Garden Wildlife part 2

[IanC_UK]

http://www.apsq91.dsl.pipex.com/images/baby%20blacky1.jpg

Hmm i have loads taken this morning while laying on the floor at my parents !! Will post a couple more when i have converted them down a bit ! :)

Usual comments etc welcome !

Oh and NONE of them are cropped or edited in any way ! lol (apart from resize to forum guidelines of course)

I couldnt believe how close to the house these things actually came !! :)

[IanC_UK]

http://www.apsq91.dsl.pipex.com/images/female%20blackbird1.jpg

And another ! :)

[IanC_UK]

http://www.apsq91.dsl.pipex.com/images/male%20mallard1.jpg

[Matt]

Very good Ian, especially the second Blackbird shot.

Very good use of depth of field.

[IanC_UK]

Very good Ian, especially the second Blackbird shot.

Very good use of depth of field.

Thanks Matt :)

Think its more luck than judgement lol

[Matt]

You need to start somewhere.:D
You never stop learning in this hobby.

Going back to your image, bring up the levels a bit then apply USM (unsharp mask) Amount=20%, Radius=30, Threshhold=0
This will make the blackbird stand out even more from the background.

[IanC_UK]

You need to start somewhere.:D
You never stop learning in this hobby.

Going back to your image, bring up the levels a bit then apply USM (unsharp mask) Amount=20%, Radius=30, Threshhold=0
This will make the blackbird stand out even more from the background.

Hehehe :) yeah, i love digital photography, i used to take loads on film, but was costing the earth to get them developed, now i take pictures of things i would probably have never bothered with, to see how they come out ! Plus im learning a ton of stuff talking to everybody here as well ! :)

Hows this look ?

http://www.apsq91.dsl.pipex.com/images/female%20blackbird2.jpg

[Matt]

Thats improved quite a bit.

I only picked up the USM tip a few weeks ago from another forum.
So like I said earlier we're all still learning.