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Red Kite + edit

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Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 11, 2010 at 5:41 AM
Red Kite + edit
One from Saturday


Will have to go back as the light was not good.


D700
400mm 2.8 with 1.4 TC
1/500 sec at f8 ISO 1000
Tripod


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Posted by Mark Davies on March 11, 2010 at 7:48 AM
its a fine shot and far superior to the earlier posts.Just a hint of magenta creeping in ? a tap on colour correct and a drop in gamma to 0.85 just pings it .
Posted by Mark Green on March 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Agree with Mark, even the tips of the wings are sharp too. nice. my only nit is there seems to be noise in the dark areas of the feathers, or is that how the feathers are. :confused:

Cheers
Mark.G
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Nits mentioned and I too can see the noise appearing in those dark feathers, i assume you recovered from the light conditions? Mark D's tips are spot on and really do add to the image. Nice work.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 11, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Great capture and very sharp! Love the framing but I agree on the slight colour cast. Thats easily fixed though :wink: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 11, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Cheers guys :toast:

That will teach me to use CS3 instead of NX2 which I am more used to :confused:

Mark I will give your settings a go later :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on March 11, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Hi Ian, very nice flight shot and I like the way the bird is looking at you. The nits have been covered and I agree with them. :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 11, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Beautiful flight shot Ian, nothing more to say.
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Bertl
Posted by Barry Southon on March 11, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Ian

What a nice shot. I'm still trying to get there it ain't easy.
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Posted by Justin on March 11, 2010 at 12:50 PM
The light coloured sky may not be the most desirable of backgrounds at times but it certainly allows the bird to stand out particulary well, as demonstrated here.
I also like the way the bird is positioned diagonally within the frame. :cool:
Posted by Tim Taylor on March 11, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Excellent position and sharpness. Nice to get a kite with great plumage and no wing tags too.

Tim :toast: :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Nits covered Ian its still a good flight shot.

Major.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 11, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Edited as Mark suggested


Any better ? :biggrin:
Posted by Justin on March 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM
The re-post is much better IMO.
Posted by Tom_W on March 12, 2010 at 5:08 AM
A lot better :biggrin:
Posted by tony flashman on March 12, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Repost is a great improvement.

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Hobson on March 12, 2010 at 5:38 PM
great image

Paul
Posted by Maggie Campbell on March 13, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Have to agree the repost is better Ian. Do you think we should join a camera club? Maybe we could find out which one Des belongs to :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by David Taylor on March 13, 2010 at 5:06 PM
I agree the second image is an improvement on an already fine capture.

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