After crawling on my stomach about 150 feet, in full camouflage, with my 500mm on a skimmer pod, I was undetected amidst the flock of geese with babies. My shares:
Baby Goose Series
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Don Haines said:
Thanks for the input, Don. Parks can be a great place to shoot, in some circumstances.
That said, my shooting style and preferences don't work well in public park areas where people, children, and dogs are running loose. I prefer to be in a more private area so I can feel safer and more at ease lying on the ground for artistic eye-level shots, and know the birds won't be scared away by a dog or child. It puts the nature back in nature photography, for me anyway.
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Nice shots flyingSquirrel 
Here are a few of mine :
Chaaaaaarge! by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
First steps by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
A brand new world by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
Here are a few of mine :
Chaaaaaarge! by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
First steps by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
A brand new world by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
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Unfortunately, we have so many coming to our yard that I have to shoo them away or they will destroy our grass. The ducks are OK...fewer of them, so they can hang around.
Hmm, I seem to be guilty of "fowl" discrimination...groan.
Hmm, I seem to be guilty of "fowl" discrimination...groan.
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Werz said:Nice shots flyingSquirrel
Here are a few of mine :
Chaaaaaarge! by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
First steps by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
A brand new world by Dominic Marcoux, on Flickr
Hi Werz, fabulous shots of the baby geese.
Could you please share the EXIF of at least one of the pics?
I am using a 7D MKII and 100-400 and get sharp shots, but never like those.
Or maybe its just superior photographic technique..........
Cheers Brian
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bjd said:
Hey there Brian!
If you click on each of the shots it will take you to my Flickr page where you will see all the EXIFs
I was laying on the ground with a tripod, might explain the sharpness or it just might be the post-processing.
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First off: GOSLINGS! Like that Ryan character but slightly smaller and perhaps a little fluffier... In the English language the word is 'Gosling'
and B) Some great photographs here, thanks for sharing! I don't understand Flickr anymore though, you reckon we're meant to be able to find EXIF info on there like we used to? I'm not finding anything, anywhere but I've become totally de-familiarised with it all since they went and turned it into an iCameraPhone mess of a site... really though, I've tried; it's there, somewhere?
and B) Some great photographs here, thanks for sharing! I don't understand Flickr anymore though, you reckon we're meant to be able to find EXIF info on there like we used to? I'm not finding anything, anywhere but I've become totally de-familiarised with it all since they went and turned it into an iCameraPhone mess of a site... really though, I've tried; it's there, somewhere?
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Yeah, I don't see any EXIFs in Flickr either, but I did find them on 500pix for at least one shot, its probably there for the others too.Khufu said:First off: GOSLINGS! Like that Ryan character but slightly smaller and perhaps a little fluffier... In the English language the word is 'Gosling'
and B) Some great photographs here, thanks for sharing! I don't understand Flickr anymore though, you reckon we're meant to be able to find EXIF info on there like we used to? I'm not finding anything, anywhere but I've become totally de-familiarised with it all since they went and turned it into an iCameraPhone mess of a site... really though, I've tried; it's there, somewhere?
As I see nothing unexpected in the EXIF, would you mind telling me how you sharpen Dominic?
Thanks.
Cheers Brian
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bjd said:Yeah, I don't see any EXIFs in Flickr either, but I did find them on 500pix for at least one shot, its probably there for the others too.Khufu said:First off: GOSLINGS! Like that Ryan character but slightly smaller and perhaps a little fluffier... In the English language the word is 'Gosling'
and B) Some great photographs here, thanks for sharing! I don't understand Flickr anymore though, you reckon we're meant to be able to find EXIF info on there like we used to? I'm not finding anything, anywhere but I've become totally de-familiarised with it all since they went and turned it into an iCameraPhone mess of a site... really though, I've tried; it's there, somewhere?
As I see nothing unexpected in the EXIF, would you mind telling me how you sharpen Dominic?
Thanks.
Cheers Brian
Hi Brian,
Hm I'm not sure why it's not showing the EXIFs for you guys
Here you go with the photo titles
Chaaaaaarge!
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/5.6 400.0 mm 1/1000 400 Flash (off, did not fire)
First Steps
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/6.3 400.0 mm 1/640 3200 Flash (off, did not fire)
A brand new world
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/6.3 400.0 mm 1/1000 1000 Flash (off, did not fire)
For sharpening, I either apply a general 25 sharpening first (or none at all) then I use the (cant remember the name now) selective airbursh thing in Lightroom to apply localized sharpening on my subject (as well as any other modifications applied only to the subject).
Sometimes I will also do some high pass sharpening in photoshop, depending.
Hope that helps
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Hi Dominic,Werz said:bjd said:Yeah, I don't see any EXIFs in Flickr either, but I did find them on 500pix for at least one shot, its probably there for the others too.Khufu said:First off: GOSLINGS! Like that Ryan character but slightly smaller and perhaps a little fluffier... In the English language the word is 'Gosling'
and B) Some great photographs here, thanks for sharing! I don't understand Flickr anymore though, you reckon we're meant to be able to find EXIF info on there like we used to? I'm not finding anything, anywhere but I've become totally de-familiarised with it all since they went and turned it into an iCameraPhone mess of a site... really though, I've tried; it's there, somewhere?
As I see nothing unexpected in the EXIF, would you mind telling me how you sharpen Dominic?
Thanks.
Cheers Brian
Hi Brian,
Hm I'm not sure why it's not showing the EXIFs for you guys
Here you go with the photo titles
Chaaaaaarge!
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/5.6 400.0 mm 1/1000 400 Flash (off, did not fire)
First Steps
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/6.3 400.0 mm 1/640 3200 Flash (off, did not fire)
A brand new world
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ƒ/6.3 400.0 mm 1/1000 1000 Flash (off, did not fire)
For sharpening, I either apply a general 25 sharpening first (or none at all) then I use the (cant remember the name now) selective airbursh thing in Lightroom to apply localized sharpening on my subject (as well as any other modifications applied only to the subject).
Sometimes I will also do some high pass sharpening in photoshop, depending.
Hope that helps
thats very kind of you, thanks very much. Up till now I never used the sharpening in LR due to artefacts that appear if I use the masking function. When I do sharpen then in PS with selective sharpening on the luminanz channel in Lab mode. I'm not sure if that is really up to date any more.
Cheers Brian
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