Nikon vs Minolta

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• zetu (6173)
• [2009-05-10 5:02]

Hello Alexei
Wonderful capture with beautiful composition, sharp details and perfect focus. Well done.
Regards
Razvan

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• PeterZ (17564)
• [2009-05-10 5:16]

Hello Alexei,
Splendid photo in very beautiful clear colours, also in the blue BG. Great sharp details in the whole of the butterfly. Excellent composition, DOF and POV.
Regards,
Peter

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• Silvio2006 (41320)
• [2009-05-10 5:16]

Ciao Alexei, fantastic butterfly with splendid colors, wonderful details and excellent sharpness, perfect focus and lovely blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• Argus (34981)
• [2009-05-10 5:17]

Hello Alexei,
Superb shot of I. podalirius using your long lens. The sharpness and DOF couldn't be better from this POV,that shows this fresh specimen at its best against a pleasin OOF sky BG.
A wonderful portrait of this species and thanks for sharing it.
Yes I also feel a freedom with my long lens equipment when taking butterfly and other insect shots!
Best regards,
Ivan

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• cicindela (8635)
• [2009-05-10 5:46]

Hello Alexei!
Long time ago I visited your gallery last time... :)
Great to see that in April you have active so beautiful species of butterfly. In Poland I. podalarius is strictly protected by the law, and rather rare in the wild.
Very nice composition and colouration, the light control is also 1st class what was not easy with so light species :)
Greetings from Lodz,
Radomir

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• jlinaresp (3568)
• [2009-05-10 5:57]

Hi Alex,
As always, a wonderful photo with great talent to handle carefully the approach and a level of detail. Very interesting and very appropriate your note, which expressed much sorrow at the picture and everything that implies. You're right, it's always good to have quality equipment, but the photo was born and remains in the soul and heart.
Regards & TFS!
Jesús

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• demeve (5989)
• [2009-05-10 6:14]

Hello Alexei,
Both of your cameras are fantastic, this is a great shot.
Beautiful focus and sharpness.. Well done

Everton

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• NinaM (6594)
• [2009-05-10 6:43]

Hello Alex, I think you are right about equipment even though excellent equipment will render the subject in a more pleasing way to the eye and often help. But all is in the passion, you have to like what you use as much as what you photograph sometimes! This picture is superb, Alex. You managed to expose it perfectly even though the light is strong and bright. The colours are also amazing and the background so soft, surprising at f/18 for me! You work very well with your Nikon, Sir! Thank you,

Francine

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• jignasi (14687)
• [2009-05-10 7:09]

Impesionante Alexei,
toda ella en foco y con una nitidez extraordinaria. Luz buena que hace que tenga un gran realismo. Me encanta aprender de estas tomas, que hacen que me supere día a día.
Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi.

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• Pentaxfriend (6315)
• [2009-05-10 7:21]

Hi Alexei,

Lovely shot with excellent details and great colors
beautiful POV and DOF

TFS Thijs

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• eqshannon (27911)
• [2009-05-10 7:56]
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I just did a net search on this Nikon because I am not familiar with it....and I find it differs quite a bit from the D300...better quality here..and some factor which brings out the truth in colors whereas the D300 does as best it can...amazing..if I had not just gone into personal bankruptcy I would buy one:-) You should be a salesman as well as a technical person Alexie!
Bob

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• goldyrs (9269)
• [2009-05-10 8:20]

Thanks so much, Alexei! This is a superb shot! I love everything about it!
your note is very touching..
Cheers!
Goldy

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• izler (504)
• [2009-05-10 9:41]
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merhaba my dear friend
wonderful close-up capture of this beautiful swallowtail
composition, POV, sharpness and details are great
your trials are important for me everytime about nikon/minolta
TFS
regards
izler

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• jusninasirun (7662)
• [2009-05-10 9:59]

Hi Alexei,

Nice to see the debate about brands here in TN. I shoot Nikon on digital but working with Minolta, Olympus, Canon and Nikon with films. All the same and it is just about the man behind it.

Top class work on this superb butterfly and TFS.
Regards,
Jusni

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• nglen (32138)
• [2009-05-10 10:06]

Hi Alexei. This is a first class close up of the Butterfly. Which you have taken with fine detail and bright colours. Your POV lets us see the wingmarkings so well. with good DOF. I am glad you are happy with your new camera gear. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• cataclysta (5468)
• [2009-05-10 10:45]

Hi Alex
Beautiful! nothing to critique here ;-) Fantastic butterfly, great sharpness, good exposure in relatively strong sun and elegant blue background Fantastic spring time image
TFS
Krzysztof

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• siggi (16222)
• [2009-05-10 10:45]

Hello Alexei,
Amazing sharpness in all details in this butterfly!The wings have this silky-crisp
texture, and the colours are very well reproduced.
Great light and a fine piece of macro work!
Best regards Siggi

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• roges (3068)
• [2009-05-10 10:49]

Hallo Alexei !
Интересный вопрос! Что бар будет ваш ответ. Рекомендация или ваша?
А великолепные улова.
Прекрасный цвет с отлично контрастирует.
Прекрасный вечер,
Адриан

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• eng55 (3542)
• [2009-05-10 12:39]

Privet Alexei,
It's a crisp clear and wonderful image.Details,sharpness,POV and exposure are perfect.Excellent work!
Thanks for posting.

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• livius (1169)
• [2009-05-10 12:50]
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Hello Alex
uno scatto in cui tutto è ottimamente ritratto con eccellente maestria. Colpisce molto soprattutto la luce che sei riuscito a dare sia all'Iphiclides Podalirius dai magnifici colori, sia alle foglioline in retroscena che arricchiscono la composizione. Oltre agli ottimi dettagli ed il bellissimo contrasto tra le varie tonalità di colore della piccola farfalle, ciò che per primo ho notato nella tua foto è stata la profondità della cornice ed anche il bel verde (non sempre facile da ritrarre) al massimo della reale riproduzione cromatica come pure le ali della farfalla.
(I write in italian to express myself in the better way)
Livio

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• cobra112 (6420)
• [2009-05-10 13:49]

Hi Alexei. Really a good POV with light to exalt the magnificent colours and texture of Podalirio. Excellent DOF.

Roberto

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• lousat (19673)
• [2009-05-10 14:48]

Hi Alex,if the results are like that,surely you have a best camera! What a fantastic sharpness and impressives colors! And the point of view wasn't the best easy to take a perfect pic! You work very very well!!!My best compliments,have a nice week,LUCIANO

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• jaycee (21912)
• [2009-05-10 16:38]

Hi Alexi,

A magnificent image of this beautiful Scarce Swallowtail. Colors, clarity and textures are wonderful. I love the pose showing off this butterfly's unique shape and pretty markings. Background, setting and composition are all a feast for the eye. I'm so happy you love your equipment. But give some credit to your photographic skills as well!

Jane

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• nasokoun (4163)
• [2009-05-11 1:30]

hello Alexei
very fine capture,excellent shot and resaults,realy wonderful photo
TFS
Nasos

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• cloud (4689)
• [2009-05-11 3:01]

Hello Alexei,
When I look at your photo then I can to see "prekrasno". Species is splendid and showed very well, on the wide wings beautiful pattern and everywhere good sharpness also light is gentle.
Best wishes, Pawel

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• foozi (9077)
• [2009-05-11 3:45]

Hi Alex,
exellent presentation. The colours are simply xciting. The simple composition make this capture very attractive and pretty. The sharpness is brilliant and the b;lurry background pushes the subject in to a thing of beauty.
Nice job, nice choice of csmera too : )

Regards,
Foozi

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• CeltickRanger (15122)
• [2009-05-11 4:16]
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hello Alexei

in the last week i did searches and searches and searches
in the net and here in TN, D-SLR (did my searches on
the Sony Alpha 200) or a bridge point & shoot,
in my searches on TN (to the Sony Alpha 200) i found a post
from you that you where telling us to be aware because
a sigma lens for Sony and Minolta was broken

i finally decide that i am more a point & shoot personn
and i will stay with a point and shoot, it is not sure yet
but maybe i will have a new bridge point and shoot

une très jolie photo prise avec la superbe Nikon D700,
avec un excellent POV, très belle luminosité,
excellente netteté et détails, TFS

Asbed

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• anel (15686)
• [2009-05-11 23:38]

Hello Alexei,
My favourite butterfly shown in such a striking and beautiful picture. And it seems to be a fresh one , being still in perfect shape. Beautiful composition and well chosen view against the blue sky.
Thanks a lot and kind regrads
Anne

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• jconceicao (2489)
• [2009-05-12 11:03]

Hello Alexei,

Great capture of this beautiful butterfly.
Nice colours with fantastic details.
Lighting and composition are splendid.
Good notes.

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• maurydv (16502)
• [2009-05-12 11:46]

Hello Alexei,
the quality of this fantastis picture has impressed me very much, you have managed the new camera and lens with great skill, outstanding sharpness and wonderfull colours in a very nice composition, very well done.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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• jesst (2411)
• [2009-05-12 12:07]

Hi Alex,

really fantastic shot of a very beautiful butterfly.

I met such insect a year ago in Moscow (I don't know why did it fly near a big road, I've never met this kind of butterfly in Moscow before). Alas, my camera was at home...

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• Noisette (3915)
• [2009-05-12 14:59]

Hello Alexei
very beautiful swallowtail shot, i like the pose on this flowering tree, the details are stunning sharp
great play of the light on the wings of the buterfly and the leaves
very well done and have a good night
Jacqueline

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• John_F_Kennedy (3562)
• [2009-05-13 1:30]

I like so much the high quality of it. Its very good the lighting. It's a wonderful shot.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• angybone (7672)
• [2009-05-13 8:35]

Beautifully composed using a diagonal and space. Great color and sharpness.

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• uleko (2787)
• [2009-05-13 9:33]

Hello Alexei,
I've already been looking at this marvellous capture twice, but I couldn't find the right words to express my appreciation! The clarity, colours and depth in this wonderful composition are just brilliant and I've spent a lot of time just admiring it! It's a wonderful subject too that doesn't occur here and I've only seen it once in Turkey.
Many thanks and I look forward to your next masterpiece!
Kind regards, Ulla

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• peter_stoeckl (10219)
• [2009-05-15 3:49]

Dear Alexei,
a marvellously composed, brilliantly lighted capture of our friend the Scarce Swallowtale that seems to be quite abundant in Odessa as well as around Vienna in these days!
Stunningly clear details considering the long shooting distance, giving a convincing proof of the merits of high end precision equipment. Congratulations to your new equipment my dear friend. It really makes me reconsider my reluctance of carrying heavy equipment with me.
With thanks, and all my best wishes,
Peter

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• Miss_Piggy (7279)
• [2009-05-15 6:05]

Hallo Alexei
I have been absent from the site for a while and missed some lovely postings. I am glad to lay my eyes on some great images, this one of yours being one.This is an absolute masterpiece with brilliant colours and well known pleasant features. A pleasant image, which is presented in a lovely manner. It is indeed soft and pleasing to the eye. No matter what camera your images are always a delight to look at and I admire your photographic skills and talent. Lovely centered composition; I love the wide opened wings showing this beautiful butterfly wings in all its glory. This image is super sharp and well focused. In total this is a very pleasing and well presented image, which was like all your previous pleasure to look at. Thanks for sharing. I’ll also be back soon with my 50th posting.
Best regards.
Anna

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• Marx44 (2124)
• [2009-05-15 12:16]

Hi Alexei
Fantastic and superb POV shot. Great natural colors with an interesting BG. I like the view and the sharpness to the shot.
TFS
Marx

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• flashpoint (10335)
• [2009-05-15 13:59]

ciao Alexei!
beautiful composition, in which i like the Iphiclides podalirius and the blue sky,that make a perfect couple.. details and definition, as always, perfect!!!

best regards sERGIO

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• Luis52 (12761)
• [2009-05-16 10:40]
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Hola Alexei.
You have a wonderful photo here. Very very sharp and clear. The colors and light are natrual as it should be all the time.
I LOVE D700. once You give it a try to this camera You dont want to go back, and I fell that My D80 is just a little toy, but i will keep using it for birds.
Photos of My family with D700 and 50mm f/1.4 are just beautiful, they come out just like the good old times.
Have a nice weekend My friend.
Luis52.

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• rousettus (12789)
• [2009-05-17 16:47]

Hello Alexei,
Nikon, Canon or others. I dont know exactly which one better. But I know that important the hands as much as equipments. This is perfect close-up in your master quality. all features wonderful. no need comments. thanks for sharing this top class beauty. have a nice week, my friend
Ahmet

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• horia (14900)
• [2009-05-18 2:31]

Hi Alexei

You pose a very good question and i think managed to give an excellent answer to it, too.
It really matters less what brand you use. Of course, it matters if it's a quality equipment or not, but since nowadays most well-known brands reached a degree of good quality, it comes to the determination and skill of the photographer.
Your comparison here is excellent in this aspect and shows this lovely Scarce Swallowtail is superb light, with great details and gorgeous colors...very similar to your other shot - with the Minolta.
I've always loved your talks and explanations on equipment and i really like this one, too. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Bravo and best wishes
Horia

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• valy67 (8733)
• [2009-05-19 2:51]

Hello Alexei !
Among the seveal pictures in your gallery I have missed during my absence, this is my favourite, probably because of the soft, lovely colors, and because this is one of my favourite butterflies (I have never seen it in real, can only admire it on photos). The details are amzing, the composition is splendid, the POV is excellent. Everything is just perfect. Very well done !
Valérie.

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• euroblinkie (10059)
• [2009-05-19 5:31]

hello Alexei
great sharpness and good composition
beautiful colours
super!!
greeting lou

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• CatherineD (6663)
• [2009-05-20 14:07]

Hello Alexei,
Excellent composition with an amazign sharpness on the butterfly and the plant. Patience and tenacious work are really important to capture insects or birds. I wish you to enjoy your new equipment and will like to see your next posts. TFS,
Catherine

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• Juyona (15565)
• [2009-05-21 23:49]

Hola.
Beautiful colors and excellent POV.
attractive lighting and composition ...
saludos Alexei.

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• deud (2372)
• [2009-05-22 8:14]

beautiful shot. nice composition.
great colors and dof.
the subject is well focused and exposed.

tfs

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• oscarromulus (5684)
• [2009-05-22 8:57]

Alexei,
You, my friend, can make "lemonade" out of lemons; my point is: NO MATTTER WHAT "EQUIPMENT" YOU USE..... your work is the BEST.... why????? Because you put "LOVE" into your passion. Besides.... you are a born teacher. Have never met you... but, have learnt soooooooo much from you.
LOVE YOUR WORK TOOOOOOOOO MUCH.
Mario wishing you more than I can ever hope for myself.

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• goutham_ramesh (10360)
• [2009-05-29 3:10]

Its like a plane taking off ;-) I just love this POV . excellent composition and colors.

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• Mana (18516)
• [2009-06-01 22:45]

Hi Alexei,
I have missed so many of your wonderful images....this is one of them. Wonderful shot and this POV works so well in portraying the full beauty of this great looking butterfly. Immaculate sharpness and colours and you have handled the natural lighting very expertly. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• Pictures_Collec (628)
• [2009-06-07 15:21]

Hi Alexei,

Beautiful and technically perfect.
TFS.

Serge

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• Christopher_PL (2615)
• [2009-06-09 0:16]

Hello Alex,
Just PERFECT shot. I've never tried to use ISO800 but now I think that I should to try ;-)

Chris

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• tcr (872)
• [2009-07-17 7:58]

Hello Alexei.
The wing pattern reminds me a white tiger.
Top BG, POV, Colour ...
Great work.
TFS.

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• Aramok (4931)
• [2009-11-20 8:11]

Hi Alexei

I have to say that this is a beautiful capture of the scare swallowtail with excellent DOF throughout. the detail and colour throughout are stunning.

TFS
Emma