Posted by Andy Bate on February 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Taken from Swanlink - Am struggling with Flight Shots of whoopers at mo, always seem to be soft round the head, think my sig and D2 need a long hard chat to each other!!
Nikon D2xs
Sigma 500mm
ISO 320
1/800th @ f6.3
RAW
USM, CS3
Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 11, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Hey Andy which day did you go? I was there, all saturday. The sky looks a little washed out in yours though? Is the softness DOF or shutter speed?
Posted by Andy Bate on February 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM
was there late sunday, im not sure, been getting up to 1/1250th at F8 and still soft
Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 11, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Hmm sounds like front or back focus maybe and the DOF isnt quite covering the whole bird? I was shooting close in with a 1.4x and ony getting about 1/200s most of the time either bean bagged or on my tpod. If you want a test some time, i have a D2X and a sig 500 also if you want to swap back and forth to see?
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 11, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Looks nice and sharp here Andy
I can see a clone error just in from the left edge on the skyline
Posted by Paul Inglis on February 11, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Hi Andy,
Nice and sharp here too!
Lovely capture! The top half of the BG looks a tad washed out though (had this problem on my images this weekend too! especially Sunday!).
Posted by eric weight on February 12, 2008 at 1:39 AM
This one looks sharp where it matters to me. I've got to hand it to you Andy, you must have eyes like a s***house rat. Eric
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6 repliesNikon D2xs
Sigma 500mm
ISO 320
1/800th @ f6.3
RAW
USM, CS3
I can see a clone error just in from the left edge on the skyline
Nice and sharp here too!
Lovely capture! The top half of the BG looks a tad washed out though (had this problem on my images this weekend too!