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Dec 25, 2023 16:45:53   #
daninr8 Loc: Western Slope of Colorado
 
These are some photos I took today, but I am unsure if they are print or sale worthy. Please let me know if you think I should print them or not. I am very hard on myself, and have other people tell me I am good. I tend to be more judgmental of my photos, so think that they are not good enough to do much with. I know that if I want great photos of wildlife, that I need a better lens than my Sigma 18-250mm. That will happen later, but it may be a Minolta lens for my Sony A77v.


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Dec 26, 2023 01:00:39   #
tramsey Loc: Texas
 
You are right on all counts. The Minolta will work just fine, providing it is better than 400 mm

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Dec 26, 2023 11:23:03   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
A long time friend and somewhat photo mentor tells me often to ONLY show your best photos. I believe he is right. While I like your photos I honestly do not think they are print worthy and definitely not sale worthy in my opinion. The birds are too far away and will need to be cropped a lot to even make them worthy of taking a look at. They are too dark and would need to be lightened a bit. Even then you might end up with pixellated photos.

If they were mine I would choose the one you think is best and use it as an example of striving for a better photograph. We all know you are better than these photos and they are but a stepping stone to much better photos you are capable of presenting.

I wish you well on your photographic journey,

Dennis

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Dec 26, 2023 13:23:47   #
cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX
 
daninr8 wrote:
These are some photos I took today, but I am unsure if they are print or sale worthy. Please let me know if you think I should print them or not. I am very hard on myself, and have other people tell me I am good. I tend to be more judgmental of my photos, so think that they are not good enough to do much with. I know that if I want great photos of wildlife, that I need a better lens than my Sigma 18-250mm. That will happen later, but it may be a Minolta lens for my Sony A77v.


They are mediocre. And if you don't know what mediocre really means, go ahead and yell at me.

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Dec 26, 2023 14:55:37   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
daninr8 wrote:
..Please let me know if you think I should print them or not….
Print for what purpose? If you mean print them for yourself, my tastes and style are different from yours, I cannot say what you will like on your wall. This is something you must decide.

If you mean print to sell, then I suggest you search on-line for birds in flight and nature photos for sale, see what is offered and see what is selling.

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Dec 26, 2023 16:43:44   #
flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert
 
dennis2146 wrote:
A long time friend and somewhat photo mentor tells me often to ONLY show your best photos. I believe he is right. While I like your photos I honestly do not think they are print worthy and definitely not sale worthy in my opinion. The birds are too far away and will need to be cropped a lot to even make them worthy of taking a look at. They are too dark and would need to be lightened a bit. Even then you might end up with pixellated photos.

If they were mine I would choose the one you think is best and use it as an example of striving for a better photograph. We all know you are better than these photos and they are but a stepping stone to much better photos you are capable of presenting.

I wish you well on your photographic journey,

Dennis
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Dec 26, 2023 21:45:27   #
Mico54 Loc: So Cal
 
About a couple of years back, I got into shooting BIF, amazing what one might find in their own backyard. I noticed a red tailed hawk hanging around the neighborhood and started shooting the hawk. I shoot with my trusty old Canon 5D Mark-lll and a 70-200mm f2.8L lens. I found that 200mm wasn’t enough reach so I purchased a 2x extender because I couldn’t afford a new longer lens at the time. Even at 400mm that still isn’t enough reach. Yet I continue to shoot the hawk with my setup and finally got a decent shot that I would like to share. My goal for 2024 is to purchase a longer lens and hopefully a new mirrorless camera.

400mm ISO 1600 f16 1/1600
400mm ISO 1600 f16 1/1600...

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Dec 26, 2023 22:03:18   #
Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV
 
Looks great. Sure would like to see the download!

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Dec 26, 2023 22:36:48   #
Mico54 Loc: So Cal
 
How do I include the download?

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Dec 26, 2023 22:45:20   #
Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV
 
Mico54 wrote:
How do I include the download?


Check the "store original" box as you go through the post steps.

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Dec 26, 2023 23:02:11   #
Mico54 Loc: So Cal
 
I will try the download again. By the way, thanks for the compliment on my photo. It took me a while to get the right settings with the extender.


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Dec 27, 2023 07:21:24   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Mico54 wrote:
I will try the download again. By the way, thanks for the compliment on my photo. It took me a while to get the right settings with the extender.
This is not about the topic started by darinr8. i think you should start your own post.

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Dec 27, 2023 07:33:07   #
Mico54 Loc: So Cal
 
Dude, I was just sharing my experience with darinr8.

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Dec 27, 2023 08:09:47   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Mico54 wrote:
Dude, I was just sharing my experience with darinr8.
ok if that’s the case please accept my apology.

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Dec 27, 2023 09:36:08   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
JD750 wrote:
This is not about the topic started by darinr8. i think you should start your own post.


Thank you very much for pointing that out. Perhaps darinr8 would like attention paid to HIS thread.

Dennis

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