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Monte Vista Cranes

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Posted by Bob Karcz on March 31, 2011 at 3:02 PM
Monte Vista Cranes
Spent Monday & Tuesday trying out Canon's new 70-300 L lens with Kenko pro 1.4 tele. Liked it alot for flight shots mounted to a 1D MKIII.



#1 Sandhill Crane in flight
Posted by Bob Karcz on March 31, 2011 at 3:05 PM
#2 Sandhill with Sangre's in background
Posted by Bob Karcz on March 31, 2011 at 3:06 PM
# 3 Cranes over Sangre's at Sunset
Posted by Bob Karcz on March 31, 2011 at 3:08 PM
# 4 Mallards taking flight with Cranes looking on.
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on March 31, 2011 at 3:21 PM
#2 and #3 are fantastic shots Bob.
Posted by Dave Showalter` on March 31, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Nice, diverse set! I like 'em all. :toast:
Posted by Paul Martin on March 31, 2011 at 5:51 PM
They're all really nice and #2 and #3 really stand out. Nice work!
Posted by John Mumaw on March 31, 2011 at 6:47 PM
I also like 'em all, with special kudos for #'s 2 & 3. Did you use the TC on all of these?
#1 looks a bit soft and could use a Levels adjustment (white point).
Posted by Bob Karcz on March 31, 2011 at 6:56 PM
John- I did use the tele on all of the shots. I agree with you on the softness on image # 1 of the JPEG file, although it does not look soft on my monitor at full resolution?? I did a minor sharpening in LR3 and did not run thru PS for sharpening. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for looking.
Posted by John Mumaw on March 31, 2011 at 11:28 PM
After resizing images for posting here (720 px @ 300kb), they usually need another small dose of sharpening.
If the full res. version looks good, then that's what counts.
Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on April 1, 2011 at 12:53 AM
Very nice set !
Posted by Kurt Bowman on April 1, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Nice set of images Bob. Cool to hear the 70-300 is doing the job....now we just need somenoe to get there hands on the new 200-400 and try that out! To add to John's suggestion, (you could very well already know this and forgive me if you do) if I remember right, you are a LR3 user? Do you export to jpeg using LR? If so, there is a check box you can select to sharpen for web. It will re-sharpen the new size on export and save you the extra step in PS. Hope that helps.
Posted by Bob Karcz on April 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM
Kurt- you are right and I did not use the check box. Will try next time. Thanks.
Posted by Dan Walters on April 2, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Great set of images! Like the light and color of the cranes in #3. Very dramatic with the Sangre's in the background.