Don't get excited ...............Although at first glance this shot seems reasonable IMO, its a 75% crop {leaving me with one mega pixel to play with }.
This bird put in an unexpected appearence, while i was having a practice BIF session with my local gulls.
Not worth working on or printing {possibly squeeze a 7x5 out of it }, but it gives me confidence that i should get some decent {more finely detailed} results with my new set-up, if i can have a closer encounter in the future.
I have used the magic wand on the bg, as it was a bit pale in colour.
Posted by Chris Lloyd on April 10, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Alan
Nice sharp image. Could you not have cropped so that it was more an enviro type image rather than a close up?
Chris.
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 10, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Hi Alan,
Very, very nice flight shot!
Posted by Rob Howard on April 10, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Hi Alan,
Does not look like a big crop to me, but does look like a well exposed in flight shot!
Nice work
Regards
Rob
Posted by Major Gilbert on April 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Looks ok Alan only thing when you used your magic wand was that it might have been worthwhile experimenting with the colours as sky looks slightly overdone. Only MO though.
Major.
Posted by Paula Graham on April 10, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Nice flight shot, Alan.
I agree with Major, the sky looks a bit funny on my monitor too.
Posted by John Robinson on April 10, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Good one. Exposure good on a difficult subject.
Bird a bit big in the frame for me but no big deal - adds impact maybe.
Sky looks blue but I've seen 'em that blue a few times -especially if you keep the exposure down and drop the monitor gamma.
Cheers
JohnR
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7 repliesThis bird put in an unexpected appearence, while i was having a practice BIF session with my local gulls.
Not worth working on or printing {possibly squeeze a 7x5 out of it
I have used the magic wand on the bg, as it was a bit pale in colour.
D2h
400mm f3.5
tc-16a
1/2000 @ f8
iso 400
hand-held grab
noise ninja
Alan
Nice sharp image. Could you not have cropped so that it was more an enviro type image rather than a close up?
Chris.
Very, very nice flight shot!
Does not look like a big crop to me, but does look like a well exposed in flight shot!
Nice work
Regards
Rob
Major.
I agree with Major, the sky looks a bit funny on my monitor too.
Bird a bit big in the frame for me but no big deal - adds impact maybe.
Sky looks blue but I've seen 'em that blue a few times -especially if you keep the exposure down and drop the monitor gamma.
Cheers
JohnR
Chris, thanks for the suggestion, but i feel that having even more of this bland sky in the frame wouldn't do it any favours
Hopefully this gives me a base to work from, with these little blighters.
cheers
Alan