Elegance + Repost

One from today (in between Water Voles and Little Grebes)

D300
300mm f2.8 + 1.4TC
1/3200s
f5.6
-1.3EV
ISO 1000
Tripod and mat

C & C welcome as always

Looks a touch dark on my screen-any reason for the high ISO

Dave

Really nice to see swans Maggie ,looks a little dark to me !

Simon :

Maggie , This is dark, the -1.3ev will not have helped
T

Is this any better?

Yep ! Give it a bit more . But select the bottom left white and then reverse selection before you do I would actually go for a closer head shot on this because of that bottom blown white area

JR

Its better Maggie ,as John says needs more

Simon

Mmmmmm maybe its that "wonderful" Eye-One Calibrator I bought. I might have been better just getting the Spyder 3 which had been tested on my monitor and seemed to work perfectly well

Well Maggie i've jus bought the Eye-One calibration tool .I think it works well !however im still getting used to how my screen looks ,nearly every image i had looked all washed out so now i need to do them again
maybe you just not used to the screen yet ?

Simon

Maggie, the second is better but still looks very flat on my (Mac) screen.

So you're off the Black Stuff then Maggie? Both images do look a little dark, something is trying to tell you something, perhaps?
I've just been trying and have bought this program at which is a very reasonable price at the moment IMHO.

http://www.sagelighteditor.com/

It might be worth a look.