Oktoberfest - Admirable.....Final Day

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300mm f/2.8
135mm f/2
85mm f/1.8
50mm f/1.4

I'd forgotten how shallow the Dof was on this.

1D MkIV
300mm
f/2.8
1/800th
ISO 1600

Day1
day1or.jpg
 
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cracking shot.... love the bokeh and the super sharp eye....
 
Great sharpness but then that is with some dream kit 1DmkIV & 300mm 2.8 Mmmmm lovely :)
 
Wonderful shot. Even the tail feathers are OOF which means there was a lot of effort into getting that focus right.

Was this one of many?

Ian.
 
Harlequin565 said:
Was this one of many?

Ian.
Click to expand...

Yep, we have a dozen or so chaffinches in and around the garden :-)
 
admirable said:
Yep, we have a dozen or so chaffinches in and around the garden :-)
Click to expand...

:lol: that's a classic.

great start to the challenge :thumbs: I heard part of the challenge was you had to use less than £10k's worth of kit though :D
 
Great opening shot..
 
1D MkIV
85mm f/1.8
1/6th
ISO 100


Day 2
cornexchange.jpg
 
well done Jim, two great openings...great sharpness on the bird, and well spotted the colour combo for the corn exchange.. :thumbs:
 
Thanks very much for the comments guys!
 
1D MkIV
135mm
f/2
1/1250th
ISO 640

Day 3
day3o.jpg
 
woah! that's ace. Great position in the frame and sharp as a tack! :thumbs:
 
Thats a great pose, made me chuckle :)
 
Love day 3.....lovely and sharp...love the pose.....
 
I agree, the shot of the squirrel is incredible.
 
Another craking longshot there. How you manage to get that focus so spot on is beyond me.

:thumbs:

-Ian.
 
Love the pose the squirrel has.
 
The squirrel............I think he was startled as I'm usually chasing them away, thanks for the comments.
 
1D MkIV
50mm
f/1.4
1/2000th
ISO 100


Day 4
day4j.jpg
 
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Nice dof....

To be super critical the blown top left corner is distracting....
 
JIM!!!..... SQUIRREL!!! ....sooooooooooooo cute.... 'please sir...can i have my nuts back..?' :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

day 4.. it does look like the top left is missing altogether...
 
nice work with the 50mm Jim. That's the thing with shooting wide open - you need to experiment with loads of different angles to see which gives the best dof / bokeh etc.. Love the texture of the straw, but the white corner is very strong.
 
Point taken about the top left hand corner, that was the colour of the sky yesterday so perhaps I should have cropped it out.
 
1D Mk IV
85mm
f/8
ISO 100
1/320th

Day 5
day5w.jpg
 
Nicely exposed....

Wonder what this would look like with a shallow dof on the statue ?
 
I did try it at f/1.8 but I felt my other shots are all wide open so I thought I'd make this one different. It's not exactly the same postion as it's hand held.

Original
day5w.jpg

Edit: 1/6400th, f/1.8, ISO 100
day5a.jpg
 
Nice work
Personally i prefer the last one @ 1.8
 
I much prefer the last f1.8 one too.

Who is that statue meant to be? It looks like Mike Smith, DJ/tv presenter from a while ago!
 
My vote for 1.8 as well.... :-)
 
1D MkIV
135mm
F/2
1/160th
ISO 1000

Day 6
day6b.jpg
 
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