slt
19th November 2009, 07:50 PM
... or "here be dragons" if you didn't learn Latin in school (I didn't either ... had to look that up ;))
Anyway, on the subject, Water Dragons are fairly common along the eastern seaboard, but those buggers never sit long enough to get a good shot at them ... until now that is. Came across this specimen during a stroll along the Manly-Spit walk the other weekend, and initially thought someone had placed a plastic toy on a rock along the path :eek:. I was only carrying the camera with the 24-70mm, so the chances of getting a decent shot in were pretty remote to start with, so initially I didn't even bother. But as a walked closer it remained on the rock (which was right on the path), so I though I better start shooting. That's normally the moment they disappear ... but no. So I kept shooting, and walking forward with the camera on my eye, until I was probably less than a metre away ... close enough for the f/8 that I had dialled in to be no longer deep enough. The beastie only moved when someone else came down the other way. In retrospect I should probably have used f/10, but I'm rather pleased with the outcome anyway :)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/11/489.jpg
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/8 and ISO200.
Excuse the size, but less that 1280 wide doesn't do it justice.
Anyway, on the subject, Water Dragons are fairly common along the eastern seaboard, but those buggers never sit long enough to get a good shot at them ... until now that is. Came across this specimen during a stroll along the Manly-Spit walk the other weekend, and initially thought someone had placed a plastic toy on a rock along the path :eek:. I was only carrying the camera with the 24-70mm, so the chances of getting a decent shot in were pretty remote to start with, so initially I didn't even bother. But as a walked closer it remained on the rock (which was right on the path), so I though I better start shooting. That's normally the moment they disappear ... but no. So I kept shooting, and walking forward with the camera on my eye, until I was probably less than a metre away ... close enough for the f/8 that I had dialled in to be no longer deep enough. The beastie only moved when someone else came down the other way. In retrospect I should probably have used f/10, but I'm rather pleased with the outcome anyway :)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/11/489.jpg
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/8 and ISO200.
Excuse the size, but less that 1280 wide doesn't do it justice.