At Singapore Botanic Gardens

chngpe01 · 29th January 2003

Shot this a SBG today,

Pics 1, 2 & 3 is a Long -tailed Parakeet (all 3 uncropped). Pic 4 is a Olive-backed Sunbird (cropped 20% on the sides)

Cheers

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SniperD · 29th January 2003

Pic 4: Olive-backed Sunbird

very nice... S2Pro user yeah? Still remembers...

The shot compo's great except for the bottom left red bokeh.. maybe can PS it away since you have a nice uniformed bkgrd ?

Great shots! din even catch any late birds when I was there!

denizenx · 29th January 2003

ow! so sharp I thought the parakeet was 3dmax!

FLiNcHY · 29th January 2003

But the parakeet's colours arent sharp or bright enough to stand out from the background?

Is that right?

tomshen · 29th January 2003

Nice bird shots, 2nd one is my favorite. Pity the last one was blur.

chngpe01 · 29th January 2003

Thanks, for the compliments.

Yes, Tomshen its really a pity for the last shot. I think the DOF of the last shot was too shallow, as a result, except for the branch, claw and some parts of the beak, the rest is out of focus.

As for the color of the parakeet, it is their natural defense to have this color for camouflage. However, yes it is a bit underexpose and the flash was not enough to heighten the color.

Thanks for the suggeston SniperD, I was also tempted to correct the background for the last shot but on 2nd thoughts I think it is better to have some faults

Once again Thanks I do appreciate all the comments.

Cheers and Gong Xi Fai Cai.

MaGixShOe · 30th January 2003

very nice smooth background
only the 1st few photos the bird a little underexposed

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chngpe01 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7,476	At Singapore Botanic Gardens Shot this a SBG today, Pics 1, 2 & 3 is a Long -tailed Parakeet (all 3 uncropped). Pic 4 is a Olive-backed Sunbird (cropped 20% on the sides) Cheers #1 #2 #3 #4

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	Pic 4: Olive-backed Sunbird very nice... S2Pro user yeah? Still remembers... The shot compo's great except for the bottom left red bokeh.. maybe can PS it away since you have a nice uniformed bkgrd ? Great shots! din even catch any late birds when I was there! __________________ EYE-DEAS

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denizenx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: L2TPYSG Posts: 4,514	ow! so sharp I thought the parakeet was 3dmax! __________________ "I'm... dreaming... of a wide... angle~ Just like the ones I used to know~"

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FLiNcHY Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 621	But the parakeet's colours arent sharp or bright enough to stand out from the background? Is that right?