On Sat, Jun 29, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:03 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com >> <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps not as sharp as I'd have liked this is the first one of >>> these I've shot. At first I thought it might be a female but it >>> seems that the faint stripe across his breast marks him as a >>> juvenile: >>> >>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/juvenile-tree-swallow.html?m=1 > > Yeah, his upper breast is blown out. That's a difficulty photographing > these guys especially with the sun where it is in this photo. If I get > feather detail on the white breast the rest of him is too dark. > > I guess I could have pulled way back on the exposure and then worked > it in photoshop but (a) it's too late because I only got a two shots > (six total since I bracketed) then he flew off, and (b) I missed the > focus a bit anyway so really there's not much use putting too much > work into it. It's not a keeper and is really only of interest to me > because so far it's the only juvenile tree swallow I've got to date.
The focus may not be perfect, but it sure looks pretty sharp to me. You might also do HDR with the bracket. You should keep this -- you may feel differently about it later, especially if you play with it more. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
