On 3/23/2012 4:21 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Walt Gilbert <[email protected]>:
Hi all,
Well, it was a rainy most of the day, so I didn't stray too far from
the front porch. I did manage to get in a few shots during the
breaks, and took advantage of the alcove I used to sit in for my bird
photos until a storm blew down the tree that I used for the backdrop.
Seems there's a blockage in the gutter that causes the water to spill
over the side, creating some neat patterns in the falling water when
the rain gets particularly heavy. I used a combination of the K-x,
the A-50/1.7 and my Promaster 70-300 to get a mix of shots.
Here they be:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629282718468/
Unfortunately, I forgot to set my white balance and didn't change out
to my 18-55 kit lens before shooting the last two shots. So, they're
not as good as I'd hoped they'd be. Also, I was shooting in a hurry,
so they just didn't turn out as well as I'd have liked them to. It
really was a beautiful sight at the time, but you really had to be
there.
It looks as if the last two were DNGs so can't just change the white
balance in Lightroom or whatever raw processor you're using? Congrats
on the sale, by the way.
I especially like these two:
* IMGP5881-1 - might be worth playing around with different crops to
focus more attention on the bird.
* IMGP5924-1
Thank you, Brian!
Unfortunately, I don't have Lightroom, so I'm sort of stuck using Picasa
to warm/cool the image tones and tinker around the edges from there with
GIMP and IrfanView (with Photoshop plugins).
I thought about cropping in a little tighter on the bird shot, but
decided to err on the side of preserving as much as I could of the
original for showing to the list in order to get the right critique, and
I do agree with you. It would probably benefit from a little more
aggressive cropping. I'm going to fiddle with it a bit more to see what
I can come up with without losing too much resolution.
Thanks again!
-- Walt
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