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another of the kookaburra pix I shot today.
not sure whether I like it cropped this way or cropped as a portrait
(not showing the tree on right)??

opinions welcomed.

80-400mm @ 400mm
1/250 sec, f/5.6
ISO: 400
AF mode: AF-S
sb800 for fill. Had some really nice shots of these things today except I forgot to set about -1 ev of flash and blew the forheads of all the best ones. D'oh
Steve

Nice shot there Steve. I think I prefer it the way you have positioned it, in the landscape mode. I think it could potentially be a little sharper, have you tried any USM on the image as yet?

A little off topic, does anyone else have a chuckle when these fellas wake you up in the morning? I do...it's quite a funny moment

thanks for the comment, I kinda like it this way, although the portrait seemed to have merit also.

Is funny that you comment about the sharpness, because the original is full frame and so sharp I almost couldnt believe it. but when resized, it seemed to drop off a lot.

might have a look at the 100% crop of the head demo.

I simply did the usm and then save for web in ps but not that happy with how the finished product looked. wonder if there is a better way??

steve

Nice photo - I prefer the landscape.. the tree gives you a reference point to the natural habitat of the bird.

Geoff - we've been getting woken up by the visiting koel for the last month or so..... so have been getting a duet by the koel and kookaburra

was going to post a 100% crop of the head but dont wish to bore everyone with that.

just looked at the raw image prior to save for web and the thing looks sharp but the 650 pixel jpg looks ordinary.

PP isnt really my thing yet so just wondering what the normal amount of usm people apply to high res images??

and how the final product is produced for the web?

I currently have sharpening off in the camera and apply 100-150% usm then select save to web and select a final size of around 650 pixels wide.
the save for web is used because I am shooting in adobe rgb for the wider gamut.

havent posted a huge amount of images to the web so any input from the old hands would be appreciated.
Steve