Waders.

Some birdie shots from yesterday.

Turnstones.











Sandwich Terns









Ringed Plover.











Dunlin.

Great pictures.
Where abouts were they taken

St3ve76 wrote:
Great pictures.
Where abouts were they taken

Cheers, Steve.

These were taken at Sandy Bay. Down here in glorious Larne

Great shots Fergie...c'mon give us a little detail on your set up and settings...how are us minions ever going to improve if the "Meister" doesn't spill the beans!!

They aren't that good, Tony. Unless you are being a tad facetious with your remarks :) What you wanna know?

Dude, they're cool...totally....for those lesser mortals, having an inkling of how you've shot a subject is oftentimes the spring board for enlightenment and sometimes success....so what I'm referring to is...what lens, what aperture, shutter speed etc...etc...unless it's a trade secret of course...facetious really doesn't come into it, I'm surprised you mention the word...our aim here is to improve everyones skill sets....Best as ever...T

Tony W wrote:Dude, they're cool...totally....for those lesser mortals, having an inkling of how you've shot a subject is oftentimes the spring board for enlightenment and sometimes success....so what I'm referring to is...what lens, what aperture, shutter speed etc...etc...unless it's a trade secret of course...facetious really doesn't come into it, I'm surprised you mention the word...our aim here is to improve everyones skill sets....Best as ever...T

Augh mate I was only being facetious myself

I could always post up some exif data if you want? I do most of my shooting on aperture priority, due to the constantly changing light but I'll gladly post up some data.

Fergie, if you could do that myself and a few other budding photographers on here would greatly appreciate it.

No probs, Jonty.

Here's a few pics I'm happiest with the data below them. It'll give you a general idea.



Camera: Sony DSLR-A330
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di LD MACRO 1:2 or Tamron SP AF 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF
Shot at 300 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Focus: AF-C
Date: September 26, 2010 3:55:08PM (timezone not specified)
(8 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes, 45 seconds ago, assuming an image timezone of US Pacific)

File: 1,450 × 2,297 JPEG (3.3 megapixels)
604,253 bytes (0.58 megabytes) Image compression: 94%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”



Camera: Sony DSLR-A330
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di LD MACRO 1:2 or Tamron SP AF 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF
Shot at 300 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Focus: AF-C
Date: September 26, 2010 3:50:19PM (timezone not specified)
(8 days, 22 hours, 21 minutes, 28 seconds ago, assuming an image timezone of US Pacific)

File: 1,418 × 2,037 JPEG (2.9 megapixels)
594,777 bytes (0.57 megabytes) Image compression: 93%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”



Camera: Sony DSLR-A330
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di LD MACRO 1:2 or Tamron SP AF 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF
Shot at 300 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Focus: AF-C
Date: September 26, 2010 3:55:10PM (timezone not specified)
(8 days, 22 hours, 18 minutes, 20 seconds ago, assuming an image timezone of US Pacific)

File: 1,340 × 1,964 JPEG (2.6 megapixels)
413,474 bytes (0.39 megabytes) Image compression: 95%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”

Thanks Fergie, that's brilliant. i think that's the same lens i got with my Nikon.

jonty wrote:Thanks Fergie, that's brilliant. i think that's the same lens i got with my Nikon.

No worries.

The Tamron is a great lens for the money. I'll be upgrading shortly yo better glass as at full zoom it the Tamron does lose a lot of sharpness. The wife doesn't know it yet but she is buying me a belter of a lens for Jesus' birthday