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A couple of birds

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:31 pm
by Oscar
Here are a couple of shots I took on my holiday:
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Hope these are better than my first effort.
These were taken with my new 80-400VR.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:08 am
by Steffen
Hi Oscar,
looks like you had a very calming and serene holiday :)

I like the second shot the best. The first one suffers a bit from lack of sharpness (for a bird shot) and a the blown-out whites on the head of the bird. Under lighting like this I tend to cheat and bracket five shots from +0.7 to -1.3, then pick the best (which is usually on the minus side).

I guess both shots would benefit from cropping. The first one at the top, the second one at the left and bottom.

Cheers
Steffen.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:39 pm
by Oscar
Thanks Steffen,

I had cropped these a little but wasn't sure how far to go. I will play around with that some more and see how I go.

Cheers,
Mick