Christof Ruch
01-02-2008, 05:57 PM
Hi all,
first some congratulations to the team for putting this website together, very well done, and an awesome audience from the photos I've seen here tonight!
About my photo: I have started photographing birds about a year ago, and only last weekend I finally had the feeling that things were coming together: I had the sun in my back, had thought of putting the tripod very low (using an angle view finder), and even managed to get at least one kind-of-sharp image from the dynamic autofocus system :).
I liked the water color from the reflection of the vegetation behind the little pond, because it matches the duck's own colors. I have also a version with a different head angle, but this one does really emphasize the duck's magnificent whiskers.
Technical info:
Nikon D70 with Tokina 300 mm / f4
1/160 s
F/8
ISO 200
Exposure: Manual (trial + error histogram correction, started setting F/8)
AF Mode: AF-C (servo), center sensor only
Tripod (low position) + angle view finder
uncropped
RAW development with Nikon Capture 4, slight exposure correction
Any feedback welcome, I'm learning!
Christof
first some congratulations to the team for putting this website together, very well done, and an awesome audience from the photos I've seen here tonight!
About my photo: I have started photographing birds about a year ago, and only last weekend I finally had the feeling that things were coming together: I had the sun in my back, had thought of putting the tripod very low (using an angle view finder), and even managed to get at least one kind-of-sharp image from the dynamic autofocus system :).
I liked the water color from the reflection of the vegetation behind the little pond, because it matches the duck's own colors. I have also a version with a different head angle, but this one does really emphasize the duck's magnificent whiskers.
Technical info:
Nikon D70 with Tokina 300 mm / f4
1/160 s
F/8
ISO 200
Exposure: Manual (trial + error histogram correction, started setting F/8)
AF Mode: AF-C (servo), center sensor only
Tripod (low position) + angle view finder
uncropped
RAW development with Nikon Capture 4, slight exposure correction
Any feedback welcome, I'm learning!
Christof