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Kite in Snow 2

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Posted by Tom_W on February 27, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Kite in Snow 2
I won't bore you all to death with these, but to answer 'Does the 1D4 focus well?' Well, well enough for me.

500mm/Tpod
1000'/F4/800ASA (+1ev)
Normal PS, Cropped for title page composition

Red KIte @ Gigrin

PS the OOF trees are vertical - honest
Posted by Justin on February 27, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Superb :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andrew Parkinson on February 27, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Alright Tom

Better than the last one and that wasn't bad :toast:

Andy
Posted by Mark Davies on February 27, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Beautiful image ,agree with Andy its better than the last one but only marginally .
Posted by Liam Pauling on February 27, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Brilliant image Tom, the snow really makes it.

iso800!!! looks like iso100 :eek:

liam
Posted by Andy Snape on February 27, 2010 at 4:00 PM
I'd be more than happy with this, excellent image :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on February 27, 2010 at 4:19 PM
A lovely image. Great detail.
Posted by Matt Cole on February 27, 2010 at 4:51 PM
this and your last one are two of the best Red Kite shots I've seen in a while Tom. The background snow and reflected light work really well.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on February 27, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Beautiful composition,the atmosphere created by the falling snow is brillant,love the eye and detail in the bird,best of the two :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on February 27, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Agree with others about best of two, but I would also like to see the room at the bottom equal to the top of the image as it's a bit close to the edge for my personal POV.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Rosser on February 28, 2010 at 5:04 AM
A great image in my opinion.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 28, 2010 at 5:14 AM
No flies on that one then - and I thought they were supposed to be bad :wink:

First one was the more impressive focus test....but this is a much more pleasing image.

So yours works Tom, which is more than can be said for my damned email :jump:
Posted by Craig Nash on February 28, 2010 at 5:16 AM
I preferred the first one. Glad to hear more positive comments regarding the Mark IV Shooting at Gigrin in the snow is something I would love to do. I reckon some of the best images to come out of there are in the snow.
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on February 28, 2010 at 6:11 AM
Tacksharp flight shot with intense colors
:toast: :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Paul Hobson on February 28, 2010 at 4:56 PM
super image Tom, good to see you using the new machine, is it that good?

Paul
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 2, 2010 at 4:23 AM
Tom, Spectacular image, and surely a strong EP contender if you wanted to post it to the main Avian forum...

Sandy r