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Long Tailed Tit

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Posted by Mike Andrews on June 17, 2009 at 5:03 AM
Long Tailed Tit
This cheeky chap turned up with a few of his mates to grab some peanuts. It looks much sharper at large size than it appears here. Is there anything I could do to improve this? I tried Sharpen in CS3, but it didn’t seem to improve it as much as I’d hoped. Is that just a result of the small file size? All and Any comments welcome.

Nikon D300 with 200-400/F4 @ F4. ISO 200, 1/2500 sec tripod FF
Posted by Andrew Stagg on June 17, 2009 at 6:28 AM
Mike,

Lovely shot particullarly with complimentary background.
Try unsharp mask, 70%, 0.7, 0 on the small version - should give you a really sharp image.

Andrew
Posted by Mike Andrews on June 17, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Thanks for the tip Andrew. I'll give it a try.
Posted by Mike Andrews on June 17, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Have tried it - not sure I like it. It seems to have an unnatural quality to it now. What do you think? :confused:
Posted by Fran French on June 17, 2009 at 8:37 AM
I am no expert, but the repost looks fine to me. A super little image of my favourite little bird.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Scott Tilley on June 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Like them both, lovely complimentary colours :toast:

Scott
Posted by Danielle Nichol on June 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM
very nice, it does look a little front focusing is going on there to me though.

:cool:
Posted by keith mitchell on June 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Hi Mark.
I am certainly no expert but the i like the first image the second looks a little harsh that said there very nice captures :smile:
Keith.