> > From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/15 Fri AM 09:37:18 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Some birdy pics > > Mike, > > I just loved the panned shot of the puffin. It doesn't matter at all > that it's not sharp. The colours, the grain, the directional movement. > Everything has just clicked in, imo.
I'm glad you see the same in it that I do. Probably wouldn't work with any other bird that was less recognisable. > > The shag portrait is also very nice. Good job to control the contrast > between the rock and the plumage. The background burns out a bit, but > the plumage is right. > > Puffins with a beak full of herring is a classic motif. It's nice with > the nesting shag, but I think the environment becomes a tad (gnat's > whiskers, wasn't it?:-)) too complex or messy. You should at least > have climbed down and removed that pole to the right of the shag. Severely limited in possible shooting locations, here. although it looks as if one can wander about at will, the walker areas are cordoned off from the bird areas - except where the birds don't quite understand and nest on the walkways, like the shag above. All of the above are crops. I discovered that, if I view at "pixel size" in PS, then crop to the size allowed by fotocommunity, there is no external fiddling with the image. These are all jpg images scanned at the same time as processing, so I only cropped and resaved. There are some better "interaction" ones between feeding puffins but the birds are at opposite ends of the frames and I couldn't get a crop that would fit. Once I get the E6 stuff done, I see if the Craposcan can get anything useful out of them and post some more. > > In all three shots it shows that the film is pushed one stop, but it's > only the last shot that suffers from it, imo. I've been very impressed how much abuse this Konica film can handle. It's only about 2 years out of date, too. > > Jostein > > PS. I just feel like being harsh because I'm envious...:-) Next time..... 8-))) Seriously, how about a Viking raid next year? Any other Norwegians interested? mike ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
