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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 11:40 |
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Robert
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I am in Wales right now, in blistering sun, so far... This morning I met up with Jeff (Blackfox) who showed me the Gronant dunes Little Tern colony. http://www.deeestuary.co.uk/news0609.htm Usually I have had zero success photographing birds in flight, and only limited success when they are sat on a perch 10ft from my lens! So I am delighted to report I got one half decent Tern pic. They are lively little birds flitting here and there, they hover over their nests with small sand eels then suddenly plummet down to the nest with the food for their partner who is sitting on eggs. This is a constant process. Looking through the 40 or so images I took they gradually improved as the session went on. The last but one was, in my opinion, half decent. D200 - 300mm f2.8 Manual focus at f5.6 Aperture priority. The first image is the whole frame untouched. Many thanks for an enjoyable morning Jeff. :thumbsup: Attachment: Orig Little Tern - 4356 copy.jpg (Downloaded 62 times)
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 11:42 |
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Robert
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This is the Crop and after adjustments in Lightroom. Me thinks it needs re-adjusting? Attachment: Little Tern -4356.jpg (Downloaded 62 times)
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 11:44 |
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jk
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Nice one Robert. I trust you havent adjusted exposure and that is straight out of camera +1.5EV compensation. Now you have to get closer to the birds nests without them attacking you.
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 11:45 |
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jk
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Teehee. Posted at the same time. Was going to auggest a crop! Notice you can see the eye of the fish it is so sharp.
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 11:46 |
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Robert
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Another attempt... Attachment: Little Tern -4354.jpg (Downloaded 61 times)
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 11:53 |
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Robert
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Thanks JK, Yes its pretty sharp, there was another sharp one but the bird wasn't really presented well. I don't have Ps with me and I am struggling with Lr3 levels control. I have messed too much with the crop image, I will re-process it after dinner. Not being able to select the sky only is a pain. When I darken the sky the bird looses it's colour.
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 12:39 |
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Robert
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Well I'm mystified... I checked back to Lr3 and the colour is OK, pretty reasonable anyway. I think it must have something to do with the forum image compression. Here is a screenshot of the image on Lr and the exact same image here on this forum. Taken on my MBP 13" :-( Attachment: Screen Shot 2012-05-27 at 18.29.41.jpg (Downloaded 59 times)
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 12:42 |
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Robert
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Why has the forum ruined the colours when I posted the image but in the above screenshot it seems OK?
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 14:07 |
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Squarerigger
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Well done robert.
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| Posted: Sun May 27th, 2012 14:26 |
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TomOC
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Terrific shot, Robert Looks like LR does a good job on CA Tom
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