shoot and release

[hobbydog]

Got to love the shoot and release duck season...it never ends. There are still qite a few around....find a little open water and you got ducks.

[huckleberry]

Sweet pics! What kind of camera did you use when taking these photos? Just curious!

[blk94fiveoh]

Those are some nice pics

[Dan Thiem]

D.U. calender quality! You should submit them to D.U. and see if you could get some $ by letting them syndicate them.

[JoFish]

It's amazing what photoshop can do isn't it?

[hobbydog]

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It's amazing what photoshop can do isn't it?

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So what makes you think they are a product of photoshop? The second one is cropped and both have a slight amount of USM applied but other than that they are original. The camera is a Nikon D70 (digital SLR)and the lens is a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR lens.

These are wild ducks and this took a pretty good sneek to get close to them. It is amazing how many ducks are still around if you go looking for them. Find some open water....even a small spring like in this photo and you will find some nice greenies.

[JoFish]

Dont know. The second and third pics are great, especially the second one. Its just that the first pic looked a little susspicious. For example, there are birds that are closer to the camera that are blurred that match the blurring of the cattails and background. I do realize that objects can seem out of focus depending on the camera settings and distance from the camera, but there are ducks of the same size and distance that are blurred when others are not and the matching of the blur to the blur of the background.

Ether way, the pics are cool, and I could be off my rocker.

[hobbydog]

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Its just that the first pic looked a little susspicious. For example, there are birds that are closer to the camera that are blurred that match the blurring of the cattails and background. I do realize that objects can seem out of focus depending on the camera settings and distance from the camera, but there are ducks of the same size and distance that are blurred when others are not and the matching of the blur to the blur of the background.

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The depth of field is pretty small with a 1/1000 shutter speed and an F2.8. Some of the blur on the left is some tree branches very close in....they don't show up as branches because the are so far out of focus. In a telephoto shot it can be very hard to tell depth....in other words which duck is closer to the camera.

I wish I could say it was photoshop by I aint no where near that good. Taking a pic like this is ten times easier than doing something like that in photoshop. I have had the camera for about a year but just got the lens about a month ago. This one was taken last weekend in the cold crisp -10 degree air.

[Matt Johnson]

Awesome pics hobbydog! We're going to have to meet up sometime and take some shots of some fish!

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[frabillfisher]

Amazing...gotta love that bright green color of the mally

[arbuck]

I tried to post this last night just as the site crashed. Those are great pictures hobbydog. The color is great and they almost look 3D. I would love to get into photography like that. If ya don't mind what's a setup like your camera/lens cost. Ruff idea would be fine like thousands, hundreds. I still can't get over the clarity and crispness of the pics. Them critters look like there alive and gonna fly out of the screen!!!

Good job

arbuck

[hobbydog]

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I would love to get into photography like that. If ya don't mind what's a setup like your camera/lens cost.

Good job

arbuck

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about $1000 for the camera body and about $1500 for the lens

I started out with a $150 lens though and it can take some pretty decent pics too but it is much harder and you got to have a little more luck. On a given day with good light I might shoot 200 pics and save 30 and of those 4 or 5 are worth posting. Here is a link to some more pics taken with either a cheap 70-300 ($150) lens or a 17-70 ($300) lens.

http://www.hobbydog.net/images/d_70_pics.htm

Digital photography is fun because film and developing is free and if you know a little about PCs and photo editing you got a darkroom. There is no way I would go out and shoot 200 pics and pay for film and developing just to get a couple good shots. DSLRs are getting better and cheaper but the lens are not and probably won't. Like scopes or binocs....you will pay good money for quality....but as in the pics above it is about 90% lens and 10% camera body.

[RussDaBuss]

awesome pics..... life like!!!!