Red kite

Hi all

Taken a couple of weeks ago at Gigrin; red kite pulling out of a dive in the evening light.

Techs: D300, Sig 500, Gitzo and Wimberley, ISO 320, manual exp. 1/800 @ F5.6, slight crop, PP in Capture NX2 and PS CS2.

C & C welcome, thanks for looking.



Mark

Good one Mark. Nice position in the frame and great colours.
Many folks there ?
Cheers
JohnR

Hi John

A few tourists - I was the only photographer, so not bad at all!

Mark

The classic shot, executed to perfection. Nice one.

As Ray says, classic Gigrin shot.

This time of year is actually slightly more preferable for Gigrin as the setting sun lights up the underwing naturally, plus there are fewer tourists bouncing about in the hides!

Very nice shot, and I must get to this location at some point.

One comment however, on my screen, I have a strange pixellated halo surrounding the bird ? Prob just my screen, but can anyone else see it ? Did you mask any areas of the picture ?

Hi Graham

I think (well I hope!) it's your screen - I can't see it here, and no masks were used.



Mark

Can't see any problems here.

Nice shot at just the right time, well done!

Drew

Great action shot

Very nice shot, and I must get to this location at some point.

One comment however, on my screen, I have a strange pixellated halo surrounding the bird ? Prob just my screen, but can anyone else see it ? Did you mask any areas of the picture ?

..................for some reason, my replies are being posted two or three times - several hours after the one I meant to submit ?

As said: a classic pose well executed, very nice!
Rene de Heer

..................for some reason, my replies are being posted two or three times - several hours after the one I meant to submit ?

Graham, you're not the only one to see a halo on screen. I think my screen's Ok since it is calibrated. Could be my specs....Beautiful image, though.
Tom J

OK - very confused

I can't see a halo at all on either of the screens I've checked. My screen's calibrated, no masks or anything unusual in processing, very little sharpening (I'm not a fan of too much sharpening), 95% quality jpg at just under 200kb. Any suggestions anyone?

Mark

Mark

All been said great action shot.

Barry

Eastbourne

Nice shot Mark - taking a small and keen local group there tomorrow so hope the weather/light is as nice as this.

Mark

Fantastic shot, great action - well caught, the pose is great! And wonderful light and details.

I can't see a halo around the bird, but I do notice that if you stare at the bird you do see a lighter halo or glow around it. I think (this effect anyways) is an optical trick probably due to the contrast and colour difference between the bird and sky. Perhaps different monitors are accentuating this??

Great shot!!

it's a lovely shot but I can also see a halo around the bird, particularly around the darker feather areas. To me, it looks as though the shadows have been lifted slightly and in doing so it's also lightened the surrounding blue sky (as if the darks have been selected and feathered quite a bit).

That point aside, it's a lovely capture. Great pose.

Matt

Great shot. Nice pose and great light you got there.

Great stuff.

Edwin Kats

Great pose Mark nad nicely processed. I do see the halo and it was the first thing I noticed and usually it is use of the shadow/highlight tool. But I must admit I can see what Dawn is saying as it seems to disappear and the more you look, the more apparent it becomes...weird

Nicely done

Hi all

Very frustrating as I can't see what people are mentioning (albeit now on a tiny laptop screen rather than a big screen)... I assume that there isn't a pixcellation effect? The halo effect is odd as I didn't use shadow/highlight (I'd metered off the ground and used that as my reading, so the exposure wasn't a problem) - I wonder like Dawn if it's just an optical illusion?



Mark

Mark, I`m afraid I can see it, too, although it`s not terribly noticable (more visible along the darker wing edges), and I`ve seen far worse on here which haven`t been commented on!
Perhaps something to do with your sharpening practices?

Hi Guys,

My very first post here....

Anyway, although i'm seeing a very nice picture, with excellent composition and great detail, i can also see the slight halo on my 24" iMac.

Personally i don't think the halo is from over sharpening but more likely from a shadow / highlight correction. It isn't appearing to me as a slender light line but reather a wide slightly lighter halo.

Hope this helps..

Hi Derek

Thanks for commenting. I can see where you're coming from, but I'm not a fan of using shadow/highlight adjustment, and didn't use it here. If you cover the kite, can you still see the halo?



Mark

Stunning shot Mark, one of the best I've seen from Gigrin. When I first opened the image the halo was the first thing I noticed, however after a second or two and slightly adjusting the angle of my screen the halo is no more - I guess just an optical illusion as it did not look like a typical shadow/highlight halo.