Posted by Colin Crowdey on April 18, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Hello all
First post as new to the forum, seen some fantastic work here! Was at my local Wiltshire Wildlife Trust yesterday evening and caught this pair flying low over the lake.
Not east to capture these so nicely in flight. I had a go the other day and failed miserably! Whites are slightly overexposed, but may be possible to remedy a bit in post-processing. Good work!
Welcome to the forum. A good flight image with the birds well positioned within the frame.
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 19, 2008 at 3:29 AM
Excellent BiF capture and a nice comp
It's a bit 'contrasty' and the whites are looking 'blown' but those two little niggles could be easily corrected to a large degree in processing Colin.
Nice image
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 19, 2008 at 6:56 AM
Hi Colin,
Welcome and lovely capture! I really like the composition! I agree that the whites are looking a tadge hot!
Welcome Colin, nits covered but nice composition. One almost looks like it's getting a piggy back.
Robert
Posted by Colin Crowdey on April 19, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Hi all
Thanks for your constructive comments, much appreciated.
with regards to the blown out whites though I have checked the original NEF and subsequent conversion to PSD and the whites are fine, it seems after converting to low quality JPG for the post and then (stupidly) bumping up the contrast a tad it has blown the whites, a lesson learned there I think, I'll check my posts with a little greater care next time
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8 repliesFirst post as new to the forum, seen some fantastic work here! Was at my local Wiltshire Wildlife Trust yesterday evening and caught this pair flying low over the lake.
Nikon D300
300mm 2.8 AF-S VR
1/1000 sec at f4
AWB
Slight crop to top of picture
cheers
Colin
to this forum.
Greetings
Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
It's a bit 'contrasty' and the whites are looking 'blown' but those two little niggles could be easily corrected to a large degree in processing Colin.
Nice image
Welcome and lovely capture! I really like the composition! I agree that the whites are looking a tadge hot!
Robert
Thanks for your constructive comments, much appreciated.
with regards to the blown out whites though I have checked the original NEF and subsequent conversion to PSD and the whites are fine, it seems after converting to low quality JPG for the post and then (stupidly) bumping up the contrast a tad it has blown the whites, a lesson learned there I think, I'll check my posts with a little greater care next time
cheers
Colin