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Glad the sun stayed in!

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Posted by Paul King on January 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Glad the sun stayed in!
Trying to get this one right was a nightmare but
not sure if it loks ok to you.
for me on cal mon looks ok.
Posted by Ian Hardy on January 4, 2008 at 6:52 AM
Hi Paul,

It looks good to me. Well done.

Ian Hardy
Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 4, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Hi Paul,

A lovely looking bird , just missed out on one of these the other week so well done on the capture.

As for the BG , this really spoils the image IMO , very untidy and very distracting , but that said it's one more drake Smew shot than I have , so once again well done.

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on January 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Hi Paul

Looks as if you were shooting through some vegetation, but you didn't let it stop you getting the shot. Nice low PoV. Well done on the exposure - looks nightmarish, and also for getting the eye to stand out in that dark cheek patch - balancing both must have been interesting :cool:
:toast:
Mark
Posted by eric weight on January 4, 2008 at 12:18 PM
You have done well to get this shot and the exposure looks good, not a very easy bird at all. I think that the bg is a problem for me. Have you blurred it on a seperate layer or something? If so it may do better with something less extreme?
:wavey: :wavey: Eric
Posted by writepic on January 5, 2008 at 6:57 AM

i think it looks like a bit of PSing on the BG judging by the poor continuity of the reflection (furthest part of the ripple) i think it's not that bad, just could probably be done a little better on the water part, but very time consuming. i would definitley clone out the oof
heavy sawn off branch on the lhs. more distracting than the BG.

regards,

mark.