Took my new D300 for a test drive over the weekend. I don't normally dwell on technology as to me it's just a tool. But I have to say the handling is so much better than my previous 2 bodies, the D50 & 80. Unlike many reviews on the web, I didn't find the noise control to be noticeably better than say the D80.
I was mainly shooting at higher ISOs as it was breezy on Sunday. Although this pair of 6- (5?) Spot Burnets were very accomodating, the moo-moos grazing the field wasn't. One of the bull came uncomfortable close - probably just curious, but I had to get up and leave. It looked rather intimidating 5 feet away from a low angle. Anyway, here's one of the few frames I did manage to grab.
As always, comments welcome.
Des
D300
150mm macro
1/40th
f/20
iso500
full frame
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 5, 2008 at 3:13 PM
It's a very nice image Des, a little tight at the top for me, if you have the room, a crop to portrait would work a treat.
Andy...
Posted by John Robinson on August 5, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Yes I agree. Nice and unusual composition.
Beautiful Scabious flower too.
JohnR
Nicely captured, def six spot... Like this loads well done, worth sharing the personl space of a bull for....
Posted by tony flashman on August 5, 2008 at 3:57 PM
A few of us UKNPers had some great photo opportunities with some of these guys over the weekend, this shot is very well executed, well balanced and with great DOF.
Tony
Posted by Dave Bartlett on August 5, 2008 at 6:13 PM
This is really nice. The angles of the antennae really make it for me.
Andrew - this one's full frame, so can't squeeze anymore space out of it, but I did take a few in portrait format. Perhaps I'll post them some other time.
Posted by Mark Fellowes on August 6, 2008 at 3:41 AM
Hi Des
Very nice image - the detail is great, and F20 doesn't seem to have resulted in much (if any) softness in the image. Colours are great too.
Mark
Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 6, 2008 at 7:15 AM
Top notch!
Love everything about this shot!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Taylor on August 6, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Discussion
10 repliesI was mainly shooting at higher ISOs as it was breezy on Sunday. Although this pair of 6- (5?) Spot Burnets were very accomodating, the moo-moos grazing the field wasn't. One of the bull came uncomfortable close - probably just curious, but I had to get up and leave. It looked rather intimidating 5 feet away from a low angle. Anyway, here's one of the few frames I did manage to grab.
As always, comments welcome.
Des
D300
150mm macro
1/40th
f/20
iso500
full frame
It's a very nice image Des, a little tight at the top for me, if you have the room, a crop to portrait would work a treat.
Andy...
Beautiful Scabious flower too.
JohnR
Tony
Dave
Andrew - this one's full frame, so can't squeeze anymore space out of it, but I did take a few in portrait format. Perhaps I'll post them some other time.
Very nice image - the detail is great, and F20 doesn't seem to have resulted in much (if any) softness in the image. Colours are great too.
Mark
Love everything about this shot!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Matt