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Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:14 am**

Hi everyone, nice forum!

Anyway, the first day I got my D70 (off ebay), my dad and I went for a little walk to Buckley's Falls.

I took my 18-70mm and my 70-300mm along with me and took some photos.

Here are a couple of the better ones:

Full picture: http://members.optusnet.com.au/armand2/Pictures/Buckley%20076.jpg

So what do you guys think?
(by the way, i'm 13)

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:16 am**

Monty - welcome to the forum and what a stunning pic (#1) for your first post.

To get the bird sharp and the movement of the water is fantastic.

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:29 am**

G'day Monty,
Great first post! Love both of 'em... Well done... Welcome :-)

Cheers,
Mudder

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:10 pm**

I think the second shot is excellent, Monty. Nicely done.

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:15 pm**

Welcome to the forum!!
I suggest you put your location in so we can see where these shots come from...

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:35 pm**

ok, i have done that. I'm from geelong, victoria.

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:47 pm**

Two great pics there Monty. Well done. It's nice to see a bird other than a duck on this forum too.

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:41 pm**

Does anyone actually know what kind of bird that is? Because it seemed really tame and it let me get within 2 meters of it.

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:18 pm**

Both great pics. I THINK that is a Bittern (perhaps a Mangrove Bittern going by the colouring.)

Regards
Meicw

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:38 pm**

Which of the 2 pics do you guys think is better?

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:46 pm**

That second pic is a ripper..good work Monty!

Liam =]

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:46 pm**

Although I like the colors in the waterful which match the colors in the bird, I find it's just a little bit soft. Whereas the second photo is sharp as a Zwelling Henckel Knife, which I might add is very sharp

So I'd have to go the 2nd as my favorite.

Posted: **Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:08 am**

Being new to digital photgraphy and everything, i was really amazed at the clarity, sharpness and colours the D70 gave me.

It really is a great camera.

Although, the only thing that has bothered me is the fact that there is no iso 100. BTW, i would recomend you click the link for the larger picture because that is when you really see the sharpness.

Posted: **Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:58 am**

The fullsize images were the ones I was talking about

Posted: **Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:19 am**

Cool catch of the bird in the second picture. Sharp and well exposed. Well done.

regards,

Arthur

Posted: **Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:08 am**

The onboard flash just lightened the bird up a bit. It worked really well because i was so close to the bird.

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Monty..

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