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Posted by Steve Makin on December 15, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Martin Mere today, ironically whilst concentraing on the swans flying by this caught my eye and ended up best of the day, one of a pair, the male refused to move from his barbed wire perch but this female was most obliging
D2xs on high speed crop, 300-800 Sigma at 800, 1/60 at f9.5 400asa,
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 15, 2007 at 4:12 PM
400 iso - you lucky so'nso
Could do with a tad of USM I think Steve and then soften the BG noise with a BLUR tool.
Nice comp
Posted by Steve Makin on December 15, 2007 at 4:14 PM
cheers Andy, comp is by crop, left lots of space around to play with
Posted by jack chapman on December 15, 2007 at 5:48 PM
lovely light and composition, a bit soft though
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 16, 2007 at 7:47 AM
Hi Steve,
Nice image , how are you getting on with that big Sig.
Regards
Andy...
Posted by Steve Makin on December 16, 2007 at 1:40 PM
the sig is fine ta, and since Mr Astbury advised me how to set up my nikon auto focussing almost every shot is now in focus
agree on the softness Jack, but I think once I overcome my fear of software I can sort that out, hopefully work this week will be quiet enough to allow me some time at night to get stuck in and get learning
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5 repliesD2xs on high speed crop, 300-800 Sigma at 800, 1/60 at f9.5 400asa,
Could do with a tad of USM I think Steve and then soften the BG noise with a BLUR tool.
Nice comp
Nice image
Regards
Andy...
agree on the softness Jack, but I think once I overcome my fear of software I can sort that out, hopefully work this week will be quiet enough to allow me some time at night to get stuck in and get learning