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Nice shot, Kahoolawe. My camera (and reflexes) aren't quick enough to catch hummingbird shots at random. I'm afraid I have to wait for them to come into my "studio" :-).
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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
 
...because he's able to give you details on how he does what he does. I've spent a few weekends trying to learn what I read of his ideas.

But I still think he and the others were pulling my leg about hummingbird feeders. Three feeders, many many formulas of hummingbird food, and nothing but greedy bees to show for it. I suspect he's got a wind-up bird or something...
Uncle Frank said:
I'm interested in participating in this forum to see if moving to
an slr makes sense for me. I'm an enthusiastic amateur, and use a
Coolpix 5700, which has been described as slr-like due to its evf.
My specialties are isloation macros and "frozen" hummingbirds.
Here are some examples.





If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to pester you folks a little, with
the objective of seeing how a dslr might extend my range or improve
my results. But if it's a bother, I'll stay in lurk-mode.

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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
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Ed

Make pictures, don't take them - it leaves more for others.

http://www.onemountainphoto.com
 
Drew Loker said:
I have made a bookmark so my students will get to few your
awesome work.
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What a nice compliment, Drew. I agree with you about digital. It's the perfect teaching tool... you get immediate feedback. And since "film" is free, I've had the luxury of taking 11,000 shots over the past 18 months. That's probably a lifetime of experience for amateur film photogs.
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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
 
Thanks, Sotare. I took the lion with my cp995 and the tc-e2 2x teleconverter. I think that's about when I began to lust for the reach and convenience of a 5700.
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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
 
Brent E said:
But, then again, what are you prepared to pay!!!???
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That's a problem, Brent. I stretched my hobby budget to by the 5700 and accessories. If I were making money from my shots, it would be another matter, but I haven't figured out a way to do that yet.

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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
 
just find a market...the pictures of yours that i have seen would be in demand if you could find a market! maybe start with ebay, even...go to art shows! Your shots will sell themselves!!!!

Brent
 
Ed Nazarko said:
But I still think he and the others were pulling my leg about
hummingbird feeders. Three feeders, many many formulas of
hummingbird food, and nothing but greedy bees to show for it. I
suspect he's got a wind-up bird or something...
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I've told you before, Ed, if you keep putting beer in your feeders, all you'll attract is bees. Here's what happened when I switched from Bud to sweet stuff:



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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
 
Uncle Frank said:
I'm interested in participating in this forum to see if moving to
an slr makes sense for me. I'm an enthusiastic amateur, and use a
Coolpix 5700, which has been described as slr-like due to its evf.
My specialties are isloation macros and "frozen" hummingbirds.
Here are some examples.





If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to pester you folks a little, with
the objective of seeing how a dslr might extend my range or improve
my results. But if it's a bother, I'll stay in lurk-mode.

--
Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
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I'm not sure that you would benefit all that much from a DSLR given the photos you show. I take a lot of spontaneous shots out in the field without careful set-up. So what I see and control on the spot is what gets me the image. I had a Coolpix 950 and missed a ton of opportunities. From mis-framed macro shots due to the parallax (and way too much sun on the LCD for it to be of any use), to awful DoF problems because I couldn't control it nor see it, to hideous purple fringing. The day I got my D100 I never used the 950 again (I was used to SLRs in film-land). But looking at your photos, I really don't know what the extra mpixels, the little less noise, and the added lenses would buy you...
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  • Thorsten
 
You can join in here, but we can't show you the secret handshake until you buy a Nikon DSLR.

For now, just remember "The First Rule of Nikon SLR Talk is to never mention Nikon SLR Talk."
 
That's fighting talk where I come from! :-)

Great pictures UF...you're gonna be dangerous with a DSLR!
Wizard® said:
You can join in here, but we can't show you the secret handshake
until you buy a Nikon DSLR.

For now, just remember "The First Rule of Nikon SLR Talk is to
never mention Nikon SLR Talk."
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Uncle Frank said:
.......and showed my very best pics
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That's important, but often overlooked. To put it a little squarely, to become known as a good photographer you need to show people only the (few?) good pictures you take and keep the bad, the mediocre and the indefferent ones to yourself.
 
Thorsten said:
I'm not sure that you would benefit all that much from a DSLR given
the photos you show... looking at your photos, I
really don't know what the extra mpixels, the little less noise,
and the added lenses would buy you...
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Thanks for your candid comments, Thorston. That's why I'm monitoring this forum. By looking at the pics you guys are taking, I'm trying to identify areas of interest that are out of the range of my current equipment. Comparing specs, it's easy to see that the dslr is superior to a digicam (except in terms of price and convenience), but figuring out how to use them to advantage is whole different issue.

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Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
 
UF, please come over here. On my meter, you've measurably improved the signal to noise ratio with just one post.

And I don't care how you spell fuchsia (but how do you pronounce it without the "h"?)

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Mike
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coupla cameras
some lenses
two bicycles
used Jeep
yellow tabby cat
the love of a good woman
 
Uncle Frank --

I own a D1x and a 5700.
The D1x I use for my professional and more serious work;
the 5700 is my walking around camera.
They are both good cameras.

You have the eye of an artist and are technically savvy. You are a serious shooter.
IMHO, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you did not buy a D1x or D100.
--
Dale Smith
 
I have to agree... not all coolpix are bad.

I have a CP 5000 that's still part of my gear bag when I travel. The cameras are capable of some very wonderful images despite their limitations.

The 5X00 series is a great series of cameras with some pretty high capabilities....as much as the person behind the box.

Julio
Ursus said:
jbviajero said:
To be Frank, Uncle Frank, I think that coolpix cameras are no
closer to SLR than Pluto is to the Sun. I've played with them and
come away with very negative feelings. So when a guy like you comes
onto these forums and posts photos as good as that, I really must
take my hat off! Excellent photos. If you can get photos that good
with a crappy coolpix, all I can say is get yourself a real camera!
You will really will be opening up yourself to even better
opportunities. Now, please tell me, how did you get that humming
bird?
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I'll admit the Coolpix line is split into low end and high end
these days. I have a D100 and a Coolpix 4500. While the Coolpix is
not up to what the D100 can do, I have gotten some fine shots from
it. Remember it's partially the equipment and partially the person
handling the equipment.

As for Frank's Pictures, they are good.

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-----Bear
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U F, ... this is the DSLR Forum, not some coolpix forum where you come here claiming the picture you have taken is as good as a pic taken with a DSLR ... :-)

Seriously Frank, if you can achieve this type of quality from a Hi end CP, imagine what you could achieve with a DSLR (nikon obviously :-) )

This shows that a camera in good hands can do miracles ...

I prefer the flower shot (Call it envy). The hummer is great too ...
Uncle Frank said:
I'm interested in participating in this forum to see if moving to
an slr makes sense for me. I'm an enthusiastic amateur, and use a
Coolpix 5700, which has been described as slr-like due to its evf.
My specialties are isloation macros and "frozen" hummingbirds.
Here are some examples.





If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to pester you folks a little, with
the objective of seeing how a dslr might extend my range or improve
my results. But if it's a bother, I'll stay in lurk-mode.

--
Warm regards,
Uncle Frank, FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Coolpix fifty seven hundred and nine ninety five
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix&page=all
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Yves P.

(some pictures I like here:)
http://www.pbase.com/yp1/images01
http://www.pbase.com/yves_pinsono23
 
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