a couple E300 pics [img]

All shot with the E300 40-150mm lens

Hmm, no replies yet. Sometimes it happens. I know it happens to me.

As for the shots, maybe not that interesting? The log kind of lacks in subject matter and/or interesting color, squirrel is a squirrel is a squirrel.

The best shot is unfortunately the duck shot, but your shutter speed wasn't fast enough to keep them in focus while panning.

Of course these are just my opinions and I am a beginner so take them with a grain of salt.

Gene

looks like some highlights may have been blown on the log shot. was reading a book just last night warning about having large white areas that might detract from the subject. this is where shooting raw (or exposure bracketing with jpeg) can help or you can knock back the blowouts a bit with the shadow/highlight feature in photoshop.

I like the squirrel photo but part of his fluffy tail got lost.

I like the duck photo and sometimes having some motion blur (like the wings) is better than totally freezing the action so they seem motionless. although with animal shots I think the theory is to at least get one eye visible and in focus.

on the water I wonder if a slower (or faster) shutter speed might have been even better. and sometimes with water you need positive exposure compensation to keep it from being sort of gray (but even the white eyedropper in photoshop levels can sometimes help with that after the fact).

looks like you're having a good time with your e-300. I love mine (it's just a really fun camera).

One and four show an eye for the abstract. I agree with Hartcons analysis of all of the shots but I like one and four the best. I am a big proponent of RAW as it gives you a tremendous amount of flexibilty albeit at the cost of memory. The first shot has the highlights blown and I know this is funny but try the square hand technique (framing the scene) when setting up a shot. You see it on TV all time but it works to an extent, take a moment and decide if the bright areas in the frame draw your eyes, if they do there is good chance they will be blown. If you have to have the scene shoot a bracket of exposures or shoot RAW and work through it.

Keep at it and you will see how much your shots will come together. Take your time and set up the scene in your mind, these are things that you want to keep for good. Great job.
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Jeff
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I shoot at -.3 and find that I get fewer blown highlights that way. That would also give you a slightly faster shutter speed to have more success with that duck. You are ahead of me, though, as I have yet to catch a bird in flight. This is the closest I have come, I call it 'bird in hop':



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Theresa Kelly
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Oly E-300, FL-36, 14-45, 40-150, 50-200

Thanks for the comments, these are the first series that I shot with my E300, and I know its going to take me a while to get the level of quality that I desire, but that's what practice is for.

I like the duck shot, I can feel that they are in motion. Then again, I'm always after the nature captures myself.

Theresa, move the suet feeder a little further away from the seed feeder and you'll make them fly instead of hop. LOL

AbeakerZ said:

Theresa, move the suet feeder a little further away from the seed
feeder and you'll make them fly instead of hop. LOL

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I agree with your comment on the feel of motion in the ducks, but I would like to see the bodies sharper with a slight blur on the wings. Of course, I'd like to actually have something in motion to capture other than my dogs!
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Theresa Kelly
http://theresak.smugmug.com/
Oly E-300, FL-36, 14-45, 40-150, 50-200

That is funny.

Theresa K said:

You are ahead of me, though, as I
have yet to catch a bird in flight. This is the closest I have
come, I call it 'bird in hop':

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Here's my best duck shot so far (50-200):