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[dhsimmonds]

Thanks, Dave. Wasn't daylight actually - but there was certainly more light in the sky than on the owl which could be barely seen with naked eye against that light.

I have tried the built in magnification but I just can't live with jpgs! I did do a comparison shoot - x2 in the camera jpg against a 50% crop to the Raw file on my Mac and I liked the latter better. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I'm going to have another go at processing the owl by masking the bright areas behind him.

Best, Bill

I did that once on shot of a male Lion standing on a branch about 25 feet up. Early morning light with a most uninteresting light grey sky and I swapped the original for a blue sky peeping through the foliage, it which worked a treat.

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

More from Botswana - just the kit 16-50 lens.

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

West Coast NP, South Africa.

 

[m_driscoll]

Ballard, Fisherman's Terminal, Magnolia, and the Olympic Mountains.

A77; Sony Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8; 70mm; 8s @ f/20; ISO 100

Cheers, Matt

Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

Nice shot, Matt - lots of atmosphere, reminds me of my travelling days in the Seattle area!
Bill

 

[m_driscoll]

Nice shot, Matt - lots of atmosphere, reminds me of my travelling days in the Seattle area!
Bill

Bill: Thanks! Keep posting your Africa photos. It's a great vicarious thrill for me.

Cheers, Matt

Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

OK Matt - if you insist!

Bill

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

An Okavango sunset

Bill

 

[Jim DE]

 

[Matix]

A full moon, Sunset in the West and Moon Rise in the East.

I had to give it a shot, just take off to try and shoot the super moon on the Sunday. According to the Photographers Epherimus it rose at 5:13pm, and the sun set at 5:12pm... one minute apart. The night before I had taken a shot of the moon at 98% full with the A77 and the Tamron 70-300mm USD, hand held. No time to use a tripod, so took the shot while on the lawn at home, it worked out well so Sunday I drove 50km out to Mutdapilly, a spot I knew that had a clear view of the moon rise.

Some fun pics, not necessarily text book but I am happy with them, and who cares about the low light noise etc, not me.

First shot, the hand held at home.....

SLT-A77V, f/8 @ 300 mm, 1/2500, ISO 400

Then out at Mutdapilly, SE Qld... soft ground, lots of grass underfoot, could not get a solid tripod footing so left the IS on.

Moon peeking over the treeline of Flinders Peak.

SLT-A77V, f/9 @ 300 mm, 1/80, ISO 320

In the next shot, with in Camera HDR the scene was strangely lit by the sunset behind me, I liked the effect so the intersting contrast and shade worked for me.

SLT-A77V, f/4.5 @ 85 mm, 1/15, ISO 320

And finally, with the Tamron 17-50mm fitted I turned to the west and took a quick shot of the last of the sunset, I have never tried a moonrise and sunset at the same moment in time... I kinda like what I got.. as I said, it was a fun shoot.

SLT-A77V, f/4 @ 24 mm, 1/60, ISO 1250

Phil

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

Nice series, Phil!
Bill

 

[Matix]

Nice series, Phil!
Bill

Thanks Bill, the A77 has not let me down yet... I enjoy the flexibility in the gear, matches my decreasing level of the same!!

I have been enjoying your work of late, you have some fine shots there... makes me want to travel more, I was in Canada for a few weeks in April, but in BC where our head office is. Work took me there, I have a daughter in Kelowna so was a good visit, never been up your way but your shots make me want to reconsider that!

Phil

 

[Mark K]

Brought D800 and A77 together today and was surprised to find out the flexibility and ability of A77 in shooting in the wild.

 

[iiiNelson]

Here's a few from today taken with our forgotten friend the A77. All shots taken with the 16-50/2.8 and 70-200/2.8

 

[pegelli]

Nice shots HiredArm, especially like the watermill reflections you have in there.

I don't have an A77, but last year was allowed to use one from a friend for a couple of hours. Your post here motivated me to go back to that series and process a few more. They're all from November 2011 during a weekend in Madrid but sofar they've been sleeping on my hard drive:

1: Damn, it was not free


2: Statue


3: Plaza Espana


4: Another Statue


5: Templo de Debod


6: Madrid, city of windows and balconies


1,2,3 with the Minolta 80-200HS G
4,5 with the Sony 18-80CZ
6 with the Minolta 85/1.4RS
all exif's with exposure date are in the files.

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

A young Merlin. 70-400G + 1.4EX.

 

[iiiNelson]

Thanks for the compliments. I took a local photo class just to get out the house and it wasn't expensive. I didn't really learn anything "new" but sometimes it's good to go over the basics or simply engage with other photographers and enthusiasts. I normally shoot the M and NEX bodies but I decided not to be the "weirdo" without an SLR.