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Posted by Cliff Young on April 9, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Not Gigrin......
Been a long time since I posted but today I went to Aston Rowant NNR for a breath of fresh air and, of course, to watch the Red Kites. This is the first image I've processed - bit grainy, but at least I got eye contact ......... Beware there may be more to come.

All comments welcome & thx for looking

Nikon D300 h/held
70-300mm VR lens @ 300mm
1/2000s @ f/5.6 (+2 comp)
ISO 1000
Posted by John MacTavish on April 9, 2010 at 3:23 PM
Hi Cliff,
A good competent flight shot.
Looks a bit washed out and lacking in contrast on my screen.

Cheers :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on April 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Nice capture, but I agree with John about the contrast.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Bob Cox on April 10, 2010 at 4:30 AM
Nits covered but its good to see a side view.

Bob.
Posted by Craig Jones on April 10, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Lovely pose caught just looks a tad bright on my screen :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Cliff Young on April 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Thanks for your comments - all well taken although I'm not sure whether additional post processing would help. Here's another from yesterday, still with the same issues I'm afraid , but this time a tagged bird. Not surprisingly this bird was tagged in Southern England but looking at the pink (right wing) tag it was hatched either last year or (unlikely given the normal 4-5 year Red Kite life span) in 2000.

Same equipment - 1/1250s @ f/5.6 (+3 comp) ISO 640