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Mitcon
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 04:13
Hi all,

New to photography & the forums here but thought I would show a couple of shots I took of a Nankeen Kestrel. Any comments/criticism would be very welcome being totally new to all things photographic I need all the help/input I can get.

The first one was taken at iso800, 300mm, f8 & shutter of 1/500.
The second was iso 1600, 500mm, f11 & 1/1000

Cheers
Mitcon
lomond
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 04:25
Very nice shots indeed.
I especially like the second shot.
For ISO 1600 it's excellent. I take it you ran it throught Neat Image or Noise Ninja.

Very good.

Regards,
scrumpy
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 04:34
These are great pictures - well done. What camera did you use?
Mitcon
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 04:45
Thanks for the kind comments,

No noise software used, I haven't got any yet. All I did was try to lighten up the birds underside as the shot was into the sun almost, was very overcast though as well. Oh I also resized the photo & compressed it so as it was ok to post it here. I need to get some more/better software for fixing things up, all I have is what came with the camera & an old version of paint shop pro5 for now. Is it really worth while to get noise software or better just to try to get good photos ?

Sorry, I don't know alot yet as it's all new to me still. Oh & the camera I am using is a 350d, I only got it a couple of weeks ago with kits lens & a second hand 75-300. yesterday I bought a Bigma :)

Cheers
Mitcon
kenyc
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 04:56
Great shots! Keep at it. There's lots of good info and advice to be found here.

KAC
lomond
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 05:04
No noise software and it's 1600 ISO. Impressive.

Paint Shop Pro is good value for money, though Photoshop tends to be king ( but expensive ).
If you shoot high ISO a lot I would look at something like Neat Image or Noise Ninja.

The 75-300 is a bit redundant now you have the Bigma. If you still have it I would consider selling it and putting the money towards software or new glass.

Regards,
weemannie
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 05:07
Lovely captures :)

A very striking bird.
CyberDyneSystems
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 05:33
Beautifull photos!
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2hdzu/pics/welcome.gif to the Forum!
tupe
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 05:51
Amazing shots!
Airedale1
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 06:30
Great captures and welcome to the forum.
Jim_T
23rd of June 2005 (Thu), 19:20
Fabulous shots...

I've been after the American Kestrel for some time, but I've never managed to get close enough...