Don't Fall!

[nburwell]

Yet another attempt with the Sigma 70-200...As always, comments/critiques/suggestions welcome!

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[Flew]

Nick,

You definitely have the birdie shooting lust. I was out a couple of hours ago looking for signs of the hurricane coming in, and saw a blue jay, and all I could think of was that I wish I had my cam.

Nice shot. :wink:

 

[nburwell]

I most certainly do, Frank. :biggrin: I took almost fifty shots tonight. Still processing the others. I just hope my brother doesn't ask for his lens back, haha.

 

[Flew]

I most certainly do, Frank. :biggrin: I took almost fifty shots tonight. Still processing the others. I just hope my brother doesn't ask for his lens back, haha.

Nick, I'm almost ashamed to say that I took around 1,000 shots this weekend. I chased a GBH around for over two hours, and took over 200 of him. The problem is that there are so many, I can't process even a fraction. :frown:

 

[vincebeus]

Nick, I'm almost ashamed to say that I took around 1,000 shots this weekend. I chased a GBH around for over two hours, and took over 200 of him. The problem is that there are so many, I can't process even a fraction. :frown:

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Oh i am not the only one that takes so many photo's sometimes that the CF cards can handle it no more so i have to take out my 40gb portable hd to empty the CF cards so i can shoot again. And then when i come home i think oh i shot about 150 photo's or so and then i put them all on my pc for processing and then i see that i can at least double it and sometimes triple it after a day shooting.

One day to safari park i came home with 500 d2x shots and about 400 shots of my D70 and still i was complaining that i missed two compact flash cards that i put on my portable harddisk that was not saved. And my computer sometimes begins to make strange noise.

It doesn't like all the processing of the images.

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I see you are enjoying making photo's of bird. How is that sigma 70-200mm lens is it a nice lens to work with? And you must have a cool brother who lends out his lens gear. I am not so difficult too with some people with my lenses. A good friend of mine i sometimes lend my 80-200mm AF-S or 70-200mm VR lens.

Can you tell more about what was happening to that bird. Was it off balance or was there to strong wind?

Greetings,
VinceBeus

 

[nburwell]

Frank, I'm ashamed to have only shot fifty shots, when you shot 2,000! That puts me to shame! I just wish I had the time to follow around birds and snap that many pictures!

Vince, I'm getting used to the Sigma 70-200. Especially since I would like the Nikon 70-200 VR, but way out of my budget. My brother really doesn't use this lens much (at least I don't think), so I doubt he's really missing it too much (it's acutally still mounted on my D70 body in my room!). As for the story with the bird, I was attempting to get a closer shot of it. It must have sensed my approach, and at the same time there was a strong breeze, so it almost lost it's balance, and while it was getting ready to take off, I snapped the picture you see above. Quite frankly, I didn't think it would come out all that good.

Now I need to find the time to process my other bird pictures, but since I started classes tonight, it's going to be hard to find time. :Sad:

 

[cknight]

Nick - don't compare yourself with Frank. He has a problem. He can't take a picture without the shutter clicking at least 4 times when he pushes the button. I think sometimes he pushes the button just to hear it click. Then he gets this giddy grin :biggrin: . I think he's addicted to the sound of the shutter.