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MessiahKhan — The king of fishermen
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Published: 2007-11-11 17:34:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 558; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 14
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Shot with Nikon D40XRelated content
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it looks like the bird is about to take off or if birds could smirk it be smirking...
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opps sorry about the double (different) postings, I think I thought at the time I looked at 2 different pics...
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hey .friend 
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Good choice. Yeah sure i'll help you. It might be worth having a look at [link] Its a forum I use and is full of good and friendly advice.
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thank u very much.friend.i am very glad u can teach me and help me.
Can I ask another question.i just took photo when i at home.at it is a little dark just have some chandelier the light feel a little yellow.and i took photo by the A model.but it is chose a very low shutter speed automaticly.and at last the photo i took is very blurred,so friend.if i want to took photo very clearly.and i donn't want use the photoflash lamp.does the only way to choose the highter ISO speed?or there have another way....i jus want to tooke photo for people at home.hope u can help me
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Your best off reading a book on the fundamentals of Photography. But heres a quick description; There are 3 factors that control and exposure; The size of the hole (The aperture), The length of time that hole is open (The shutter speed), And how sensitive the sensor is to the light that falls on it (ISO). To stop images being blurry from camera shake you need to make sure the shutter speed is fast enough. The general rule is to ensure that the shutter speed stays over 1/1 of the focal length in mm. So for example on a 250mm lens, you should make sure the shutter speed stays as 1/250th or faster. If the shutter speed is too slow, you have to make it faster by; Opening the aperture up (Lower F number, ie f2.8 instead of f8) or increasing the ISO. However if its too dark and you have opened the aperture to full, and increased the ISO to full then there isn't anything you can do other than use the flash or buy a new lens with a wider aperture (Like the 30mm f1.4 that I use.)
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friend.thanks for told me so much about this.now i use D80and 50mm/1.8D .
thank u .if I have some problem.i will ask u.
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Thank you. Certainly is a great bird
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Great stuff, those birds are rare!
Love the reflection in the eye also.
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Cheers. Yeah, they are pretty elusive. Its another creature ive managed to capture myself in the reflection of its eye. Managed to get myself in a few eye reflections now
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Wow this a beautiful piece of photography!
Perhaps you could brighten then sharpen the image a little? Also...I think the background is blurred too much, it's nice to have a little more information than that in a photo, just to see what kind of setting the bird is in, it makes it look more real when there's a more solid backround, this makes it look like it might be in flight, if so then sorry about that >> but it could definatly do with being brightened a little. These birds are so brilliantly coloured, this image is a little too dark to show off that.
otherwise, a brilliant image, how did you mannage to find a kingfisher and take such a great image of it?
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Thank you.
The image has been sharpened using the high pass technique. I also wouldn't want to brighten it any more as it would burn out the highlights. Are you viewing it on a calibrated monitor as its not too dark on mine (To my eyes anyway). The reason the background is blurred so much is because I had to use a wide aperture to gain the shutter speeds needed. He was moving about quite a bit, and the light was fading quickly meaning I had to use ISO800, f4 to gain baraly acceptible shutter speeds. Im also quite a fan of super clean backgrounds (See some of my insect shots) as it gives the image a graphic and slightly unreal quality. If you look at my other shot "Get off me", it gives you a big hint as to how I got the shot. Some may say cheating, but I just consider it a lucky opportunity
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I would agree on a lucky opportunity and one not to be missed!
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