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Swan Portrait

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Posted by Nick Railton on February 13, 2007 at 5:48 PM
Swan Portrait
This Mute Swan Portrait was taken at Lee Valley Nature Park, this is one of my last pics taken with my D2Hs, its on the way to Sweden tomorrow :frown: I am left now with my newly acquired D2X, no more buying and selling for a while :smile:

I PP in Nikon Capture NX and PS CS2,

Nikon D2Hs, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR + TC17E, f/11, 1/750th
Posted by Graeme Lee on February 13, 2007 at 6:09 PM
Nice portrait shot that's really sharp and exposures great showing lots of detail. Might be tempted to take a bit off the right and try and lift the blacks a bit as the bottom of the bill is merged with the BG (on my monitor?) :toast:

Graeme
Posted by Tim Munsey on February 14, 2007 at 3:33 AM
Hi Nick,
A classic swan pic, I agree with Graeme's suggestion.
Good stuff.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by David Kjaer on February 14, 2007 at 5:19 AM
I can see what Graeme is saying but still a very nice portrait with great detail!

David :toast:
Posted by John Swift on February 14, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Hi Nick, nice portrait but in my opinion the border doesn't do it any favours. Love the beak detail though.

Regards

JohnS
Posted by A.R.D on February 14, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Nice portrait.

I too, don't like the border much but I'm not finding the bottom of the bird's bill merging into the background on my laptop screen as others suggest.

Cheers
Posted by Nick Railton on February 14, 2007 at 7:33 PM
Thanks for all you comments, I my Calibrated LCD at home the bill is separated from the BG at work on my no Calibrated LCD it is merged with the BG. I do wonder about the border, some people like them some people don't :eek:

Cheers

Nick