Long Jetty (some birds, not pelicans :))

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

Here's some shots taken about 5 weeks ago at Long Jetty.. Jacob was at a birthday party at the rollerskating rink, so in-between falling over I went down to the lake for some shots.

There's some bird shots in here, but no Pelicans, sorry Tony They were around, but they were flying off downstream too fast chasing something in the water.

The wide shots were taken with the Sigma 17-70 and the closeups were taken with the stock 70-300. All handheld, no filters (could've used a circular polariser )

Processed in RawShooterPremium then websized & sharpened in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking.

[iceman (Mike)]

These were taken with the Sigma.

[RB (Andrew)]

Mike they're excellent mate !
I love the sense of movement in the very first one and they all have great composition and DOF.
How on earth do you get your horizons so level. Well done.

The Sigma really gives great results (in the right hands).

Great work.

[h0ughy (David)]

I am dissapointed that there are no Pelicans, thats discrimination!! nice work Mike. BTW what do you migrate to after BIRDS?

[ving (David)]

i want pelicans damn it!

nice pics mike

[davidpretorius]

yup, i refuse to look at these without pelicans!!!!

so tell me what is a sigma? a camera?

they are very good!

[Striker (Tony)]

I was a bit dissapointed there were no pelican but my excitement was raised when Mike cought some mangroves in Pic 4...thanks for not letting us down Mike...lol

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Striker

I was a bit dissapointed there were no pelican ...lol

Show us your Pelican Tony !
The one that came with the ST11000

[jakob]

Very nice shots, Mike.
Amazing depth of field, unthinkable with 35mm film!
Keep-em comming.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Excellent shots. I am partial to the middle pic.

Cheers Petra

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for the comments

Originally Posted by RB

How on earth do you get your horizons so level. Well done.

Judicious use of the straighten and crop tool in Raw Shooter Premium

Originally Posted by DP

so tell me what is a sigma?

A new lens I got recently, the Sigma 17-70mm.

Originally Posted by striker

I was a bit dissapointed there were no pelican but my excitement was raised when Mike cought some mangroves in Pic 4...thanks for not letting us down Mike...lol

LOL Tony, I knew there'd be something in it for you

Thanks again

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Originally Posted by jakob

Amazing depth of field, unthinkable with 35mm film!

Very true, but sometimes a shallow depth of field can be used to highlight a specific part of the image, which I quite often like to do in nature and panoramic photography. Maybe that's why I am a dinosaur and still put film in my camera I will eventually move to the dark side but dunno when that might be.

CS-John B