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300mm F/2.8 in the Phoenix Park - C&C

  • 19-05-2007 1:42pm
    #1
    City-Exile
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    Got out early this morning, to test out my lens.
    These are shots I took, while hand holding the lens, in a gale, using IS.
    I shudder to think what the shots would have been like, without IS.
    I was never closer than 100m to the deer & more often than not, I was 200m away.

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Comments

  • #2
    oshead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭oshead


    I like the DOF in 5th one. :D

    Dave


  • #3
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    I know very little about these things but I really like the first one for the way you have captured the light and also for the contrast between the sharp detail in the foreground and the blurred background.


  • #4
    elven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭elven


    Owch, much sharpness! Wow.

    The dappled light in the first shot gives it loads of atmosphere. Tis annoying with the wire cages round the trees, but I could just be being my pernickety self. For some reason I'm very taken by the 5th shot - and I couldn't even say why... but I like it :)


  • #5
    gandalf
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    Love the 1st and 5th ones. Must head over to the Park to get a few shots.


  • #6
    City-Exile
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    elven wrote:
    For some reason I'm very taken by the 5th shot - and I couldn't even say why... but I like it :)

    Anything that's not a deer, is a tree, in some state or other. ;)
    Thanks for the comments, everyone.
    Anyone in Dublin, who looks out their window, will see the wind I had to contend with. That IS is unbelieveable!


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  • #7
    City-Exile
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    Took some more shots today, on the Grand Canal, in Tullamore.

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  • #8
    GristlyEnd
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    The phoenix park shots are very nice, pin sharp. Are you going to the Irelands Eye trip next weekend? Your new lens would be perfect for it.


  • #9
    City-Exile
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    DarrenG wrote:
    Are you going to the Irelands Eye trip next weekend? Your new lens would be perfect for it.

    No, I'm going to Wembley! :D
    Football comes first with me.

    The second set of images have been reduced to 15% of their original size, so there was some quality loss. I didn't want to spend 30 mins uploading them in their original size.


  • #10
    mtracey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭mtracey


    Really sharp. Love the first one with the light behind the deer.

    Is it a Nikon or Canon lens etc ?


  • #11
    rymus
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    ya lucky barsteward! Great lens, lovely shots... If you're going to wembley, fancy renting out the lens to me for the weekend? :D


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  • #12
    City-Exile
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    mtracey wrote:
    Is it a Nikon or Canon lens etc ?

    It's this lens ...
    rymus wrote:
    ... fancy renting out the lens to me for the weekend? :D

    I'd rent out my sister before I'd rent out my lens! :eek:


    :D

    Seriously though, I don't get back to Dublin until late on Friday & have to be in the airport by 0500 on Saturday morning, so there isn't even time to iron a shirt, not to mention hand over a lens.

    Will have to manage with my Samsung NV10 at Wembley.


  • #13
    Valentia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Valentia


    Wembley? What's on there next Saturday? I thought all the big games were over! ;)


  • #14
    rymus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    City-Exile wrote:
    I'd rent out my sister before I'd rent out my lens! :eek:

    Done :D


  • #15
    City-Exile
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    Valentia wrote:
    Wembley? What's on there next Saturday? I thought all the big games were over! ;)

    Going on Sunday, to see Blackpool v Yeovil Town, in the League One Play-off Final. If their respective games, last weekend, are anything to go by, it should be a cracker. Can't wait!
    The orange of Blackpool, mixed with the green & white of Yeovil, should make for a very colourful occassion...


  • #16
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Valentia wrote:
    Wembley? What's on there next Saturday? I thought all the big games were over! ;)

    No, No, the BIG game is this Wed. Now that would be an event to have a camera at, but unfortunately I couldn't get a ticket. Mind you, for the current going rate for tickets, you could buy a 1D MKIII plus a good lens. :mad:


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