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***Cheung*** · 04-23-2007, 10:07 AM

Hey, I went there last August. Those sand dunes were impressive. Pity that day there was some fire polluting the atmosphere with its smoke.

**azabaz_ipoh** · 04-23-2007, 09:16 PM

awesome pics. love the clouds. the sky very clear. made my day. i smiled...

**red00ecstrat** · 04-24-2007, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by Neil Nicholls

from my travels

Impressive! I wish I can have a 300mm lens someday!

**red00ecstrat** · 04-24-2007, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by Anatolii

hey guys.
i love taking photos (i don't mean of myself)! wish i had my own camera though. here're a few pics from a trip we took to the beach/ sand dunes at port stephens, NSW last hols. hope you like them

the clouds were so awesome that day!
Pic 3: Sandboarding at the Stockton Sand Dunes

Pic 4: silhouette of CharSiew's Angels (chinese version of charlie's

)

great pics! just wondering, did u take those shots with a polarizing filter?

**Neil Nicholls** · 04-24-2007, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by red00ecstrat

Impressive! I wish I can have a 300mm lens someday!

I particularly liked the reflection in the eye of the last one. One of those dark blobs should be me, I was only about 3 feet away from the bird. (that was with the kit 18-55 that comes with the D40, the 300mm isn't mine, I borrowed it)

**Whoopty** · 04-24-2007, 01:57 AM

I like the 1st bird one Neil.

**Anatolii** · 04-24-2007, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by red00ecstrat

great pics! just wondering, did u take those shots with a polarizing filter?

Thanks

! nah, no filters. the colour saturation of photos look better coz i made "auto colour/ auto levels" adjustments.

**red00ecstrat** · 04-24-2007, 03:03 AM

I am guessing u'd set your camera to aperture priority mode right Neil? Coz both of the bird pictures were shot at f/7.1

The third one looks good but if you take a closer look. u may notice that it was a very little bit of blur on it's head. From your shooting information I know it was shot at 1/125 sec but that wasn't safe enough for capturing animal pictures.
U may have heard about "safety shutter speed". That is 1/125 for a 105mm or 1/250 for a 200mm lens etc etc (old school stuff.).....
For shooting animals, I guess we need at least one stop faster than that principle. Sometimes may be even more.

**red00ecstrat** · 04-24-2007, 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by Anatolii

Thanks

! nah, no filters. the colour saturation of photos look better coz i made "auto colour/ auto levels" adjustments.

Ah......I see!!!

**ants** · 04-28-2007, 03:29 AM

World FreeStyle Motorbike Champ Chris Pfeiffer in Action..

**Whoopty** · 05-03-2007, 03:22 AM

**azabaz_ipoh** · 05-03-2007, 03:40 AM

wow, what building is that and where is it? it reminds me of something

**Whoopty** · 05-03-2007, 03:47 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gherkin

**azabaz_ipoh** · 05-03-2007, 04:00 AM

oh, alright.

***Cheung*** · 05-03-2007, 11:09 AM

Here's one of my daughter. There was this amazing activity play area. There is a rail above her with a seat hanging from it. This seat runs slides down the rail throwing the child outwards on the seat. So much fun to be a kid!

**Whoopty** · 05-03-2007, 06:24 PM

Some artistic stuff:

**red00ecstrat** · 05-04-2007, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by Cheung

Here's one of my daughter. There was this amazing activity play area. There is a rail above her with a seat hanging from it. This seat runs slides down the rail throwing the child outwards on the seat. So much fun to be a kid!

There is so much fun to be a Daddy!

You know what I mean Cheung!