stuny Posted December 4, 2007 Share #1 Posted December 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) We came across these wonderful birds near two different camps in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. You can see more photos of animals and scenes from those two camps on all four pages of Botswana photos on our site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Hi stuny, Take a look here Carmine Bee Eaters (2 images) . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
azzo Posted December 4, 2007 Share #2 Posted December 4, 2007 Stuart, I very much like both images, but IMHO...the 1st has that something extra to make it a winner. Beautiful on it's own, terrific and very well controlled light and magnificent colours. Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted December 4, 2007 Share #3 Posted December 4, 2007 I like it as well (the first shot as a winner), but is it my monitor or did you collect some dust along the way in Botswana ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted December 5, 2007 Ivan - Thank you. #1 is my favorite, too. Marco - Thank you. Yes, I did pick up quite a bit of dirt on the sensor, and am putting off the task of cleaning it. I cloned out the much more offensive dirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotomiguel Posted December 5, 2007 Share #5 Posted December 5, 2007 Hi, Stuart I like very much the first one. The position of the bird with the branch makes a real good one. Regards Miguel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougewave Posted December 5, 2007 Share #6 Posted December 5, 2007 Stuart, I also like #1 & the mystery branch in the background.. Are these trees dead? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquared Posted December 5, 2007 Share #7 Posted December 5, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Stuart, Wonderful colors! I like the composition of #1. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_peter_m Posted December 5, 2007 Share #8 Posted December 5, 2007 Stuart, Looks like you got your sensor sandblasted The First one is very nice and a bit of spotting should get rid of all the dirt. Looks like you missed the focus by a hair on the second one. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted December 5, 2007 Share #9 Posted December 5, 2007 On the other hand, I'd rather have photo's with dirt than no photo and no dirt ... I'm traveling to Vietnam and just for that reason bought an Arctic Dust thingy. I want AND the pictures AND no dirt, if that's not too much to ask. But I'd choose pictures and dirt if I had to. All in all I can look through the dirt and really see a very nice photo of a beautiful bird with lovely colors and depth. Good luck to the dust hunting and be careful with the vacuum cleaner Marco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted December 5, 2007 Miguel - Thank you. Peter P - Thank you. It was early spring (October in the southern hemisphere) and the tree might have been pre-sprouting, but I think it actually was dead. I was so taken with the bird that I hardly noticed anything else. Peter M. - Thank you. Yes, sand blasted is fairly acurate. In much of Namibia (the first part of this journey) there was frequent wind, and most of Namibia is desert. In spite of being very careful with lens changes, some very fine dirt got in -- Too fine for me to see on the DMR's screen, even blown up. Marco - Thank you. I'll try to refrain from using an industrial vacuum cleaner on the sensor. Vietnam is far less filled with air-born dust compared to the deserts of Namibia. Careful how you pack your Arctic Firefly -- It is surprisingly fragile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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