Recent content by Cap'n Fishy

It's actually going off to a commercial printer for a calendar. I don't know what his gear is, but I know he converts to CMYK, and so to ease the pain, I do the conversion before I send them off, so I can see how much damage there is and I at least have a chance to make a few tweaks or even...

Aye, that's it. I did a bit investigation. I have an inkjet, which needless to say prints in CMYK. I took the original in RGB with the nice vibrant lilacs and set up a print job with it, and then clicked the gamut warning. Sure enough, it flagged the whole area where the lilacs were. I...

Once a year I need to convert some images from RGB to CMYK for printing purposes. I am doing it in PS using <Edit> <Convert to Profile>. Most don't change to any significant extent in the conversion, but the odd one goes really naff, with a lot of loss of saturation of certain colours. That...

Thanks for the feedback. If anyone would like to see the full 65 I processed (as I said, quality and sharpness are variable!) they are here... Buchanty Spout full set All 65 were taken without moving an inch. It is a very popular spot at the right time - and on a rare idyllic Sunday...

Time between first shot and last was one hour and 40 minutes. Total frames taken was 585. Total frames processed was 65 - of variable quality and sharpness. I picked 6 for the post here to be representative of the sort of shots I was getting - longer and wider - cock and hen fish. Col

I took the 200 mm f2.8 thinking I would need it, but you are actually so close to the fish at that spot that 200 mm is too long! Added to which, at 200 mm the job of catching them mid-leap is all the more difficult. So, most of them were taken with the 24-105 mm f4. You'll tell which were at...

Taken at Buchanty Spout, River almond, Perthshire, on 21 October. A good exercise at testing your reflexes! I gave up on AF - not the camera's fault - just me not fast enough. Took to pre-focusing on a point in space and waiting for a fish to coincide...

One of a pair spotted from our boat on Loch Leven yesterday... Tricky to get a decent focus, as it was choppy and the boat was rocking all over the shop. This was about the best I managed. Have seen guillemots inland on Lake of Menteith before, but these were the first I have seen on...

Aye, well, that was what I thought. When have you ever seen a 100% crop that didn't suffer....?

Aye, well, I'm not claiming they are prize-winners - just thought folk might like a look at the local osprey. I was in a moving boat... about 100 yards away... and it was raining... and there was a branch in front of the bird's face most of the time that I had to wait for the wind to blow out...

A couple of 100% crops of Yosemite Sam from Lake of Menteith today. It was dreich as ffff...., hence the bedraggled appearance. Col

Aye, I can see how it looks like I borrowed a long ladder! It was just the lie of the land. All shots were taken with a 100-400 mm lens. I was on the cliff-tops and 1 and 5 were taken distant, left and right (135 mm and 160 mm respectively). However, there were birds just below me, here...

On the cliffs at Duncansby Head... Col

Took these in the mouth of the Carron burn while we were boat fishing at the weekend. Only 2 scenes - deep shade (and high ISO) - or a gazillion candlepower! Tried to focus on mum's eye - reckoned it was the best option? Not sure if mum is 100% mallard though? Col

Anyone or anything prepared to eat their way through a pike is to be admired and congratulated! Col