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Yeah, it's weird isn't it and there are quite a few communities. I've only uploaded a few as photobucket is crap. I got something written in Italian that I had to ask someone at work to translate. It was a shot taken of Monelite's dobe, Rex, and I got a gist of what they said - some invite to some Italian dobe group. I put up a photo I took of a lorikeet the other week and no sooner had it uploaded than someone made a comment. I've put a lot of shots to 'private' now. The world doesn't need to see my drunken Christmas party photos.ETA: OH wants to go to Fairy Bower marine park (Manly way) for a dive at dusk (night dive) but I'm reluctant to take the DSLR and leave it in the car. kja, is that a bat fish?

I had these for breakfast today. They aren't that fresh as they had been in the fridge for a few days but tasted ok. Blueberry brekkie ETA exif data: Lens: Sigma 17-70 Shutter 1/100 ISO 320 natural light through the kitchen window

Here's a quick one I just took inside of my Alexandrine parrot who is all quiet and fluffed up sitting near me listening to some classical music (Cinemax movie score music). Music soothes the savage beast they say (he's never savage though). ETA: straight out of camera, raw shot (no time for PSing today). Lens: Canon 1.8 50mm Exposure: Manual shutter 1/40 (oops, light is fading inside here) ISO 400 f/3.5

edited because I discovered I'd used a sigma 17-70 instead

It helps to take a Doliday sometimes, Luke.

I grabbed the camera early evening last night as we'd just got home and it was on the table. Didn't check settings but from memory, I was taking photos of mum's sheltie so knew it was on AV mode. These 2 were on the fence. My lens doesn't have IS in it, so I checked the shutter speed later and this was 1/125 at 200mm due to the early evening light, a big no no, but the shot came out ok enough for a grab shot. No time for tripod/monopods when wildlife just turn up - I hear you, PC! and this guy (a butcherbird) was in the tree singing a couple of weeks back. I threw him some dog food and he came down closer - onto the clothesline. edited to reduce photo size so as not too big

A work colleague just bought an Olympus pocket digital that is waterproof to 10 metres and it was about $450.

I'm going to do some googling at lunchtime of the cameras kja has recommended, along with another I have my eye on - just a Fuji finepix with underwater casing that goes to 3 metres only as it's much cheaper. Perfect for snorkelling. I saw some images taken by a snorkeller of the exact same reef where I'm going and I think that will do me.

OK, thanks kja. There is a Fuji Finepix with underwater housing on special but it only goes to 3 metres but that will do me for snorkelling. With the ear problems I had on the last dive I went on (12 months ago) and the blood I had coming out of my nose after a deeper dive, I could have some problems.

I just found this but it only goes to 5 metres. My pocket camera is a Panasonic DMC LS2 with Image Stabiliser in it. DiCAPac WP-1000 Waterproof Case/Housing for the Panasonic DMC- FX9/FX8/FX7/FX5/FX2/FX1/F1/F7/LS2/FX01 For use to a depth of 5 meters/ 16 feet Case is sealed an easy to open/close durable waterproof zipper system UV coated polycarbon optical lens systems offers superb picture quality underwater as well as on land Lens can be detached to use case as a protective rain/dust jacket for the camera Material: PVC/PC/Silicon/Rubber Size 138Wx95mm It's under AUD100, might give it a lash? For snorkelling only - I'll put a weight belt on myself so I can hold my breath and dive down to a few metres. My pocket digital has a Leica lens and takes nice photos. Has a good zoom too.

Yep, looking into that too, chezzyr. My poor Panasonic is a bit scratched and beaten up so I'm wondering if it's worth it? Not even sure if they still make a case for my older modle. I couldn't find one. Wish my BIL didn't sell his Nikon E5000. He had the underwater housing plus strobe unit and it went pretty deep. I took it to 30 metres on some dive, no probs. Took good photos, although back in 2005 I had no idea how to take a photo properly, let alone underwater. Here are a few with that camera, taken at around 25 metres from memory.

DSLR housing kits cost more than the DSLR. You need to buy a strobe and ports too. It's for serious dive photography, I just want a small camera for a few travel snaps as there will be quite a few turtles, rays where I'm going. Thanks for all that info, kja. I'll do a google.

Not sure if I'll get any responses here but .... can anyone recommend a decent underwater pocket digital? I can't afford to spend thousands on a kit for my DSLR and just want to take a few underwater shots when I go diving. I'll be diving a fair bit in March, in a gorgeous location, and dive sites aren't going to be deeper than 20 metres I'm told. So taking a few shots in natural light not far from the surface with light streaming through the big blue should be fine. Flash is icky without a strobe. I can keep an eye on my wrist computer to see how deep I am, so I don't dive deeper than the depth at which the camera is watertight to.

you could find out what photography forum he posts on and join that? Or you could ask him to come back and only post here and ignore the other places, that can work.

If you have PS, try this. Select the photo, go to Edit, Stroke and then pick a colour for the border and width. I usually put 10 or 15 in and click and there is your border. Rugerfly - I shall plonk my parrot in the tree later today and take a shot. He was disappointed to find the tree is not real after trying to preen a leaf. He does like the lights on it at night though.

Mirror lock up is in the functions menu. Scroll through and make sure the mirror is not locked up. Mirror lock up is usually used for landscape photographers who don't want mirror slap when taking photos. I've never used it but I've played around with the functions on my camera before.

kirsilin, easier to just bump ashanali's thread above and post there.

My parrot, taken inside, near a window so natural light. This was the first day I got the lens early this year. This was just a test shot but it's a pretty fast lens. Might plonk him in the Christmas tree tonight and see how that looks. :D Canon 50mm 1.8.

This owl photo was taken at a bird of prey rehabilitation hospital. The injured raptors who come in are treated and released to the wild but the 2 women who run the hospital also have a few captive bred owls used for free flying 'owl awareness' education and they have trained them to hunt their own food and return home. This owl goes home with the owner each night and sleeps in her barn and even catches the mice who venture in. I took this in the barn where he was perched so it was dark inside it. As it was late in the afternoon, about 2 hours before sunset, he was becoming more alert, being a nocturnal bird, and calling out to another owl there. It's the owl from Harry Potter. He was also hanging around in the large barn. Snowy Owl

A few more wild bird shots. This was in midday lighting, which I hate as it throws harsh shadows, but what can you do. Got the little fella to at least look at me. Blue tit on bird feeder. Anyone know what these birds are? One of them is a finch, is the other a woodpecker?

This praying mantis was climbing up our wall outside on Tuesday evening. This is why I'd love to own a macro lens, so I can get close to beasties like this. Got to love an insect who cannibalises her husband. She had yucky house spider web on her delicate legs so we tried to clean them for her but found that she can do that herself. She ate the web off and started to groom her legs like a cat. We placed her on the gardenia bush outside the front as I've seen aphids on it for her to eat. The light was so harsh on her here I converted it to a quick b/w conversion. - On my husband's hand.

Can certain cows clarify as wildlife?? I've seen some cow shots in a landscape/wildlife magazine I buy. Silly moo Wild flamingos (took this when I had the 'soft' kit lens with a 350D) Lastly, some really old shots of wildlife in their natural habitat from 10 years back taken with a Canon Film SLR. Some of the shots are fading now with age. Cormorants roosting on a lake. Waterbuck Elephants by a waterhole

Wow, some lovely shots in this thread. I need to upload a few different ones from my computer as I'm slack and haven't done anything and they are just lying on my portable drive. If I didn't work 5 days a week, I'm sure I'd have more time. Here are 2 photos of wild birds I've put up before so apologies for people who have seen them, but they are all I have on 'puter so far. Mute swan Male chaffinch ETA: I have a blue tit shot at home, will post that up tonight.

Flicking through a favourite mag, 'Outdoor Photography' I really love the 'look' of large format film cameras shot with Velvia slide film. David Norton and Joe Cornish take amazing images. Their work here: David Norton's landscapes and wildlife http://www.dnphotography.com/main.htm and Joe Cornish http://www.joecornish.com/ I love landscape images with no humans in them, taken at dawn with dew or mist in some gorgeous spot. They just evoke an image that is pleasing to my brain. :D I don't like over saturated images where people crank up the saturation slider or oversharpened shots. A bit of editing is fine but I prefer a shot to look more as I saw it. Just a personal opinion. With portraits and wedding photography, however, getting rid of blemishes, vignettes, b/w conversions, dodge and burning can all look wonderful with image editing software. Not into photographing humans and friends keep nagging me to shoot their kids but I'm really not intereste. I don't mind taking shots of dogs and I love taking photos of wild birds, something I'm trying to practise with, but with only a 200mm lens, this is limited to wild birds who are more approachable such as parrots and a few shore birds.