Lucky shot in Belgium

I was incredibly lucky with this went to a field where I got some donkeys last year , fortunately the camera was round my neck and not in the bag I suddenly spotted this and grabbed a shot [ thank goodness for the Tamron ] it just stood for a few mins and I got a couple more and then it moved behind the herd of cows

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Hope you don't mind, did a quick edit.
Good spot, I remember seeing one in the new Forest last year .. fantastic sight.

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I'm a firm fan of the old expression - luck is when opportunity meets preparation. The old adage of alwats having your camera ready.

Nice shot... we don't have any cute wild things
like that around where I live.... probably made
pies out of em' years ago

Mike's edit has improved it considerably, but I
wonder why it was so light in the first place?

The shutter speed of 1/25th sec. on the Exif
doesn't sound right?

What a great opportunity. Well done for getting the shot.

I do agree that Mike's edit has improved it though.

How did the lessons in PSE go?

Urgh - well they really didn't the expert was diverted onto other stuff But I'm slowly starting to play with it

Mike - just what did you do to that ? I'd already edited it a bit - and the others still need to be done ?

I really couldn't believe my luck getting it - it was just looking at me and once the camera was up I didn't dare move .

As to the deer - I think it's a young one as the antlers are still a bit woolley / fluffy . I'd never have got it with the 18-55 - so this proves that the Tammy is my holiday lens for all trips in future

Here are the other 2 - straight from the camera

1)
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and
2)
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I decided the first one was beyond me, I am not much good at constructing heads.

These are only quick and dirty edits but with the original large files you should be able to do better.

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Mike, I think T-T would like some advice on how you achieved your edits, so she can have a go herself and learn a bit.

Thanks Gwyn - spot on

I'm starting to play with PSE - but I can't seem to get the depth of colour that Mike is managing.

Actually I got a telling off later when it was spotted that I didn't have a CPL on - I was told it would help with the ghastly grey skies we had .

Once all these decorator men have gone I'll be able to sit down and deal with the pics and put them on my Gallery .

A CPL would have absolutely no effect whatsoever with gray skies and, all other things being equal, you would be shooting at 1/6th second or so which is far too long an exposure withe such a lens.

I'm surprised you are shooting at +0.7EV - I usually have to underexpose not overexpose with the Kx! The antlers look a little blown-out so I'd suspect its slightly overcooked as a result, but possibly recoverable if you have a RAW.

I don't know how PSE works, but looks like you basically want to increase the Colour Saturation and Blacks. And crop out the left-foreground post in the first shot, of course.

Don't think a CPL would have made much difference, except make you shoot slower... then again, going up to ISO-400 would offset this, and give you the optimum dynamic range for the Kx.

Flossie and Algi

Though I'm starting to try and go manual for speed I still tend to use AV - and as a result only set the Aperture - the rest the K-x does for me

Why did I shoot at +0.7EV - I dunno - I'm not aware of doing anything with that

Cropping is the last thing I tend to do so that intrusive post would have gone .

I'll admit to still being doubtful about choosing the correct Aperture setting for conditions - I'll often take 2 shots and change the f stop for the second to see which turns out best

Lovely shots Techno and made much better by Mike's "dirty" edits! Made me smile because I missed a pair of red deer grazing just off the path in the Quantocks. Had the K100 but the memory card was at home in the computer...