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buzzard in flight

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Posted by jeff acreman on February 5, 2010 at 3:02 PM
buzzard in flight
taken today from surrounding field from back garden hide

canon 1d3

focal length 400mm
1/1600, f14, iso 640

jeff acreman
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 5, 2010 at 3:38 PM
I think this needs some extra sharpening as it looks soft on my screen, Good exposure and a nice sky, I think once its had the extra sharpening it will pop

Dave
Posted by John Stuart-Clarke on February 5, 2010 at 5:03 PM
What Dave said... I also think you could have dropped the aperture a stop or two and used this to reduce the ISO setting which would help retain detailing. Definitely worth some more work though as it's a nice pose
Posted by Mike Andrews on February 6, 2010 at 1:10 AM
Good pose and composition, but it is a little soft. Is it a big crop? :confused:
Posted by Philip Newman on February 6, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Looks a great opportyunity you have here Jeff, agree with the above comments.

Posted by John Chapman on February 6, 2010 at 6:09 AM
Hi Jeff, great capture but it is not sharp. :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on February 6, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Compositions good and I'm sure you can bring out more detail using the shadows/highlights slider in photoshop. It does appear out of focus though, which is odd considering the aperture and shutter speed. Was you using AI servo to track the bird? It's always worth tracking the bird for a second or two before taking a shot to let the servo focusing kick in.

Simon
Posted by jeff acreman on February 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM
tweaked a bit - hopefully for the better.
this was a very up and shoot picture, no time for camera tracking, with slight crop

jeff acreman