Beginner My best kestrel photos, so far

Two lovely shots Jason (y), the male possibly a tad under-exposed, looks like it could have done another 2/3rds of a stop plus on the ISO

Its very subjective but I'd have been tempted to clone the branch from the left hand side on the female :)
 
Cheers for the comments Phil, the photo would probably look better without the branch on the left but I don't like to edit my photos that much, if it was an unnatural distraction i probably would have tried to remove it. I think my eyes are a bit sensitive to light perhaps due to the extra hole in my eye and i seem to prefer pics that most people would consider under exposed, I would rather have a slightly under exposed pic than over exposed but I appreciate your input.
 
I've done a bit of editing, any better?
 

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you have caught some very nice colours in both the male and female and while both look fine, they would look even better with the exposure brightened by half a stop or so. The composition of the first is fine but the female is a bit too central and would look better with most of the left side of the canvas cropped so it appears she is looking into the frame
 
ChrisA said:
Wonderful shots Jason. Have you got any of the owls from Farlington yet ?
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Unfortunately not. Have tried a few times and just not been lucky, missed them by about 30 minutes on one of our attempts, maybe next time!
 
stanm said:
you have caught some very nice colours in both the male and female and while both look fine, they would look even better with the exposure brightened by half a stop or so. The composition of the first is fine but the female is a bit too central and would look better with most of the left side of the canvas cropped so it appears she is looking into the frame
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How's this?
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Second kestrel perching photo - Copy[/url] by Jason Evans, on Flickr[/IMG] Second kestrel perching photo - Copy by Jason Evans, on Flickr
 
Jason, you've got 2 very fine shots there, both well executed at the shooting stage, but both need just a touch of TLC to really make them shine.

I'd done a quick report of your second before I went out earlier, and it's quite similar to what you've done with your second version, but I've left it a little looser - I might as well post it now for comparison!

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The head angle giving us a look back makes this work extremely well for me.

The first needs a bit of attention in 2 areas. Again, it's a superb shot, but a little dark and there is a visible sharpening halo around the bird. That can sometimes be introduced by Flickr, so might be worth checking out your original. It also needs brightening up a bit. It does however have a very nice wing position, nice fanned tail and again, the all important look towards the camera.

Please post some more!

Mike
 
pooley said:
Jason, you've got 2 very fine shots there, both well executed at the shooting stage, but both need just a touch of TLC to really make them shine.

I'd done a quick report of your second before I went out earlier, and it's quite similar to what you've done with your second version, but I've left it a little looser - I might as well post it now for comparison!

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The head angle giving us a look back makes this work extremely well for me.

The first needs a bit of attention in 2 areas. Again, it's a superb shot, but a little dark and there is a visible sharpening halo around the bird. That can sometimes be introduced by Flickr, so might be worth checking out your original. It also needs brightening up a bit. It does however have a very nice wing position, nice fanned tail and again, the all important look towards the camera.

Please post some more!

Mike
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That looks good, how did you manage to move it without cropping as much as I did?
 
I cheated!

In PS or Elements (and probably other editors) you can add canvas to the frame, then there are a couple of ways of filling in the new space that isn't in your original. If you have one of those programs let me know and I'll talk you through it - its really easy, especially with a plain background like this.

Mike
 
Both edits are a big improvement Jason (y)
 
Fabulous Jason also lovely work from mike on post cracking to see and read. I find these guys hard even though they are everywhere ,hmm owls:D best not go there maybe next year:rolleyes:
Stu
 
pooley said:
I cheated!

In PS or Elements (and probably other editors) you can add canvas to the frame, then there are a couple of ways of filling in the new space that isn't in your original. If you have one of those programs let me know and I'll talk you through it - its really easy, especially with a plain background like this.

Mike
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I don't have PS or Elements. I use Canon digital photo professional ver 4 and also windows live photo gallery. I have still to get to grips with the Canon software, some of it is a little bit technical for me, the windows live one is a lot more easier to use, but is rather limited on what you can do.
 
Cool Jason made up for you mate,maybe we'll get a chance over chrimbo,We know they are there and see them oft,but almost always the light has gone for pics.

Buddy I only use DPP 4 at the mo have a look here http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0/0300015460/01/dpp-4-0-00-w-im-en.pdf it's a cool RAW converter but sadly everything is global think there is also an update recently added.

lovely images mate Kes is a passion of mine amongst others:D

Stu
 
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