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22nd January 2005
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Kranji Walk
Hi
Here are some of the various kinds of birds from Kranji Walk and the Kranji War Memorial Park.  3D map of the area from Space Shuttle Radar mapping.. You can see the sandbar that people collect mussels.  You can see Braminy Kites flying very low in your face hunting the grass patches throughout the day.. I guess they get hungry all the time.  Its the end of the day and the birds fly home to roost. This is en Egret.  The Eagles come out to fish, this eagle was preparing to strike but all the illegal fishermen drove him away. He looks like superman!  Grey heron Its a nice place to take a walk.. and after that you can buy Ice Cream. Its also a great place to practice action photography of birds in flight. Allan |
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22nd January 2005
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Yishun
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Your flight shots are really fantastic
 - Thanks for sharing the location.  |
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22nd January 2005
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Thanks for the compliments but my photos are not the best... I am still learning and the Kranji place allows you to test your skills and correct your mistake I had the fortune of meeting John Ng who passed me a tip.. Shoot at ISO 400 and shutter speeds of min 1600 and above. After I changed my techniques by John's advice, the photo I believe increased in quality by leaps and bounds All my shots are handheld. A bit of noise can still be seen.. to get rid of that you have to reduce the image size ..  ISO 400, Shutter 1600, Manual mode , F5.6. 80-400 VR Nikon Capture processed to remove ISO400 noise. One more interesting observation: * I was told by another friend that to improve autofocus speed you must use Manual Exposure. This was verified!! my 80-400 VR AF Focused 20% faster or more As the sun moves or cloud cover comes around you need to keep taking photos and changing your manual exposure, increasing the F# for White Egrets and MINIMIZING the F# for grey herons or darker birds .. That is why I chopped my Shutter from 2000 to 1600 to light up the bird. I wish to see more people sharing techniques and locations so that we can all learn. But the general rule of thumb is to find large bodies of water and you will find the predators. After which you need to visit the place to check out the angle of the sun. I hope to buy a Nikon Camera with Noise Free ISO 400 or even 800! There should be some news in FEB 2005. Allan |
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23rd January 2005
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: White Sands, Singapore
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Hi! Allan,
Thanks for sharing the tips on shutter speed and on focusing speed when set to manual mode, will keep that on hand to try out the next time.. I agree, noise can be annoying... so which Nikon Dxxx are you eyeing at? that is noise free at ISO 400 not to mention ISO 800... Think most of the guys here would love to have a test of it... |
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23rd January 2005
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Singapore/Thailand
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Heya Allan!!
 for you!! Great shots and great tips for newbie's like me!! Really good tips  Shall try it out soon!
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24th January 2005
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Singapore
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Thanks for sharing the information with us.
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24th January 2005
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Yishun
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I'll try it out this week, if the weather and my workload permits...  |
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24th January 2005
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,116
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Wah....I like that superman pose pic. Too bad too far up in the sky. It's like coming directly down at you!!
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24th January 2005
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yep the eagle was diving at me on Friday , but suddenly changed its wing shape when it saw so many illegal fishermen.. It was after all the HALF DEAD FLOATING CATFISH thrown into the water by the illegal fishing techniques employed by the people there.. So a good tip if you wanna photo graph eagles, choose a HOLIDAY so people go there and throw catfish into the water all day, the eagles have a field day.. I hope they dont swallow a HOOK. Allan |
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