First post of a pic from my D70!

ParkertR · 30th December 2004

Taken in the early hours of the morning today at lower peirce with a 70-300mm G f/4-5.6 with SB800 used to fill the dark spots.

Any ID?

jonlou · 30th December 2004

hello parkertr...

nice squerriel!!! hahaha..... hmm... the left side and right side DOF like abit unbalanced leh... hahaha... then the cute fellow the eyes abit red-eye hor..

my i like the overall shot... very nice. very nice colour....

ParkertR · 30th December 2004

lol~ DOF off? mmm cuz the leaves at diff distance mah

hehehe~ i gave the bugger a red-eye reduction flash :P hahaha wonder why its still red!

jonlou · 30th December 2004

oh yeah yeah yeah... hahaha... sorry ah. u noe lar. noob here... so dun mind me toking nonsense ah....

anyway, looks like ur 70-300G lens not bad leh... wads the diff between the G and ED versions?

ParkertR · 30th December 2004

ONE single ED element and errrr....no aperture ring and errrr....plastic mount... but the lens is so light it doesn't matter. The plastic mount feels pretty sttrong too... so no worries

digipat2003 · 30th December 2004

nice catch

but feel the compostion of pic is abit off, too centre

just my thoughts

Paul_Yeo · 30th December 2004

how come the squirrel so still on?

i tried to take pic of squirrel but they keep on jumping up and down and i cannot get them to stay still....u must be very patient!

ParkertR · 30th December 2004

Originally Posted by digipat2003

nice catch but feel the compostion of pic is abit off, too centre

just my thoughts

I tried to get more of the tail in while trying to keep to the rule of the thirds :S tough la. haha :P

ParkertR · 30th December 2004

Originally Posted by Paul_Yeo

how come the squirrel so still on?

i tried to take pic of squirrel but they keep on jumping up and down and i cannot get them to stay still....u must be very patient!

Was patient but then again, must attribute the pic to the time of the day too...t hey were very busy eating. this one though he was safe from the camera... haha but my 300mm x 1.5X factor was enough to nab him up in the tree!

i have another one... but he moved and focus was on the tail :S ugh! i can post if ur interested to see... haha

Ghostpipefish · 31st December 2004

Good shot, nonetheless, squirrels are difficult buggers to catch as they can be very skittish!

we have 2 main types of squirrels here in singapore, the Slender Squirrel and the Plantain Squirrel. The easiest way to tell is to see if there is a black and cream stripe on its side.

from your pic, it looks like a plantain squireel. Experts out there, can confirm?

ParkertR · 31st December 2004

thanks Ghostpipefish? Anyone wanna give bad comments about this picture so i can learn? :S

Ghostpipefish · 31st December 2004

hey ParkertR, i am no expert myself!

nothing really bad about your shot. it's just a photo of a squirrel eating. as long as you are happy with it, stay with it.

ParkertR · 31st December 2004

yeah

hehe thnx! Happy NEw YEAR!!

stroma · 1st January 2005

Originally Posted by ParkertR

thanks Ghostpipefish? Anyone wanna give bad comments about this picture so i can learn? :S

Firstly, there is nothing particularly wrong with this photo... BUT a lot of that is down to the D70. You presumably haven't had to worry about exposure or speed (I presume the squirrel was fairly stationery); or Focusing...as I presume you were using Autofocus. All I can therefore comment on is the composition....It's just not very exciting.... 1. The Image looks 2 dimensional...flat squirrel against flat scene... 2. you mentioned rule of thirds...yet the trunk goes straight up the centre of the pic..... etc etc...... However.. If I'd got that shot as a newbie I think I would have been very happy... (it's also Top Heavy...all the 'weight of the picture is in the top half!!).... You asked for comments... I hope these are constuctive comments...

Happy New Year Stroma

ParkertR · 1st January 2005

stroma, thanks so much!

1) Squirrel was fairly stationary - YES!

2) Focusing... er... MF! hee :P
3) 2D image... yeah... it's a little flat
4) I think its top heavy too - should I have cut the tail? :S
5) Was shooting on M.

Happy new year to you and thanks for the comments!!!

stroma · 1st January 2005

Originally Posted by ParkertR

stroma, thanks so much!

1) Squirrel was fairly stationary - YES!
2) Focusing... er... MF! hee :P
3) 2D image... yeah... it's a little flat
4) I think its top heavy too - should I have cut the tail? :S
5) Was shooting on M.

Happy new year to you and thanks for the comments!!!

hee hee too...Glad you've already moved onto some manual features!!! Problem with the D70....It's just too Good!! So concentrate on what you can put in!!...Like composition,,,D70 can't do that and no-one can really teach it...You keep working at it and it'll come...Great thing about DSLR is that you can experiment till the cows come home LOL... Good first pic...Just think if you'd got his face coming towards you...Real Impact...

As to what you can do with the existing photo... A much tighter crop in PS (and lose abit more tail) but also get rid of the waste of space to the right which adds nothing!!!.. (someone mentioned DOF.... actually you or the camera got that about right LOL)...Get rid of the red-eye.... I would duplicate a layer in PS and apply a 'multiply' blend mode for some more definition and balance.....

Happy 2005

Stroma

ParkertR · 1st January 2005

going to SBG tomorrow morning, weather permitting. if you're there and you see two guys - one with a huge tamron and the other with a huge VR lens... that's me and my fren :P haha

30th December 2004	#1
ParkertR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Singapore/Thailand Posts: 5,804	First post of a pic from my D70! Taken in the early hours of the morning today at lower peirce with a 70-300mm G f/4-5.6 with SB800 used to fill the dark spots. Any ID? __________________ Budget wedding photographer :)

30th December 2004	#3
ParkertR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Singapore/Thailand Posts: 5,804	lol~ DOF off? mmm cuz the leaves at diff distance mah hehehe~ i gave the bugger a red-eye reduction flash :P hahaha wonder why its still red! __________________ Budget wedding photographer :)

30th December 2004	#5
ParkertR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Singapore/Thailand Posts: 5,804	G lens ONE single ED element and errrr....no aperture ring and errrr....plastic mount... but the lens is so light it doesn't matter. The plastic mount feels pretty sttrong too... so no worries __________________ Budget wedding photographer :)

30th December 2004	#7
Paul_Yeo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sengkang Posts: 2,156	how come the squirrel so still on? i tried to take pic of squirrel but they keep on jumping up and down and i cannot get them to stay still....u must be very patient! __________________ www.boo.sg

31st December 2004	#11
ParkertR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Singapore/Thailand Posts: 5,804	thanks Ghostpipefish? Anyone wanna give bad comments about this picture so i can learn? :S __________________ Budget wedding photographer :)

30th December 2004	#2
jonlou Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: SG Posts: 316	hello parkertr... nice squerriel!!! hahaha..... hmm... the left side and right side DOF like abit unbalanced leh... hahaha... then the cute fellow the eyes abit red-eye hor.. my i like the overall shot... very nice. very nice colour....

30th December 2004	#6
digipat2003 Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 843	nice catch but feel the compostion of pic is abit off, too centre just my thoughts

31st December 2004	#10
Ghostpipefish Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 160	Good shot, nonetheless, squirrels are difficult buggers to catch as they can be very skittish! we have 2 main types of squirrels here in singapore, the Slender Squirrel and the Plantain Squirrel. The easiest way to tell is to see if there is a black and cream stripe on its side. from your pic, it looks like a plantain squireel. Experts out there, can confirm?

31st December 2004	#12
Ghostpipefish Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 160	hey ParkertR, i am no expert myself! nothing really bad about your shot. it's just a photo of a squirrel eating. as long as you are happy with it, stay with it.

31st December 2004	#13
ParkertR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Singapore/Thailand Posts: 5,804	yeah hehe thnx! Happy NEw YEAR!! __________________ Budget wedding photographer :)

1st January 2005	#15
ParkertR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Singapore/Thailand Posts: 5,804	stroma, thanks so much! 1) Squirrel was fairly stationary - YES! 2) Focusing... er... MF! hee :P 3) 2D image... yeah... it's a little flat 4) I think its top heavy too - should I have cut the tail? :S 5) Was shooting on M. Happy new year to you and thanks for the comments!!! __________________ Budget wedding photographer :)