Dipper

Hi to all,

Dipper , photographed on Sunday nr Lathkil , any thoughts on the comp would be appreciated.

Levels , Usm(100,1,1 x3),Contrast , Lightness , Cropped for comp and a couple of OOF blades of grass removed.

Canon 40D , 500F4IS , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/100th @ F4 iso400 -1/3 E/c jpeg

All comments welcome

Kind regards

Andy...

Another nice capture Andy

Again though, you've got a 'blown' highlight which does spoil it a bit for me - sorry mate

The comp is quite nice though I'd try and clone out the OoF reddish bit just above the head.

Lots of nice sharp detail and yet another Dipper image better than any of mine

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the advice , looks like I'm going to have to start shooting in RAW

Regards

Andy...

Shooting RAW is no hardship Andy - have you been shooting RAW/jpeg combos, or have you just been on jpeg only?

Your EOS utility will do a straight conversion of .CR2 canon raw files to 8 or 16 bit TIFF files which you can open directly in PS and you'll have about a 'squillion' times more control over your image.

It's gotta be simple matey - hell, I can do it - so it MUST BE

Andy,

Composition is fine for me, although some of the distracting bits and bobs could do with clearing away as t'other Andy has said.

RAW can't be beaten for this kind of work though imo so he's right on that front too.



Mark

Nice shot Andy. Comps good for me. Agree with Andy. Shoot raw/jpg combo until you're happy with RAW processing and by doing that, you get to play with raw and still have those thingies Would love a bash at Dippers

Hi to all,

Thanks for looking and thanks for the comments , I think I'll give the RAW/jpeg shooting a go , cheers guys.

Regards

Andy...

NIce one ... the whites probably haven't been helped by the compression, but agree that RAW would certainly help here..