Theyre very competent shots, but I think the flash ruins them - it has flattened everything about the birds and makes them look like cardboard cutouts against the background. There's no sense of texture, richness of colour, or volume.
B > > Grace and I went to the Johnson nature center today. I shot a few birds > while she fed apples to the deer. Cold, but fun. I used the A 400/5.6 > with the 540 flash and Xtender. The 400 always leaves a bit of fringing > in the background branches. Could clean it up in PS, but I didn't > bother this time. Maybe later. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14780264&size=lg (a little > pecker) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14780263&size=lg (a chickadee I > lielieve. This one's a hair soft, but I like the composition.) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14780352&size=lg (Don't know > what this guy might be. And I haven't looked in my book.) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14780353&size=lg (Another one > unknown to me. Some kind of sparrow or just an itty-bitty chickadee?) > > Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
