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Postby Sean on Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:18 pm

Here is four images I have taken this month and would like to share them to the forum for your review.

My usual post processing in photoshop with levels/brightness and colour, depth of field by lens only.

Regards Sean :wink:


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F5 - 1/80sec @ 38mm (Sigma 18-50mm)
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F5.6 - 1/80sec @ 240mm (Tamron 70-300mm)
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F5.6 - 1/500sec @270mm (Tamron 70-300mm)
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F5.6 - 1/60sec @ 190mm (Tamron 70-300mm in macro mode)
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Postby big pix on Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:35 pm

Sean Very good pix's .......... try re-cropping for a different visual on the bird pix,s, will not appeal to all but may help. Good cropping to a much loved pooch, 1st bird re-crop and place a little to the right or crop to a vertical, it is a pix of a bird not a pix of trees, 2nd crop to landscape leaving the bird way left and loose a bit of the trees top and bottom maybe a square even, this image could be a bit lighter.

just trying to get the best out of good shots, cropping is a very important part of photography so when is PS try different crops and pick the one most pleasing to you or makes what you have photographed stand out
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Postby AlistairF on Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:48 pm

Sean, Great Colour! There's something about number 3 that I find surreal, the tones are really rich. Great Stuff!

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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:53 pm

Sean - The pic of the dog is classic - nice composition and to get him/her asleep is a nice touch.

The third pic is my favourite and although I am usually the first to say lighten or improve contrast I would leave this pic exactly as is - it reminds me very much of a poster on dpreview who has been mentioned on this forum and goes by the name of Nowhereatoll. It has a quality to it that remind me of classic French painters - well done :D
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Postby flipfrog on Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:12 am

love the doggy shot!
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Postby mudder on Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:29 pm

The dog shot is terrific, great framing...
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