Nothing special just a couple of dove for the New Year.

#1 Shot with the D2H, 600mm, ISO 250, f/5.

#2 Shot with D100, 300mm, ISO 200, f/4.5

Nothing special My butt. Gary these are almost as good as I could do . Ha, if I had a 600 and lots of talent. Perfect is the best word to discribe these.

THicks wrote:
Nothing special My butt. Gary these are almost as good as I could do . Ha, if I had a 600 and lots of talent. Perfect is the best word to discribe these.

Thanks bud, BTW the second is 90% full frame with the 300mm. Looks like you and Koby are enjoying a nice quite New Years, we are doing the same.

Gary

Edited by GSteele on Dec 31, 2003 at 08:41 PM GMT

Yeah but you keep putting out work like this , your going to drive me to drinking , then my eye's will be as red as that dove . Wow.

Wow, that second one is particularly stunning with the background colors and the steel color of the dove.

Cool.

Gary,
These are stunning! I see images that look like they can't be any better, and then you come and raise the bar again! Awesome man, just awesome!

Oh no, I don't want to buy a 600 too...

Excellent shots, nice colors. I like the first one better I think, beautifully matched colors between the dove and the background.

-Anders

Edited by FretNoMore on Jan 03, 2004 at 12:52 AM GMT

Imagine that a D100 , great work Gary , you are really getting too good at this , no nits to pick at all here , perfecto

J

Great shots Gary. The composition and clarity are superb!

JLS Photo wrote:
Wow, that second one is particularly stunning with the background colors and the steel color of the dove.

Cool.

I am glad that you liked them Jeff and for stopping in.

Gary

Redfish wrote:
Gary,
These are stunning! I see images that look like they can't be any better, and then you come and raise the bar again! Awesome man, just awesome!

I don't know about raising the bar, I just like to take pictures and am glad that you enjoyed them Jim.

Gary

FretNoMore wrote:
Oh no, I don't want to buy a 600 too...

Excellent shots, nice colors. I like the first one better I think, beautifully matched colors between the dove and the background.

-Anders

Thanks Anders, remember the 2nd was shot with only a 300mm and is almost a full frame.

Gary

jmcfadden wrote:
Imagine that a D100 , great work Gary , you are really getting too good at this , no nits to pick at all here , perfecto

J

Yeah that lowly D100, I am surprised that it can even take a picture. Thanks bud, better light would have helped the details a little bit though.

Gary

What makes the series great is the cleaness. Then, the details in the midtones become very effective.

The first one is amazing, that bokeh is really cool, the second one is magnificent, that background color really makes it pop. Great shots bud, two thumbs up
Happy New Year to you and your family.

Gary wrote: "I don't know about raising the bar, I just like to take pictures and am glad that you enjoyed them Jim."

Larry Responds: Looks like you raised the camera, not the bar! You raised the camera, did some absolutely excellent framing and 'control fiddling', and fired off two more beauties. I'm just amazed.

GeneO wrote:
Great shots Gary. The composition and clarity are superb!

I appreciate your comments Gene, particulary from the Hawk Meister.

Gary

Pondria wrote:
What makes the series great is the cleaness. Then, the details in the midtones become very effective.

Thanks so much Pondria, I really appreciate you feedback.

Gary

A couple of real beauties - love the compositions! Very nice Gary! Cheers, Brad

hamster wrote:
The first one is amazing, that bokeh is really cool, the second one is magnificent, that background color really makes it pop. Great shots bud, two thumbs up
Happy New Year to you and your family.

I appreciate you dropping in Niko and the kind words. Happy New Year to you too!

Gary

Composition!Composition!Composition!

You take a common bird and make it a work of art. The bokeh, color, and clarity are superb.

Excellent work!

Jim

Got to agree with Tom Gary, great shots as usual, nice start to the new year. Happy new year to all by the way.

Larry55 wrote:
Gary wrote: "I don't know about raising the bar, I just like to take pictures and am glad that you enjoyed them Jim."

Larry Responds: Looks like you raised the camera, not the bar! You raised the camera, did some absolutely excellent framing and 'control fiddling', and fired off two more beauties. I'm just amazed.

Thanks bud, I always do a lot of fiddling, sometimes it works.

Gary

bejohnson wrote:
A couple of real beauties - love the compositions! Very nice Gary! Cheers, Brad

Thanks so much Brad, I always appreciate your feed back and enjoy your work.

Gary