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Kingdom of Rust
I'm not happy with some of these. Odd, because they all looked fine originally but some are clearly substandard either through poor focus or camera shake or both. I think I'm trying to wring the most out of the K10's sensor by shooting at low ISO (too low) with small apertures (too small). ...I fin...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 14/01/2011 - 20:02
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It is a "cracking good shot" but as everyone (including you) has said it is a tad soft around the head. It looks like the focus point is on the birds back or maybe it's head moved but a bit of sharpening and a touch more exposure & fill would (has!) worked wonders.
Posted by MarkD on 14/01/2011 - 07:13
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It's too soft. Bob has made a good attempt but in doing so the back of the bird now looks oversharpened and has a slight halo. Maybe just some selective sharpening around the eye area? Frogfish has got it about right imo.
Posted by Mike-P on 14/01/2011 - 08:28
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Was cogitating , and as you know I'm no expert . I've only just got here [ 08.48 ] and I was thinking hard . Had only viewed the original post and not started looking at any responses. It's a gorgeous bird [ there I've said it :( ] love the detail BUT The head , yes I know it's turned back...
Posted by techno-terminator on 14/01/2011 - 08:58
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Whilst I think you chaps have done an excellent job, it's still not quite there. The eye is a sharpened eye, rather than an in-focus eye, and therefore lacks the crispness and detail that a good eye should have. Very annoying, because it's so close to being a very good shot indeed. I've been ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 14/01/2011 - 09:21
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George. Missed you. Thought it might have been an extended hangover. Sorry about the bronc. Pleased you have pulled through and back posting. regards Thoramay
Posted by thoramay on 14/01/2011 - 09:38
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I hope you're OK on that boat, George.... it's not been a great winter for living aboard. Re the shot, sometimes a shot is so good it's worth cheating. You might find 'Focus Magic' (a PS plug in) does a better job at making the eye area look 'in focus' as it works in a different way to USM - it '...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 14/01/2011 - 09:56
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It's too soft. Bob has made a good attempt but in doing so the back of the bird now looks oversharpened and has a slight halo. Maybe just some selective sharpening around the eye area? Frogfish has got it about right imo. +1 from me too.
Posted by thoughton on 14/01/2011 - 11:27
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Any of the sharpened versions are an improvement but, as has been pointed out, if it isn't in focus to begin with, it never looks quite right. Pity, as the colours are so good and it's unrepeatable.
Posted by bwlchmawr on 14/01/2011 - 19:49
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I think you will just have to try harder!..:D...1 stop would have made all the difference !...the branch and head area would have been in focus!....you just can't win with bird shots!..:D...happy new year!
Posted by beginner on 14/01/2011 - 20:04
Northumbria University
I like them all David, but number 1 keeps drawing me back. What a good place to shoot, and what a good job you made of it, thanks for sharing.
Posted by Jumbo48 on 15/01/2011 - 12:38
Northumbria University
1 & 2 are my favourite - lovely shots. I know PSE and LR have a spot removal tool, so fair chance it's in PS also. The LR3 version is very easy to use, so hopefully the PS version is likewise! While doing BW conversions, you can sometimes run into a solid colour that needs adjusting, like th...
Posted by i-Berg on 15/01/2011 - 21:18
Northumbria University
I think the "blotchiness" is still there on colour shots but the human eye must be better at seperating slight variations of tone when looking at colours, when we turn those colours into shades of grey those slight variations in tone start to look the same. Of course I could be talking utter non...
Posted by fatspider on 16/01/2011 - 11:27
Northumbria University
All three excellent, but I am drawn back to No1 each time I look, such a strong composition.
Posted by sandinista on 16/01/2011 - 14:04
Peaceful Dove
Who would have thought that a photo of a dove could look so good :lol: The colours and bokeh are superb. It doesn't matter that the focus is a bit off, just keep the size down a bit.
Posted by Algernon on 19/01/2011 - 09:56
Peaceful Dove
I can see where Gareths coming from re the purple looking shadows, apart from that I think its a good shot, you cant expect to get everything in focus at 500mm even stopping a lens right down your still going to have a very limited depth of field. I think a bit of selective sharpening around the ...
Posted by fatspider on 20/01/2011 - 00:10
First from my Optio
APV - now that takes me back. My father worked for them for about 30 years or so until they closed down the Manor Royal factory back in the 1980's. The Optio look like quite a capable little camera btw. Cheers, /Ian
Posted by mph555l on 21/01/2011 - 12:48
London, stitched up... (4 photos)
Love the first three but here's the C&C (Gareth I think I know why he shot wide open - you can't use long exposures otherwise stitching becomes very difficult because of cloud movement etc.). All of them need more space above - they look very 'cramped' within the frames. So either a wider lense ...
Posted by Frogfish on 20/01/2011 - 11:13
A foggy morning
Just love the last one, the texture and the shades of wood with the red as a focus point, well done. The second one has something as well. I like the way the light is in a 'fork' of the tree. Would have liked the background darker but its well composed in my opinion. The first one sadly does nothin...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 20/01/2011 - 17:16
