dan_drabek Posted June 29, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) These were taken in Santa Cruz at Neary Lagoon. The wood duck is most often photographed in his spectacular breeding colors. I believe this is a male in his non-breeding colors. FZ8 at 450mm equivalent F.L. Close to sunset. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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biglouis Posted June 29, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 29, 2007 Excellent, crisp, colourful and contrast-ful shots. You should send these to Panasonic/Leica as examples of what the camera can do. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beramos Posted June 29, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 29, 2007 Wonderful light and details, perfect exposure and a pleausure to watch them. The reflections in the water add 3 dimensions. Good work Daniel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 29, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 29, 2007 DD - I agree completely with Big & Bernardo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinop Posted June 29, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 29, 2007 Like the details on both - especially around the eye. Plus the water droplet on the beak of #2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Motivfindender Posted June 29, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 29, 2007 very nice, but the flash was somewhat too powerful in the first one and has been absent in the second one, which is regretable. Half of it in the first, the other half in the second one would have been perfect. Dirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted June 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for each of your comments guys. Much appreciated. Dirk, there was no flash in either. The sun was low and raking, and the bird was swimming in and out of dappled shade. In the first shot he is in full sun. A little flash might have helped on the second, but I think I would have scared away my model. :-> I know these are nice, but not perfect shots. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted June 29, 2007 Here's one with more even lighting. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted June 29, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 29, 2007 DD: I'm really impressed with your FZ 8, 450mm equiv. The playful light and the subject are really nice. Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted June 29, 2007 Share #10 Posted June 29, 2007 Another great shot (the last one). I was reviewing some duck shots I took with my (now departed) D80 and 18-200VR. The quality of these in terms of sharpness, colour rendition and contrast is better. This camera is a little gem and I can see owning one in the near future. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted June 30, 2007 Al, Louis, thanks. For an inexpensive camera, the little Panasonic performs very nicely. The Leica lens is a real gem, and is sharp throughout the entire 12x range. Simply amazing. There is noise above ISO 100, but if you shoot raw and keep your film speed down, this is not a problem. It's a fine little take-anywhere camera. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted July 1, 2007 Share #12 Posted July 1, 2007 Al, Louis, thanks. For an inexpensive camera, the little Panasonic performs very nicely. The Leica lens is a real gem, and is sharp throughout the entire 12x range. Simply amazing. There is noise above ISO 100, but if you shoot raw and keep your film speed down, this is not a problem. It's a fine little take-anywhere camera. DD How tempting. If only it extended the wide angle end of the range to 28mm at least. I would even sacrifice 100mm or so at the telephoto end. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted July 1, 2007 How tempting. If only it extended the wide angle end of the range to 28mm at least. I would even sacrifice 100mm or so at the telephoto end.David Hi David, Panasonic does make accessory lenses to extend both ends of the zoom range, but I have not had experience with either and don't know if the quality of the image is degraded. I've learned to be cautious about such lenses. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted July 2, 2007 Share #14 Posted July 2, 2007 Hi David, Panasonic does make accessory lenses to extend both ends of the zoom range, but I have not had experience with either and don't know if the quality of the image is degraded. I've learned to be cautious about such lenses. DD Dan, I share your reservations. Attachments are fiddly to use and if left on permanently, as would be the case with this lens, the camera becomes more bulky. I hope Panasonic cater for such users in the future. D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted July 2, 2007 Share #15 Posted July 2, 2007 How tempting. If only it extended the wide angle end of the range to 28mm at least. I would even sacrifice 100mm or so at the telephoto end. David It would be nice but I suspect the size of the camera would change noticeably. You can buy this camera for around £180-£190 on the internet in the UK so personally I could see owning this for the long end capability and still keeping my D-LUX 2 for its wide-angle macro capabilities. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsw Posted July 3, 2007 Share #16 Posted July 3, 2007 It looks SO lifelike. Is it really made all from wood? Surely there must be some plastic too. Really wonderful shots Dan; thanks for sharing! Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted July 3, 2007 Share #17 Posted July 3, 2007 Beautiful light, colours and detail captured Dan. Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canfred Posted July 4, 2007 Share #18 Posted July 4, 2007 Excellent colour and detail Daniel ,plus a good composition. Just a humble duck made to stand out. Manfred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share #19 Posted July 4, 2007 Thank you all again for your kind words. The duck did most of the work. I just bracketed my exposures and snapped off a great many shots. Below is the spot where the shots were taken. I laid down flat on the dock to get down to water level. There was a group of mallards and the one wood duck which came within 20 feet of the camera. Like shooting fish in a barrel. As the sun set, it created some interesting light patterns. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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