This past weeks pics...

[Chenango Dave]

I've been so busy lately, I finally got some time to get some of this past weeks pics posted.
1). sunrise on the farm

2). Hawk with a red squirrel for lunch

3). Fawn with a mouthful

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6). dad and lad

7). on the run

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9). Another hawk closeup

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12). Heading over the ridge...

Take care all
Dave

 

[Ridn9high]

Nice pics Dave! I too need to get out and get with the camera and gets some shots in. Keep em' coming :thumbs up blue:

 

[Kit Fox]

Great shots Dave!

Question for ya. It appears to me that you are using your 200-400 lense and a large aperature to get the nice bokeh. Are you also manually blurring some of the elements in the images?

Is the first shot an HDR?

 

[Chenango Dave]

Thanks guys.
KitFox,
I am using the 200-400 and most of my deer pics are taken either right at dawn or right at dusk so I always have it set to the largest f stop. Usually have my ISO cranked right up too.

The sunrise pic is something I just played around with while editing - I just got this program called topaz adjust. The Denoise program they have is awesome. Some peolple don't like it but I like some of the stuff you can do with it.

 

[Kit Fox]

Thanks guys.
KitFox,
I am using the 200-400 and most of my deer pics are taken either right at dawn or right at dusk so I always have it set to the largest f stop. Usually have my ISO cranked right up too.

The sunrise pic is something I just played around with while editing - I just got this program called topaz adjust. The Denoise program they have is awesome. Some peolple don't like it but I like some of the stuff you can do with it.

I sure hope you enter an image in the Sept. contest.

Topaz Adjust looks very interesting. I started playing with HDRSoft's Photomatix to combine a few exposures. Sometimes the results stink, and sometimes they are pretty cool.

Here is a single exposure:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2608/3734226800_b06182cc2b_b.jpg

Followed by a three shot combination of -2EV, 0EV, and +2 EV.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/3792520526_36c5d642f0_o.jpg


The last picture is the same three exposures tweaked in "Grunge" mode.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3795931299_48ce7c2441_o.jpg

 

[Chenango Dave]

Yeah - it's neat seeing some of the results you can get with HDR. That Topaz Adjust is real easy to use and can get almost the same effect ,(not quite though).

Here's a whole thread over at Nikon Cafe that has some awesome Topaz Adjust shots.
NikonCafe.com