Billy, Nice catch! Fortunate general lighting, to say the least. Did you note the focal length setting? Cropped? Anticipating possible surprises always enriches the hunt even when working a particular theme.
Noel, Jack --- Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went a-wandering this morning to try and find a > tree that would look > nice for next months PUG. Today's the first sunny > day that I've had a > chance to go out with my new *istDS so I thought I'd > have a bit of an > experiment. Suffice to say, the experimentation > didn't go too well and > my tree shots were crap. > > However, I randomly spied a couple of birdies up in > a tree and got a > few shots. http://cowfish.org.uk/paw/birds.html is > my favourite (270kb > I'm afraid...) > > Although what rather tropical looking birds like > these are doing in > Gunnersbury Park in west London in December I'm not > sure. > > Anyway, this is a) one of my first attempts at > shooting wildlife > (first for birds in trees) and b) the first time > I've done much > shooting with my DS, so any hints and tips much > appreciated. > > Also, any advice on a free image manipulation > program for Windows > would be great - my trial period for PSP ran out the > day I got the DS > and I need something to tide me over until the new > year, when I can > think about buying a real license. I'm using > IrFanView at the moment > (and occasionally wrestle with the GIMP). > > Billy > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
