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Magpie part 2.

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9 replies
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 13, 2008 at 4:02 PM
D2X's 600mm AFS II + 1.4 conv.
1/1250 @ f7.1
Exp Mode: Manual.
Metering Mode: Matrix.
ISO 400.
WB Auto.
Colour Space: Adobe RGB.
Colour Mode II
Tone Comp: Auto.
Sat: Normal.
Sharpening: none.

As already said common as muck but usually very difficult to get, at least in Norfolk they are.

Major.
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 13, 2008 at 4:42 PM
It looks a tad flat on my monitor Major, and the blacks look a bit clogged, so I've taken a liberty.
Posted by Jeremy on March 13, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Guys, somewhere between the two would be about right!
Posted by Matt Cole on March 13, 2008 at 5:29 PM
I would agree with Jeremy I think, although I'm on my old laptop so what I'm seeing may not be what everyone else is seeing :smile:

Matt
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 13, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Hi Major,

I've got a pair frequenting my garden but not been able to point a lens at them let alone capture one on film yet! This shot is great from the point of the pose, perch and setting!

It looks a little flat and the eye could come up very nicely with a little care taken in the processing (he’s me preaching :biggrin: ). Andy’s repost looks a little extreme but proves a point!

Lovely capture though!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on March 13, 2008 at 7:46 PM
It's the same with a Stonechat, Great tit, etc etc- anything with a white cheek patch and a black head , or a black and white bird. Some would advocate blending multiple images from exposure bracketing etc to cope with this.
Where does it end ?
When we see a Maggie in real life on a sunny day it looks black and white . Do we want out shots to conform to photographic standards or what the bird looks like in real life. ?
An arguement that could go on for ever.
JohnR
Posted by eric weight on March 14, 2008 at 2:12 AM
A great achievement to get one at all, Major and this is a really good shot, however it's processed.

:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Nigel Blake on March 14, 2008 at 4:15 AM
Its a grand shot Major, much prefer your version although a little work on the face area with the dodge tool would lift some detail out.
Really not sure about Andy's version, I personally don't like the shadow/highlight tool it usually gives a faint feathered halo effect that looks like fog around the subject........
Posted by Helge Sorensen on March 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM
I like it Major. If you want to use S/H tool here you could let it only work on the shadow, that way you could avoid the halo, that Nigel refers too. :wavey:
Posted by Paula Graham on March 14, 2008 at 1:33 PM
I like the original shot best, indeed a little brighter would do but not as bright as re-post.
Nice pose of a bird we do not see so many pictures off!