Photography
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Testing the Canon EOS 80D and various settings...
Caught a peacetime sacred ibis flyby, ie no bombing runs. 
Awesome photo @blujeenz! What equipment are you using? Any chance you remember your settings for this shot?
Gather you dived into the exif info.Ahhh found the settings... f/6.3 ISO 200 1/640s
It was the Nikon D70S 70mm lens at full zoom on manual shutter priority.
I usually leave all the exif info in so that I can check back if necessary.
Thought I would chuck in a shot from Crete in Greece since they seemed pro-vaping (Let me vape myself silly in their airports )
Sony A57 SLT
f16, 1/2000 sec
18mm
)Sony A57 SLT
f16, 1/2000 sec
18mm
Hippo Shots taken with my stock lens and then the others with my 400mm Prime Lens at St Lucia... still learning!
Still Crete but something a little different. City sights from Chania town.
Superb photos @Schnitzel Frontier !
Those are some awesome shots @Schnitzel Frontier !
Not quite wildlife but a once in a lifetime opportunity. Baby Bengal Tigers 
Not quite wildlife but a once in a lifetime opportunity. Baby Bengal Tigers
@Schnitzel Frontier do you clear your meta data embedded in your pics? I was hoping to check your settings for these awesome pics... I'm a real amateur and trying to stay away from putting my Canon 80D on Auto...
@Schnitzel Frontier do you clear your meta data embedded in your pics? I was hoping to check your settings for these awesome pics... I'm a real amateur and trying to stay away from putting my Canon 80D on Auto...
@Rob Fisher I don't normally clear the metadata. It appears once on the forum or downloaded it doesn't show any data.
My apologies, always keen on sharing.
All pictures shot with my Sony A57 SLT camera.
1st Picture - f/6.3, 1/20 sec, ISO 400, 250mm (18-250mm Zoom Lens)
2nd Picture - f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, 100mm (100mm Prime Macro lens)
3rd Picture - f/4.5, 1/800 sec, ISO 200, 100mm (18-250mm Zoom Lens)
Best way to use manual settings is Practice Practice Practice
Its also good practice to use the aperture or shutter priority modes and see what different settings produce and what settings your camera decides on.
Hope this helps
@Rob Fisher I don't normally clear the metadata. It appears once on the forum or downloaded it doesn't show any data.
My apologies, always keen on sharing.
All pictures shot with my Sony A57 SLT camera.
1st Picture - f/6.3, 1/20 sec, ISO 400, 250mm (18-250mm Zoom Lens)
2nd Picture - f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, 100mm (100mm Prime Macro lens)
3rd Picture - f/4.5, 1/800 sec, ISO 200, 100mm (18-250mm Zoom Lens)
Best way to use manual settings is Practice Practice Practice
Its also good practice to use the aperture or shutter priority modes and see what different settings produce and what settings your camera decides on.
Hope this helps
It does indeed help thanks! Photography (well real photography) is a lot more difficult than one expects... sure the great equipment helps but only so far.. I want that CRYSTAL CLEAR and SHARP image in my photos... I know that's only a small part but SHARP FOCUS (on the subject) pics really get my engine going!
I agree, its something that requires time and dedication. If you have the right eye and patient you can take an award winning photograph with a smartphone haha.
The pinsharp quality in pictures is something that takes time to master. The first thing to really go for is making sure specific points are in focus even if you mess up the rest of the subject. For example the eyes are a must, then the tip of the nose and then the tips of the ears etc. These aspects of a face are what humans first look at when seeing someone so If you get them sharp you are generally safe from there
Would love to see some of your work sometime
I will include the metadata on all my pics in future as well
Those are glorious photos @Schnitzel Frontier
Where were you when you took them?
Where were you when you took them?
Thanks very much ! I was at a Big cats breeding reserve/program in Limpopo. Some friends of mine were raising the baby tigers at the time
Three 8 week old tigers, one male and two females.
Amazing opportunity!
Thanks very much ! I was at a Big cats breeding reserve/program in Limpopo. Some friends of mine were raising the baby tigers at the time
Three 8 week old tigers, one male and two females.
Amazing opportunity!
Wow - that's amazing indeed
Thanks for sharing the photos!
