Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendan MacRae" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Hi Ken,
Yeah, he's really nearly four now, but he has an eagle eye (pun intended).
We
went to the dump the other day and he spied a toy truck sitting on a
concrete
pillar from about 40 feet away. He was in his car seat and there was
another car
between us and the truck. I don't know how he does it.
Anyway, I tried messing with the black point (in Aperture) and initially
it
didn't make a whole lot of difference. I'm going to adjust it again prior
to
printing and I'll see if I can improve upon it. Does it appear overly dark
on
your screen? Was wondering if I should adjust the exposure.
It was dark enough that it prompted me to look at the histogram - which when
adjusted gave a noticeable improvement. I adjusted both light point (RH side
of histogram), Dark point (LH side of histogram) and the Mid point. The
adjustment also made the snow look white. This was all done in Photoshop.
-Brendan
----- Original Message ----
From: Ken Waller <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:10:18 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Not a bad capture at all. A little unsharp mask, and setting of white &
dark
point will improve it further.
I'm impressed that a three year old would even call it an owl!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan MacRae"
<[email protected]>
Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out
the
widow and saying, "Daddy, there's an owl! An owl!" I asked him where he
was
looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree
not 25
feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly
got
up
and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30
degrees
out
and snowing. No matter.
I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will
fog
the
lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer
and
from
about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens ....gently.
Finally I
can
line up the shot.
Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You
almost
never
get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but
again,
I'll take it.
http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html
-Brendan
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