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First Outing

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on September 15, 2008 at 9:30 AM
First Outing
Well i have been in the states 2 weeks today-a very busy time as you can imagine-I managed to get some new Nikon gear delivered late last week so went to the coast yesterday to give it a workout,I have never used Nikon gear before so its all fingers and thumbs at the moment,Initial thoughts are that is feels great quality wise,The metering seems less likey to blow the highlights than the Canon and the 200-400 is a beaut,It was 90 degrees and bright sunshine yesterday so not ideal conditions but you take what you get,I chose this shot as it shows the great detail that the D3 gives,I have images with the bird in a better position with a catchlight etc but this shows the sand blowing up the best, I was given a tip off from a forest guard about a track where Black bears had been showing so i got in position as the sun went down and was lucky enough to have one cross my path but too distant for a shot-worth going back-The migration starts in a couple of weeks so i will be back then

Nikon D3 200-400+1.4X
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on September 15, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Hi Dave a nice looking image.
Phil.

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Posted by Mark Sisson on September 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Certainly is a nice looking pic - shame about his leg though!

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Dave Courtenay on September 15, 2008 at 10:43 AM
He does have 2 but 1 is pulled up-One thing i forgot to mention is that i took over 100 images and only 1 was oof/soft-thats something i would not have never got with the MK3 Canon where i would have expected a much higher percentage of images oof/soft
Posted by tony flashman on September 15, 2008 at 12:42 PM
I wish I could find someone to say something bad about the D3 then I wouldnt feel so bad about not having one!
Nice Sanderling BTW, like the sand blowing around, probably shows better in a larger image.

Tony

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Posted by Craig Churchill on September 15, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Nice to see your getting on with the D3 its awesome!
Great detail in the blowing sand bet it looks great at full full res!!!


Cheers

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Posted by Ian Andrews on September 15, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Nicely done Dave. Welcome aboard! :wink:

Ian
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on September 15, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Hi Dave,
great first post, I see you are almost a perfect "Ami".
Have a good time there,
Bertl
Posted by Matt Cole on September 15, 2008 at 2:50 PM
nice shot Dave, it looks like you're going to enjoy the D3.

Matt
Posted by Rene de Heer on September 15, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Welcome to the darkside Dave! Great shot!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Justin on September 15, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Hi Dave,
Good to hear you're settling in and are now able to get back out there photographing.

A very nice shot to begin with and I really like the wind-blown sand all around the bird.
Look forward to more. :toast:
Posted by eric weight on September 16, 2008 at 12:57 AM
The blowing sand adds a bit extra to this one Dave. A nice one to start with,
:wavey: Eric
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 16, 2008 at 4:46 AM
Very nice picture, Dave and I agree with Eric Weight about the blowing sand.
Posted by Major Gilbert on September 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM
I trust that you didnt get all that sand over the new gear Dave.
Nice bird and LA.

Major.