It's been a while I didn't post any photo here.
A200 + Sigma APO 70-300mm.

#1

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 200mm

This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Apr 14 2008, 07:17 AM

there's something about you and birds huh?

nice shot! did you do a 300mm close up on this bird as well?

*edited. rephrase. hehe

This post has been edited by goldfries: Apr 13 2008, 11:35 PM

this bird .. once u get into zoo can see edi

vibrant colors..

I knew it. I knew it. Some day some one will talk about me and bird... haha

I didn't zoom at 300mm. But I can assure you that this lens is sharp at 300mm if stopped down to F8.

#2

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 300mm

not hard to notice, isn't it? well at least you're not into PC Fair girls, which certainly is refreshing.



nah, i'm not a sharpness freak. i just want to see a closer view.

love the water droplets in mid-air

#3

Model: DSLR-A200
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300mm

Loving the tiger photo. Fantastic shots indeed.

I'd say.. if you can zoom out a bit more and capture his full reflection it'll be nicer or at least the complete head reflection


This post has been edited by nairud: Apr 15 2008, 10:38 AM

You're from Malacca ? Went to zoo the other day also.
Too bad don't have telephoto.
Anyway, would like to know is it hard to handheld 70-300
As I can see, most your photos are sharp enough

No, I'm not from Melaka. I'm staying in Cheras.
The Sigma APO 70-300mm is light enough to be handheld. I guess the A200's SSS helps in steadying the shot.

Well, I'm not sure. I was shooting the tigers and suddenly one of them decided to take a drink. You know, you don't get to shoot this very often, so I zoomed out to the max wanting to capture the detail, and managed to shoot only about 5 frames before it moved away. I didn't even have time to think

And... luck does matter.


This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Apr 15 2008, 11:12 PM

Another shot to share. I found this tiny fella next to macaw eating the bird's food, and took a few shots.

#4

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300mm

Should have frame it slightly lower so that the leg is not cut off? Btw good timing.

Hrmm not too sure if you are a fan of cropping. But since you already cut off the leg, why not a try cropping it so that the frame is filled with his head and arm eating the bird food?

Point noted.

i totally like ur colorful parrot and green bokeh

Just to share another Malaya Tiger:

#5

Model: DSLR-A200
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300mm

nice shots there, especially the parrot

This post has been edited by luvjim: Apr 16 2008, 09:06 AM

Fantastic capture of the Malaya Tiger. Wah imagine if you were standing directly in front

Sish the Sigma 70-300 APO DG Marco color so vibrant

Btw , I like all the color from all photo taken.
Compare with Sony SAL70300 F4.5/5.6 ,
This lens is far away better.

Base on various reviews in Dyxum, this Sigma is indeed better than Sony's in term of CA and sharpness. As for color, all my photos were adjusted to boost up the color, mainly level and curve.

#6

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 120mm

#7

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 280mm

#8

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 230mm

love #8!

your shots are just a beauty to watch..

I would like u to continue shooting birds! Gosh so vibrant colors that can rival a nikon!

Hey guys, thanks for the compliment.

#9

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 150mm

#10

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300mm

#11

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 300mm

i see your photos i wanna pensgsan...the bokeh is memang *shakehead* lol... plus the vibrant colors its just superb...the last photo maybe try a bit more sideways... coz the buntu looks a lil too big

as always,
Nice series of photos !!!
like the tigers shots very much !!

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Apr 20 2008, 06:25 PM

Guys, thanks for the compliment.

Orenzai, why shake head? I wish I could afford a STF and I tell you, you will drool.

stf?whats that O.o

Before you guys get bored with bird, here's the giraffe:

#12

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 150mm

Nice Super sharp, vibrant colours and great bokeh. Hope to see more.

#10 looks kinda shaky.

btw why you're pictures dimension like to vary? perhaps your style la. i prefer pics to be in 3:2 or 4:3 ratio.

i enjoyed to watch ur pic everytime, they r nice & sharp,and u put a lot of effort in composition.
look forward for more:)

Hey thanks.

A second look to the #10, it seems I had missed the focus on the eye by a little margin, so it's a little blur. I shouldn't have posted that.
I used to stick with the ratio of 4:3 when I was using S3IS, and 3:2 after changing to A200 during cropping in post process, but later I found out that this causes limitation when I need to "recompose" my shot with cropping. So in this recent batch, I just crop until it looks fine on my screen rather having a calculate next to my CS3 to calculate the crop ratio.

Smooth Transition Focus. This is the dream lens for most of the A-mount camera owners.
http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/detail.asp?IDLens=308
http://www.sony.com.my/product/sal135f28/s...site=hp_en_MY_i

Sample photos of what this lens can produce: Creamy Bokeh, that's what people are calling it.
http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11302