Kestrel

Discussion

7 replies

Posted by Barry Southon on May 25, 2008 at 7:47 AM

Found this Kestrel working the inlet area of Cuckmere Haven and he co-operated for a while. Several flight shots which looked good in RAW in lightroom but when I exported to PS3 they lost quality and my adjustment just made them worse. Clearly I have a need for more tuition in the art of PP can anyone recommend a non over technical media please? It may even be my basic setup is wrong.

1D3 hand held ISO400 500mm f/6.3 1/125 sec

Comment & Critique most welcome.

Thanks

Barry

Eastbourne / Kansas

Posted by Paul Inglis on May 25, 2008 at 7:55 AM

Hi Barry,

Lovely capture! I really like the composition and feather detail!

I forget why now but all images look punchier in lightroom and tend to look flatter when exported to Photoshop!

Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 25, 2008 at 10:28 AM

It's a very nice shot Barry , a little tight at bottom imo , like it lots

Andy...

Posted by jack chapman on May 25, 2008 at 11:14 AM

nice pose and lighting, the comp doesn't quite do it for me though

Posted by tony flashman on May 25, 2008 at 6:00 PM

Nice light on the bird.
I agree with Andy its a bit tight on the bottom for me.
The other thing that may be worth a try is to flip the image so that the bird is on the left. Sometimes these type of shots look better one way more than the other.

Tony

Posted by Ian Macdermott on May 25, 2008 at 6:21 PM

Very nice shot Barry as already mentioned a bit tight at the bottom

Ian

Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 26, 2008 at 9:50 AM

Nice one Barry,

A bit tight at the bottom for me also, but a decent profile shot

Alan

Posted by Barry Southon on May 26, 2008 at 10:23 AM

Thanks for looking and I'll work on the approach. The reason its tight at the bottom is a white painted arrow on the footpath marker its sitting on. Which I thought was distracting my PP expertise is not up to removing objects as yet.

I really appreciate the comments and pointers its a great help.

Barry