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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 17, 2007 at 2:42 AM
Swanning about
With the intent on getting something in the bag yesterday, hopes were dashed when I found that all my 'Custom Functions' had been deleted by the Canon bods whilst fixing the MKIII :-( So back to the MKIIs which I have to say was rather nice, as the detail was there, unlike the MKIII before it was 'fixed' (still to be tested)! Colours are a little muted in the conversion sadly:-(

Anyway here you go.

Steve
All shot with MKIIs bodies & 300 2.8
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 17, 2007 at 3:27 AM
Steve - needs some CCW rotation - urgently :biggrin:

Get the water droplets vertical mate :wavey:

Cracking exposure of those highlight :toast:
Perhaps a levels adjust layer and set your black point might be a good idea too, the beak detail is looking a bit dark on my monitor.
Posted by Ian Andrews on December 17, 2007 at 3:44 AM
The water drops both make it and spoil it at the same time! As Andy says, counter-rotate!

Otherwise, nice try!

Ian
Posted by eric weight on December 17, 2007 at 4:14 AM
Those water droplets will make this shot once.....
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 17, 2007 at 5:11 AM
OK guys taking on board the c&c's here we go. As I said before, the conversion from original to the compressed file has not been kind on this one. Anyway enough excuses :biggrin:

Sadly the 'architecture' of this site seems not to allow me to repost for another 24hrs! Unless I am missing something? Any pointers?

Steve :confused:
Posted by John Chapman on December 17, 2007 at 5:38 AM
Hi Stephen nice capture and I agree with the Andy's comments. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Rob Howard on December 17, 2007 at 5:38 AM
Hi Steve,

You can re post in your reply. Nice shot by the way, even better with a bit of rotation

Regards

Rob
Posted by Mark Fellowes on December 17, 2007 at 5:51 AM
Lovely image; cool blues contrast nicely with yellow bill.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Dave Sewell on December 17, 2007 at 7:44 AM
Stephen,
Just post your re-worked image into a reply to this thread.
Dave
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 17, 2007 at 7:50 AM
David have just tried several times and it had 'bombed' out each time! Will try another way

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Dave Sewell on December 17, 2007 at 8:32 AM
It looks alright from this end Steve! I think you still need the tiniest bit more rotation though (I'm a landscaper - good eye for a level!)
Dave
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 17, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Nearly there on the rotation bit Steve - to help you try invoking the grid by going View>Show>Grid, that way you'll always get it right first time :wink:

But what have you done to the colour now, it was more accurate in the original post :eek:
Posted by John Varley on December 17, 2007 at 11:38 AM
Very nice Steve especially the repost although a bit too blue in the background now for my taste. :smile:



Posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 17, 2007 at 1:30 PM
Just pushed a bit too much I guess. david, just for the record if you put a vertical line in, it runs right through the centre of each droplet. Think it might be an optical one :confused:

Steve