Got back from Poland to the Uk a few days ago.
Great excitement today as I found this Tawney in a tree today. She was not bothered at all by my presence and I had plenty of time to go back to the house to get camera and tripod.
She was quite high up and in dappled shade of course.
I shall check again tomorrow if it is perhaps a favoured roosting place and I would get some more chances to photograph her.
D2x in HC mode, 200-400 plus 1.4 converter, Tripod
1/30th, F/5.6, Iso 250
Raw conversion in PS2
Original post with green cast was deleted by mistake...Other birds seem to leave the owl alone. It was not there today.
I do not know why it looks strange around the head....I did two conversions..one dark and one light and merged them together...may be that is the reason.
As I said, I do feel somewhat at sea with converting Nef files in Cs2, I do untick all the boxes and start afresh but the colours seem often rather odd..Monitor is calibrated with Monaco spider. I have now in desperation downloaded NX and hope to come to terms with that better.
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 21, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Paula - can you get hold of a copy of Phase One CapOne Pro - I think you'll like it far better and I think it's both easier and more powerful than NX
Paula I think it is probably the dual conversion that has made it look a little strange. The owl looks too bright for the background, giving it a slightly superimposed look. Apart from that, a wonderfull shot.
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10 repliesGreat excitement today as I found this Tawney in a tree today. She was not bothered at all by my presence and I had plenty of time to go back to the house to get camera and tripod.
She was quite high up and in dappled shade of course.
I shall check again tomorrow if it is perhaps a favoured roosting place and I would get some more chances to photograph her.
D2x in HC mode, 200-400 plus 1.4 converter, Tripod
1/30th, F/5.6, Iso 250
Raw conversion in PS2
What happened to the original post
Major.
Nice to see a wild Tawny in the clear,The image looks strange around the head for some reason
I do not know why it looks strange around the head....I did two conversions..one dark and one light and merged them together...may be that is the reason.
As I said, I do feel somewhat at sea with converting Nef files in Cs2, I do untick all the boxes and start afresh but the colours seem often rather odd..Monitor is calibrated with Monaco spider. I have now in desperation downloaded NX and hope to come to terms with that better.
John
Aberdeen