Mikes Photography

hil26 · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:19 pm Post subject: Female pheasant

ISO 200
f3.5
1/250s
speedlight used
focal length of 200mm

NB - i cropped to this as didn't get all the tail and the legs were blurred - also thought about it for the Week3 weekly challenge theme (Dinner)
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jonH · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject:

there's a little too much flash for me..
f/3.5 @ 200mm - does that mean you have some nice, expensive long glass nowadays??
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hil26 · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

Didn't get too much chance to turn down the flash - only got one chance at it before it legged it

glass = Sigma 70-200 2.8 (which is great)
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jonH · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject:

Yeah it's a good lens; the pics from it are generally as good as from the nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 imho (ruth has one)
I don't think the focus is as quick as it is on the nikkor 70-200 but unless you're action shooting you'd probably never ever know Smile

i've dialled the flash back by 1.7 stops previously but i've not needed to on the d300, so i'm surprised (unless you weren't shooting ttl fill) it's been so powerful with you
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hil26 · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: