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Gannets - A Photo Essay
I am expanding on the image that I showed to explain more about the Gannet colony and the birds themselves. Gannets are among the largest sea birds on the planet. The biggest are obviously the Albatross, of which we have a colony in NZ, on a peninsul...
A nice agate pic I took last year: light and dark
Top: Taken with Canon EOS 70D, 70-300mm lens, F stop 5.6, Exp time 1/320, ISO 1000 bottom: F 5.6, Exp 1/250, ISO 250 These are photos where I was using natural lighting of direct sunlight in early spring coming in my living room window: the sun ...
Some Fire Agates from my collection
I did 2 different shots of the second one trying to get the agate in the best light
A Fish Out of Water
I was at the rather cloistered halls of the University of Auckland when this came by so I took a quick snap. I was amused to see that the pilot boat, out of water, needed pilots of its own to complete its journey.Canon EOS D30, EF 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS...
History in Action
I was researching for a course I was writing on the history of camera technology and realized that that Canon EOS D30 was the first digital camera built as a complete unit - as opposed to digital innards inside a film camera body. Earlier Canon DSLR...
Resolved! I need a little advice with EOS 70D and macro lens 70-300mm
I got out early this morning to get some good closeup shots of some of my agate collection and I still need some practice and or a remote shutter. It has been a while since I last used my camera and a recent illness has left me a bit shakey but I hav...
Share Your Sports Photos
Canon EOS 7D Mark II w/EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM : 1/1600, f/5, ISO 125, @200mm Canon EOS 7D Mark II w/EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM : 1/1600, f/5, ISO 160, 300mm Canon EOS 7D Mark II w/EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM : 1/1600, f/...
