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sameerrao · 06-09-2006, 02:19 AM

I like them. I particularly like the ones with the clouds - the first one in row 1 and the second one in row 2.

Some suggestions - the first has been drilled into me by Sargeant Major TT - re-size the pictures to 1600*1200 for more sharp images and use some photoshop sharpening and save at the highest possible resolution. This will make a difference.

Another suggestion perhaps for the flower image: Crop close to the flower with the bee in it would improve the impact of that picture.

Also, you could try and reduce the depth of field to blur the background more - standing a bit further away and zoom in more or increase the aperture or any other means. That way the flower will really standout.

Another trick could be to reduce the aperture a lot to darken most of the image and use the flash to light up the flower as I did with the leaf in the next picture.

ae86_16v · 06-09-2006, 10:04 PM

Sameero. . . thanks for the tips. I appreciate you taking the time. Yeah, I might mess w/ the Aperture Priority more. You are completely correct because if the Bee picture was with an increased aperture it would even be more evident.

As far as the clouds. . . that was an act of god

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BTW your pictures are AWESOME! Thanks again for the tips!

ae86_16v · 08-05-2006, 01:07 AM

First try at the moon:

ae86_16v · 10-27-2006, 07:34 PM

Wanted to try something new

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Sold the D50 and hardly lost any money on it, and picked up this one for only $350, a buddy upgrade to the D200. Haven't really got the chance to play with it yet. Mounted my 18-70mm on it right now, also picked up a Sigma 70-300mm not too long ago. First thing I did was updated w/ the D70s firmware, so the only difference right now is the size of the LCD on the back. (I do miss my larger LCD on the D50 though.)

Will post some more pictures soon:

sameerrao · 10-27-2006, 08:13 PM

Nice - I am going to wait for a 6-9 months and buy a used D200 or D80 myself. I like the size and features of the D200 - it looks like perfect match for my 70-200 lens. I will keep the D50 for my 18-70 lens. That way I can take both cameras for a photoshoot and don't have to waste time swapping lenses back and forth as I am forced to do now.

The D80 seems like a decent upgrade on the D70s with nearly the same sensor/image processor as the D200 and as a plus it takes a SD card which I have already bought for my D50.

Looking forward to seeing some sample pics from you ....

MartijnGizmo · 10-27-2006, 08:41 PM

I held a D80 in a store yesterday, difference in size to the D70(s) was smaller than I expected.....