Appreciate the feedback. I did shoot some without flash as well, but the backlight was just too overwhelming.
On Dec 11, 2011, at 3:04 AM, Bob W wrote: > 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. -- 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.
