Puffin in 3D

Well, it's not really in 3D, it's just that the wife saw this on the monitor and she said it looked like it was 3D so who am I to argue with her

Taken on Skomer, West Wales last year while visiting with your very own, Mark Davies, Andy(woof,woof)Astbury and Andy Snape, what a trip that was

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500
1/1250th second
f7.1
ISO 200
360mm full frame
-0.7 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held

She's right of course. Very 3D-like. Excellent image.

Hi Geoffrey,lovely colours and subject ,perhaps tad more canvas on the bottom,but still brilliant image

Hi Geoffreydon't dare argue with your better half,the image is just great.
Keith.

Really pops, excellent image

Thats a cracking Puffin image Geoff, with super exposure of the bird, just a shame you don't have any more room at the bottom to even up the composition.

Welcome to the forum

Andy...

Nice one Geoff

Super shot The daisies hold the composition together nicely.

Simon

That,ll do for me.!!
jr

I think its lovely and love the daisies finishes it off a treat

Thanks everyone, glad you like it

Yes, shame there's no more room at the bottom, I zoomed in a bit tight for this one I'm afraid, it's a habit of mine

Geoff.

Oozs quality Geoff I can see what the wife meant.

Dale

Perfect bird shot Goeff.
I like to see such high quality shots made with "amateur gear".
Congratulations,

Bertl

Thanks guys
Lol Bertl, I must admit that I do feel a bit, how shall I say, inadequate, embarrassed even, when I see what equipment most of you people on here own :

I bought my camera when it first came out and it was £425, it's plastic, has the older CCD sensor, 2.5 frames per second with a buffer for just 4 Raws, only the one centre cross-hair and of course, no focus tracking or any of the fancy stuff you guys have, but it's given me a lot of fun and some good photos too

I'm looking to upgrade now though, to something more appropriate, then I'll probably be taking "amateur" photos with "Pro" equipment

Geoff.

It's not the size of your equipment but the way that you use it, that counts IMO, Geoff.

Lol David, well, lucky I got the Bigma then

Many years ago I saw an article somewhere in the press where David Bailey had been sent to the zoo with a very basic Kodak Instamatic. Guess what? He came back with brilliant pictures. In any camera, the bit that makes the biggest difference is the nut behind the lens.

In this case I think your wife has called it dead right, it is a lovely shot of a puffin, and I think it also suggests that there is nothing wrong with the equipment you already have.

David

Superb picture with nice colors and great depth of field.

Marcel

Thanks guys

Geoff.