on mine.
Some people don't like them because it adds extra glass in the light path but I find they are worth it for piece of mind.

Another filter to keep in mind, especially for this type of imaging, is a Circular Polarising (PL-CIR) filter (http://www.hoyafilter.com/products/hoya/gf-04.html).
Make sure it's the circular not the linear PL filter.

:)

[Striker]

HI Andrew,

I have both the HMC Pro digital Uv filter and the Circular Polarising,

The bird shots were taken with my 70-200 lense but the other shots were taken with my mates 10-22.

Does it look like the dust is more related to the 10-22 then my camera.

[ving]

like that 1st one tony! looks great :)

[RB]

Yes actually it does, I had a close look in PS and didn't notice the dust marks on the 70-200mm shots.

Gotta love that 10-22mm though, huh?
Awesome lens !

[AlexN]

its a hella wide lens thats for sure. :)

I've got the Sigma 12-24 which strangely enough captures a wider field of view than when I use my mates Canon 10-22... figure that out huh... although, the 12-24 shows more distortion....

[Bassnut]

Your starting to look a bit desperate Tony, get a scope ;-).

[Robert_T]

Hi Tony, I really like the tree shadow ones... you should have entered one of these in last months comp. Great stuff:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

My favourite is number 3. 36 birds in the one shot that's gotta be an IIS record.

[AlexN]

JJJ... Bit bored are we... Counting birds... :D

[Striker]

hahaha.

But there is 38 birds in the shot anyone disagree....lol

[AlexN]

I count 38 with a possible 39th, however with the very narrow focus depth of the 70-200 F/2.8 its hard to tell... It could also be the blurred wing of one of the 38...

(yes, Im bored..)

[jjjnettie]

Ok ok
So I have to take my shoes off to count up to 20.
You can imagine how difficult it is when it gets over 30.