Tim,

Was that AM or PM?

What a contrast - could that sky be any bluer?

Love those reflections. 1 and 2 are terrific shots, and 5 would likely be my other choice if the top part-row of windows were cropped out. Nice to live somewhere close to opportunities like that!

Colin,

If you used spot metering on the cockerel, your camera may have been in two minds about whether to expose for the sky, or for the structure. I did see that the sky has some shades (darker to the left), so it is not totally 'blown'. At the same time, the building could have been a little lighter / more exposed. If you can revisit the church, perhaps try metering on the tower wall, then recompose your shot and have another go (with a smaller aperture!)

A different time of day might also reduce the dynamic range 'stretch' your sensor is attempting to perform, trying to accommodate the shadows as well as the highlights in a shot such as yours.

If you manage to get back there for a second shot, you could post it for a comparison!

The Adobe products seem to be able to batch-process the addition of metadata like this, (including copyright info etc). Probably easiest to do it as part of your import of a whole series...

Anvh,

It was Fraser Cameron in the general chat forum, with a post called 'can anyone solve this for me', dated 13 Feb.

Hi Colin,

My $0.20 worth of C&C as requested

I've just checked out your exif from this pic: f1.7 at 1/4000 of a second.

If this was correct, that means you had some room to move with a much slower shutter speed, while stopping down to a better (smaller) aperture setting. That will give you a. better sharpness overall, and b. increased depth of field. That way, more of your building would have been in focus (notice that sharpness decreases as you move towards the gable end with the cross).

Not sure what part of the image you based your exposure on - can you recall? How were you metering?

Carl,

If they are going to be anything more than 'holiday snaps', then shoot RAW. That way you will have much more latitude in terms of post-processing when you get home. After all, it will be more of challenge to return for a re-shoot, if you can't edit them the way you'd like.

Hmm... But then on the other hand, it would be a good excuse to go back...

The violin - design icon since the 16th Century

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K10 & DA70, f4 @ 1 second, ISO 100, available light, tripod, no filters. Post in LR3b.

You've done a great job with that FA 100 Peter. And thanks for thinking of the bees! I tend to fish them out of the drink too, but have yet to see them having swimming lessons in such numbers.

Doc,

There's an additional thing I can see here too - some CA around some of the highlight edges: for eg. top of the bird's beak, and some of the branches. However, some post should be able to eliminate most if not all of it.

It appears (to my eyes anyway) that the image is slightly BF also, and perhaps that is why you believe that sharpness to be a little below what you would like.

Just my $0.20 worth...