kasman Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Went for a ride on the bike early this morning as I had a day off. Ended up at Mt Mee state forest and got to spend some time with the camera. I was lucky enough to have some kookaburras hang around so I thought Id share some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldobug Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 what camera gear do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 EOS350D and 50mm f1.8 out of date camera and cheap as chips lens but still got no need to upgrade . I try and get the best out of what Iv got. got within 1m of those kookaburras. I owe em one I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FillingTheSilence Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 EOS350D and 50mm f1.8out of date camera and cheap as chips lens but still got no need to upgrade . I try and get the best out of what Iv got. got within 1m of those kookaburras. I owe em one I think. Yep u owe them one alright! I do a bit of bird photography and woulndnt even think of using a 50mm for it. Youve done well to get so close. Nice shots btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 haha, yeh I know, 50mm is just silly for serious bird photography. maybe I was being cocky and lied about not wanting to upgrade lol. Id be keen to see some of your bird photogrpahy. Feel free to post some in a new thread if you want I think this is a true reflection of what a 50mm can do. An Azure Kingfisher that was in my yard last year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidkev Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Nice one mate. Next time, if you can get that close again, pop your flash up as well............it puts a nice little catchlight in their eyes. Like so..... Those 50mm lenses are as sharp and as cheap as chips eh? I love 'em. kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FillingTheSilence Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 haha, yeh I know, 50mm is just silly for serious bird photography.maybe I was being cocky and lied about not wanting to upgrade lol. Id be keen to see some of your bird photogrpahy. Feel free to post some in a new thread if you want I think this is a true reflection of what a 50mm can do. An Azure Kingfisher that was in my yard last year!! Thats more whet id expect from a 50mm although sometimes i still cant get any better than that with 300mm. BTW looks like a sacred kingfisher to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 aha! your right, it is a sacred (just did some googling). azure was my best guess. havent seen it back. must have been lost lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FillingTheSilence Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 There seasonal, i get them sometimes in my yard during summer only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenterra Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 A couple of nice shots there. The 2nd image is quite good. Doing well to get that close with a 50mm lens. My hat's off to you for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted May 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Nice one mate. Next time, if you can get that close again, pop your flash up as well............it puts a nice little catchlight in their eyes. Like so.....Those 50mm lenses are as sharp and as cheap as chips eh? I love 'em. kev ta mate. I still forget I have a built in flash on my camera hey. Im just used to it being crap 99% of the time I forget it does have its uses. Only just started using it for fish shots which I seem to be getting good results with. Agreed, you cant beat the 50mm. About a year ago I started getting an "Error 99" or something with it. Tried everything to fix it and nothing would work. I was about to ditch it when one day I thought "what the heck, I'll just give it a bang". So I gave it a good crack on the side of my knee and as they say "vuala". Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procull Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 went through 1000s of pics today and the only wildlife in the pics were dead , ahhhh the joys of being a redneck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted May 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 haha, and Im guessing it was that nights dinner too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidkev Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 That error 99 used to come up on my 350 as well. Something to do with a non-compatible lens but everything I read stated that the lens was compatible (a sigma). In the end I had to ditch the lens. kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procull Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 haha, and Im guessing it was that nights dinner too not tonight , its rubbish store bought t bone , forgot to grab decent meat before i left for work sorry to go off topic , please continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidkev Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Not exactly wildlife but me dog is pretty wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
