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Posted by David W. Brewer on Wed May 19, 2004 9:31 pm

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I've followed NSN from its inception, and have posted and responded to topics, but - quite frankly - I've been more than a little intimidated about posting any images. Recently I upgraded equipment to the Nikon D7o, which I have coupled with a Tokina 300mm f2.8 ATX plus Teleconverters, and my image quality is noticeably better. Friends have commented same, and I have been encouraged to post this image.
Camers: Nikon D70
Lens: Tokina 300mm + Kenko 2X Teleconverter
Tripod: Bogen with homemade gimbal mount
Flash: not used
f2.8 (f5.6 effective); 1/400

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by gigo on Wed May 19, 2004 10:27 pm

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you forgot the ":" after http

nice photograph !

i'd lighten up the area around the eyes a bit

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu May 20, 2004 12:05 am

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Thanks, I missed the missing : and corrected it. Nice shot and welcome!

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by LHays on Thu May 20, 2004 4:33 am

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David
You have a nice first post. This is a wonderful place to learn!!! Don't let the intimidation factor keep you from posting. I felt that way in the beginning and your first post is far better than what I posted at the start.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu May 20, 2004 7:53 am

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David, thanks for jumping in and posting. This has a lot of nice qualities. Nice green BG , dark perch and the bird looks good. A better comp would be to have the bird in the left of the frame with him looking into the open space.

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by AForns on Thu May 20, 2004 8:07 am

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Very Glad you decided to jump in and post...... Excellent post and for your first it will be a hard act to follow!!!!

Would move the bird back to the left as suggested by Alan.... all other elements look very good. Congratulations on your new equipment!!!!

btw always keep all photographic equipment together in one place... preferably out of the way and find a quiet location... sometimes it tends to multiply on its own

at least that's what I tell my wife

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by AlexC on Thu May 20, 2004 8:45 am

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Dave, I took the liberty of downloading your image with the purpose of illustrating what the crop should be, this is only my view and not the only way it could be cropped, I USM a little and dodged his face a tad, clone some dirt on the CCD and that was it!
The image is nice as presented, and a pretty good capture at that, the composition as reposted is to give the bird a little room to fly into , the tail points down to the LLC to give a sense of flow, but this is just my view!!
Wonderful first post!!! Keep them coming!!!
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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu May 20, 2004 8:49 am

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Hi, David. I'm glad you're finally posting. A nice, clean shot. I agree with Alan on moving the bird to the left in the frame. The left crop could be balanced by a slight top crop. BTW, is that sensor dust behind the bird's wing?

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by David W. Brewer on Thu May 20, 2004 10:22 am

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Not sensor dust; I'm guilty of not cleaning dust from the front of the lens. I actually noticed that in the file copy of image and thought I had posted the image where I had cloned that out ...NOT! I thouroughly cleaned the lens yesterday and took more images to make sure THAT was the problem and not dust on the sensor. I agree with the crop; it's for that kind of feedback that I "screwed up my courage" to post here. I will delve into the topic of dodging tonight when I'm at home; never have tried that (outside of my darkroom days years ago). Thanks for the feedback!

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by Mike Wilson on Thu May 20, 2004 1:41 pm

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Thanks for taking the leap and posting David and welcome. I really like your Cardinal image and like the suggestions already made. I would also suggest when using a TC, especially a 2x, to stop down a stop from wide open to get a sharper image if there is enough light.

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by Cindy Marple on Fri May 21, 2004 10:01 pm

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Welcome, glad you took the plunge, very nice first post!!

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