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Posted on 16/11/07 08:07:35 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Australian Dragon
The things that crawl under your table when having lunch in Australia.  |
Posted on 16/11/07 11:03:01 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2900 Reply  |
Re: Australian Dragon
Dont worry..got plenty of sticks we can fight them off with  |
Posted on 16/11/07 11:09:42 AM |
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Claude37
Souris superbe Posts: 46 Reply  |
Re: Australian Dragon
Vibeke, keep it carefully for a next contest ! 
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Posted on 16/11/07 8:59:59 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: Australian Dragon
I rather liked it, thought it was cute. Even though it was about 50 cm or more. My daughter used to have a Blue Tounged Lizzard in their garden, which they named "Vibeke'. Looking forward to lunch and meeting you tomorrow. |
Posted on 16/11/07 10:42:05 PM |
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tracyrose
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Re: Australian Dragon
I like it too, fantastic image |
Posted on 17/11/07 00:19:54 AM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Australian Dragon
Nice selective focus on the eye, you're a very good photographer. What camera are you using Vibeke? |
Posted on 17/11/07 00:39:10 AM |
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tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply  |
Re: Australian Dragon
We call them Bearded Dragons in the states, I used to sell them when working at Petsmart as a teen. Just to think, these creatures cost just under $100 each, and you're finding them wild. Haha, maybe you could ship a couple hundred of them over here? 
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Posted on 17/11/07 8:00:13 PM |
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Progenic
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Re: Australian Dragon
Vibeke nice shot 
not to go against what maiden just said but i would have preferred just a tad more depth of field (just to the back of the head). possibly f4 mark ? nice shot all the same Johnny |
Posted on 17/11/07 8:53:44 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: Australian Dragon
Thanks, my dragon was photographed in Coffs Harbour about 400 km north of Sydney. Becky: I used my new Canon 400D, with a 28-85mm lens, moved in as close as I could. Exposure was f4.5 1/124. At that distance there wasn't much choice of the depth of field. Chris: they seemed pretty common, we often had 3 or 4 running around the tables at lunch time. Johnny: Exposure was f4.5 1/124. At that distance there wasn't much choice of the depth of field. I got one in the sune the next day, might have a better depth of field, haven't had a chance to look at it yet. |
Posted on 17/11/07 9:06:59 PM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply |
Re: Australian Dragon
Personally I like the Depth of Field, for me the eye is the focal point of all portrait photography even when the subject is a lizard =) The 400D is a very nice camera too. I really must put my camera to more use. |
Posted on 17/11/07 10:16:13 PM |
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Progenic
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Re: Australian Dragon
maiden, yeah your right its absolutley critical the eye is 'Pin' sharp in any portraiture shot, if you lose the eye you have lost the shot. I want santa to bring me a DS Mk III but i dont think there is much chance of that  maybe in the new year when they drop in price.
i might just have to settle with a new d300 (nikon that is). Get your camera out and blow the dust off it you never know what you might run into
vibeke, yeah i see. i thought you might have been using the back end of the zoom to achieve the effect. Do you shoot 'RAW' or jpeg ? |
Posted on 19/11/07 04:42:37 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: Australian Dragon
Hi Johnny, I shoot in Raw, love it as the inital editing is non destructive. Have started Using lightroom, it has a lot of really good features, and some I'm not so sure about. Bur great for importing and adjusting images, before bringing them into PS. |
Posted on 19/11/07 6:13:01 PM |
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Progenic
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Re: Australian Dragon
Yeah i always shoot in Raw too, though i always use adobe bridge (as was the advice of a pro photographer who swears by it), however i have just bought martin evenings book and he swears by lightroom so i guess its personal preference really. Bridge is pretty powerful but then again i also have lightroom and have played around with that (it seems to have some great web templates also). I usually go to bridge to view the RAW's then open them in adobe camera raw and after the initial adjustments import into photoshop. I have only just discovered that you can open and edit Jpeg's in adobe camera raw too
Johnny |