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Moorhen

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Posted by Graham Goddard on June 30, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Moorhen
Hi - I've not posted for a while, mainly due to to lack of new stuff to process.

I found this while sorting through files and thought I'd process and post.

C&C always welcome.

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 500
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length 700.0mm
Posted by keith mitchell on July 1, 2010 at 3:11 AM
Graham the tones on this image are lovely,tiny nit but is the bird a little soft?or is it my old eyes :confused:
:toast: Keith.
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on July 1, 2010 at 4:29 AM
Hi Graham,

Great POV nice and low down. But as already said the bird is a bit soft. Perhaps another round of sharpening in high pass filter could solve this.

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 1, 2010 at 5:35 AM
the light and colours are great. A bit more sharpening would help I think, and perhaps the bird to be lower in the frame.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on July 1, 2010 at 6:56 AM
Great low viewpoint has produce a lovely effect on the water and background. I agree the bird appears a tad soft in this presentation. I'm sure that can be fixed.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 1, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Nit covered re softness, i think it would be a more powerful image if the bird wasnt 50/50 in the height of the image-either move it up or down the frame-nice image overall

Dave
Posted by Des Ong on July 1, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Lovely imgae Graham, loving the light & colours of this one.

Regards,

Des :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Heath McDonald on July 1, 2010 at 2:42 PM
A very nice image Graham, the colours, the tones and bg are just right, agree with comments on sharpening and composition.

Heath :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on July 2, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Thanks for comments guys - much appreciated as always.

I'm always consious not to oversharpen, and indeed, it looked OK on my screen at home. Maybe I missed a step on the way......

As an aside, I bought myself a Canon 1.4x and had the combo calibrated at Elstree and used it for this shot. The 500 had already calibrated a while ago.

I now find that shots with the Canon 1.4x are not as good as the ones I used to get using my old (uncalibrated) Sigma 1.4x - work that one out :confused:
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 7, 2010 at 4:06 PM
Hello Graham.

I have just had a look at this post and had a quick play, is this to your likeing as I have done to this the same as I do to mine for the web.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey: