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Posted by Rob Fisher on November 11, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Bittern
Hi All,

Had a fantastic visit to Leighton Moss this weekend.

Great views of the Starling roost, and this close encounter with a Bittern.

Canon 20D | 100-400mm F5.6 + 1.4tc @ f/8, 1/200, ISO 400 | Beanbag
Posted by Paul Gibbs on November 11, 2007 at 4:37 PM
Nice, looks like you had a good view, i think the bittern needs some more sharpening though?
Posted by Rob Fisher on November 11, 2007 at 4:42 PM
Paul,

Thanks for your comment about the sharpening, I agree I think another round of USM is in order....

Once you've sharpened at full resolution do you re sharpen at the 'web' size as well?

Rob
Posted by Paul Gibbs on November 11, 2007 at 4:46 PM
I do yes, many of my images where dynamic sized by my site, but people said they looked soft so i now make 720px versions to post here which i then no a light, light, fine in focal blade.
Posted by Danny Green on November 11, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Hello Rob

Took some time off then mate, good to see great shot.

I save my image to 720px then add about 3 rounds of USM set to 30 - 0.3 - 0.

Hope that helps.

Speak to you soon.

Danny


Posted by Rob Fisher on November 11, 2007 at 5:04 PM
Another run of USM:
Posted by John Swift on November 11, 2007 at 5:57 PM
Great bittern shot Rob - well done.

Regards

JohnS
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 12, 2007 at 3:54 AM
Ahhh, repost easier on the eyes - thought I needed new glasses there for a moment Rob :biggrin:

Nice shot of a real elusive beastie - think I might have tried a landscape crop though if there's enough original in the frame, but that's just me - nice image :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on November 12, 2007 at 4:05 AM
Hi Rob,
Good to see Bittern season is back, well caught. Which hide was taken from? I need to take my daughter every time shes been we've had a Bittern sighting.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Jim Greenfield on November 12, 2007 at 4:41 AM
Second post is great and I like it in this format. Nice capture
Posted by Mark Sisson on November 12, 2007 at 5:02 AM
Nice Bittern pic indeed Rob, and sounds like a good w/end all round.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Brian McGeough on November 12, 2007 at 5:23 AM
Great Bittern image, repost is top notch :toast: :toast:

Cheers
Brian
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 12, 2007 at 6:18 AM
Hi Rob,

Very nice shot , repost in a big improvement :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Rob Fisher on November 12, 2007 at 7:41 AM
Hi,

Thanks all for comments.

Picture was taken from the lower hide, mid morning.

Rob
Posted by Alan Woolnough on November 12, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Agree with the above Rob................repost is more like it!!!!!!!!!!!

In my book, any shot of a bittern is a good shot, but this really is a fine shot indeed :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Rob Chace on November 12, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Repost is a big improvement Rob, & i like the portrait crop. :toast:
Posted by John Varley on November 12, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Fine repost Rob, Leighton can certainly deliver the bitterns. Regarding sharpening I tend to do it in stages. When I process the raw file in Lightroom I use the default setting (which is quite low), if the image needs to go into CS3 it may get a further sharpen at the final print size, if I resize for the web then I do a further sharpen 100,0.2,0 run a few times on a new layer and then I adjust the opacity to bring down the sharpness to just how I want it.