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Merlin ( C )

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Posted by Mark Davies on September 16, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Merlin ( C )
Another from the weekend away in Wales.
Again harsh lighting ,the compression hasn't helped the highs.
Hope your back isn't as bad as mine Jules after stooping so low into all that marsh/bog.Thanks Andy for the inspiration to post it.
A sliver off the right perhaps?
Techs
D3/ sigma 500mm f4.5
1/2500th ,f4.5 ,iso 200, -0.7 ev
cr pp Cs3
All C/C's welcome
Thanking you in advance
and for all the kind words on the last post.

Posted by Tim Munsey on September 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Hi Mark,
Interesting pose, it looked a little soft so I had a play, noticed it was in adobe colour space think for web images sRGB is best still.
Hope I see one one day.
Tim
Posted by Mark Davies on September 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Thanks Tim , much better . Mental note to change to sRGB.
Posted by Christian Axelsen on September 16, 2009 at 10:53 AM
great pose Mark. that is one bird i still have to photograph. well done :wavey:
Posted by Drew Mellowship on September 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM
It's a bird I haven't seen let alone shot before !

Nice image, and well done for shooting in the harsh light too.

Drew :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 16, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Nicely captured Mark. I had trouble with the sRGB as well. So much to remember :eek:
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Hello Mark.

Lovely bird and a nice pose and the dark background as worked a treat to help the bird really stand out.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on September 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Lovely image! That location seems perfect.
Posted by eric weight on September 16, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Nits re the bg already mentioned so I can only agree with you re taking some off the rhs. What a beautiful bird and I wish I had this one on my hard-drive.
:toast: eric
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 16, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Told ya :toast: :toast:

Tims sharpening etc makes it - wanna borrow me glarsses ?? :wink:
Posted by Danny Green on September 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Hello Mark

Very nice great pose and who told you to get that low at your age :biggrin: Why is there a bit of noise in this image there shouldn't be at this ISO setting

Danny :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on September 17, 2009 at 4:32 AM
LOL all . Thank you .Ok Andy you were right again . :mad:
Noise ?Once I've finished with Andy's glasses you can borrow them.I've had another gander at the tiff and it is very much noise free,but thanks for the tip off .I suspect the jpeg conversion isn't helping here .
My back is now much improved and I understand Gitzo are doing a Zimmer frame attachment which should make life easier.LOL