Nikkor 70-300mm 4-5.6
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I took this shot last year of a hawk that was 30 feet away with a D90 and a Nikkor 70-300mm 4-5.6. You're going to love the lens.
Just a little sharpening could help this shot Chris. I hope you won't mind if I demonstrate what I mean.
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I cropped a small portion because the hawk was on a power line. If I was good at Photoshop, I would have taken out the power line and inserted a branch or something..
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Don't mind at all. I haven't experimented enough with sharpening. Obviously it made an improvement here. This will seem funny, but I didn't notice the blood before. Must have had rodent stew before I captured the shot.[/QUOTE]
And then you thought my cheap lens was sharper than your 24-70... I guess I'm a cheater when it comes to sharpening. I almost always sharpen for web because I'm reducing the size and I read I had to, plus, I like the end result more.
But maybe I over did it a little on your shot... Sorry.
Don't mind at all. I haven't experimented enough with sharpening. Obviously it made an improvement here. This will seem funny, but I didn't notice the blood before. Must have had rodent stew before I captured the shot.[/QUOTE]
And then you thought my cheap lens was sharper than your 24-70... I guess I'm a cheater when it comes to sharpening. I almost always sharpen for web because I'm reducing the size and I read I had to, plus, I like the end result more.
But maybe I over did it a little on your shot... Sorry.
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No worries Marcel. I have learned something new at this site "every" day I have visited. Tomorrow I planned on hitting PS and/or Lightroom and learning the sharpening technique. I am new to the post processing scene and CS5 can be a bit intimidating. I have a subscription to Lynda.com and spend an hour or two each day on some of the PS training modules; that was until I stumbled upon Nikonites lol.
Took a quick run through the park and shot a couple pics. with the new 70-300mm. Love the lens
Handles very nice and has a real pro feel to it.
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Nice.
I've got a couple hundred hours in the F-4. McDonnell Douglas proved if you put enough thrust behind a brick, you could make it go supersonic.
Hey a fast mover jock! I spend most of my time in the heavies. I remember a story of the F-16 that was flying along around a C-5 one day and the jock did a nice barrel roll in front of the Galaxy. Pilot got on the radio and said "hey that was really cool! Could you do that again in a min, my co was taking his steak out of the oven and missed it!" So we just let them enjoy the piddle pack and get our dinner out LOL.
Seriously, the AF is like a fraternity, no matter who you meet, you can strike up a conversation and it is like you knew each other all your lives. Love that about the Blue.
Thank you Jack, I figured you would. Sometime my mind is thinking faster the my finger and I hit the wrong keys...lol?
I love the new lens, looking forward to using it a lot this summer. How is your 55-300mm working out?
I gotta tell ya, Curt......this 55-300 is working out better than I thought it would. I have the reach, the focus and the clarity that I didn't find in the 55-200. I LOVE this new lens!
All my service time was in tactical jets. I was Navy, but I'll not hold your Air Force background against you. After all, the Army guys need someone to dance with.
Argh, a swabby LOL.
Oh this thread is going south REAL fast LOL!Go NAVY!
I'm an ex navy man myself. Served on the HMCS Bonaventure aircraft carrier (when we actually still had one) as a navy diver.