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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:22 am
by piggy4
Great pics Graeme M, those Almorhae and that Rostrata are just going through the change!
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:15 am
by Dutch
Graeme McKellar wrote:Hi Erik, Nice camera the D80. I've had one for about a year now and just love it. I have the 18-135 and 70-300 lenses and my next one will be the 60mm Micro. I love the rich colours the Nikon gives.
Cheers Graeme. PS. Manual focus is really hard to master so stick to "spot focus" and use focus-lock. Always focus on the eye.
Nice pictures, thanks for sharing those.
I've only had my D80 for a few days, but I already love it so much. I have the 18-70mm lens and plan on doing landscapes, so my next lens will probably be the Sigma 10-20mm. These pictures were mainly practice to develop a feel for the camera, but maybe I'll be looking into a micro lens in time to come. Can't wait to see what such a lens can capture of the kubs.
All my pictures here were manual focus and like you said it is really difficult, but good practice. (The eye is a good tip, thanks!) I still need to work out all the settings, I'm sure there's much more than I've been working with so far. Absolutely fantastic camera!
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:20 am
by chefkeith
Those look really nice. I want some of those loaches.
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:19 am
by Dutch
Wow, RAW works much better!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:50 am
by Botia Robert
Nice photos Eric, the Kubs look good.
Graeme M, thanks for sharing, its good to see pics of your fish.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:27 am
by Marcos Mataratzis
Great pics anyway,
Congrats!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:41 pm
by Sea Sprite
I see 2 beautiful kubs in those cropped pics!
Graeme, I'm curious. How did you know he used a D80...?
I didn't see that mentioned in Dutch's previous posts.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:10 am
by Dutch
Thanks everyone!
Sea Sprite, I've received a lot of advice on which camera to buy in the off-topic part of the forums. I started a thread there a few months ago since there are some very talented and enthusiastic photographers out here. I'm sure Graeme must have seen it.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:11 am
by Graeme McKellar
Hi Sea Sprite, Dutch (aka Erik) started a Post in the O/T Forum back in May titled "Future Project: Camera". Go to page 2 in the O/T Forum if you want to view it. Cheers Graeme.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:13 am
by Dutch
Dang, maybe I should have made some really spooky claims about Graeme's clairvoyance.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:24 am
by Sea Sprite
Dutch wrote:Dang, maybe I should have made some really spooky claims about Graeme's clairvoyance.
Thnx Graeme...I'll check out "Future Project: Camera" in the OT threads
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:29 am
by Dutch
Oh, and welcome here Sea Sprite! I'm sure you'll find this forum to be very informative and a lot of fun.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:42 am
by Sea Sprite
TY Dutch...Erik. I'm sure you will all be very helpful in raising my clowns. Does that kind of make you feel like uncles? LOL!
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:54 pm
by Dutch
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:01 pm
by Marcos Mataratzis
Lovely shots Erik.
Congrats!
