Nature Photographers Network
This is the preserved archive of the original Nature Photographers Network. The community continues at naturephotographers.network.
Forums · UKNP

glossy ibis

Discussion

6 replies
Posted by jeff acreman on February 25, 2009 at 5:23 PM
glossy ibis
another rare UK visitor - the glossy ibis taken from somerset levels.

Canon 5D
Focal length 400
F5.6, iso800, 1/250
Posted by Ray on February 25, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Nice record shot, but I think a vertical format would have worked better.
Posted by Graham Goddard on February 25, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Rather unsharp on my screen - when was this taken ?
Posted by jeff acreman on February 25, 2009 at 5:41 PM
hi Graham

shot taken from somerset levels - November 2007

(it looks sharp on my monitor ?)

jeff
Posted by Graham Goddard on February 26, 2009 at 3:09 AM
Hi Jeff - I'm looking at it on the work monitor now and it still looks soft to me ?
Posted by PhilH on February 26, 2009 at 4:00 AM
As a record of the species it does the job.... you certainly need to look at the processing and perhaps give details of what you have done... here the use of noise reduction appears excessive giving rise to the softness and loss of detail... perhaps this is a large crop, again it would be useful for that to be stated... as an image I'm afraid, for me, it does not work.

:wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on February 26, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Good record shot of a rare visitor. I echo the comments about the processing though. I see a number of artefacts, especially round the edge of the bird and lack of detail in the feathers on the body. Very difficult to give a reason, but Phil's suggestion sounds plausible. It would certainly be worth having another go at it.