Thanks Tom. I agree with Christian as well. I cropped it and printed an
8x10. It held up to that rather well, so of course I cropped the web
version as well. Perhaps I'll put all the pics in one folder when I've
finished.
Paul
On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Tom C wrote:
I agree with Christian about the crop. The bird and highlights on the
branch are great.
Would like to see the complete collection.
Tom C.
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Subject: Re: PESO: Another Tweet for Taylor
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Thanks Christian. You are the resident bird expert, so I appreciate
your input very much. I agree that a crop eliminating the white would
be most pleasing. I can certainly do that for a web image. Perhaps
even for a small print. I now have a dozen or so birds that were all
shot at this nature center. They want me to put together a small show
for their learning center, so I'm probably going to print them all
up. When posting on the web, I generally don't crop to a size that's
useless for printing. I'll have to look at that.
I have become a firm believer in handheld bird photography. Too many
misses with a tripod. At 1/750th or faster and with flash fill,
handheld works out rather well. Probably not good enough for serious
bird work, but good enough for my personal entertainment:-) I have
done a few off the tripod, and I'll probably do some more, but I find
it very limiting.
Paul
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From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > This never made my mail. My apologies if it's a duplicate for
others.
> >
> > Another bird from Sunday's walk. Some kind of finch I would
guess. This
> > is more of a crop -- about half of the frame. So there's more
visible
> > noise. But I still like it. *istD A400/5.6, 5/6 @ 1/750. ISO 800,
fill
> > flash from the Sigma Super with the Kirk Flash Xtender. Handheld
of
> > course.
> > Paul
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4194560&size=lg
> >
> >
>
> Hi Paul, I think it is a winter-plumage goldfinch.
>
> to me the noise is far less distracting than the huge blob of white
on
> the left. I know it's already cropped, but a more vertical crop,
> eliminating the white would make it look better to me.
>
> That's pretty freakin good for hand held! :-)
>
> --
>
> Christian
> http://photography.skofteland.net
>
