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Postby Manta on Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:59 pm

Snapped this guy wandering around the foreshore at Wynnum.

http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php?album=random&cat=10038&pos=-901

Nikkor 70-300 G
1/320 @ f/5.3
ISO200
WB: Cloudy
Exp Comp: +0.3EV
Spot Metering

No PP apart from cropping and cloning out an ugly piece of rubbish floating just in front of his beak.

Any comments or advice?


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Postby flipfrog on Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:01 pm

Image

very kool!!!
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Postby Manta on Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:04 pm

Thanks Dee, I was lucky - but I'd like another crack at it to at least have a chance to focus! :lol:
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Postby flipfrog on Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:14 pm

yeah, i think if even you caught the two birds on the left in focus this would be a 10!
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Postby mudder on Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:17 pm

G'day,

I find white birds like this are really hard to expose for, I always seem to struggle with them... Looks like the lighting would have made it difficult too, was it shot raw? I'd be tempted to try a little less exposure on the bird to try and get more feather detail and lightening the darker areas to bring the beak out a bit more (PS curves?)...

Like the Rosella(?) shot, the two on the side seem to be keeping an eye on you, while the other has taken off... Good timing...

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Postby Manta on Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:33 pm

Thanks Mudder, I'll take your points on board.

At this stage, all of my bird shots are pretty haphazard affairs as I'm basically just doing some VERY quick adjustments before firing off the shutter. I'm sure things will become more intuitive with time and experience. The rainbow lorikeets are a subject I can work on, as they turn up every afternoon at the home of a friend, but the egret was only there for such a fleeting instant before he took off o I had to act fast. Unfortunately, there were too many branches around to get a clear in-flight shot.

Yes, it was shot in RAW, but I'm thinking of going back to JPEG Fine until I hone my technique some more.

Thanks for taking the time to look at the photos; it IS appreciated.

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Postby mudder on Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:49 pm

Manta wrote:...I'm thinking of going back to JPEG Fine until I hone my technique some more


G'day,

One of the reasons I shoot raw is so I can fix up my stuff-ups later in PP, especially using what seems like additional exposure latitude raw seems to offer (edit: ) when doing the PP afterwards... Maybe other members could correct me (as I certainly aint experienced or skilled at this stuff) but I thought shooting jpeg would actually make getting the exposure etc spot-on more critical when taking the pic as there wasn't as much "recover-ability" with JPEG (edit: ) when doing PP later...

Experienced dudes please?????????

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Postby Matt. K on Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:56 pm

Manta
It's a very good shot but it's a bit small for critical viewing. Could I suggest a little less frame and a little more image? It will give your images more impact.
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Postby Manta on Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:35 pm

Matt. K wrote:Manta
It's a very good shot but it's a bit small for critical viewing. Could I suggest a little less frame and a little more image? It will give your images more impact.


You may certainly suggest that Matt and I'll keep it in mind. Got a bit carried away with the razzle-dazzle and forgot about the substance... :oops:
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