They ain't that bad for a canon user
Have to agree with the snake though, don't like the wire in the squirrel but the peregrine and owl are good
Good point with regard to the Peregrine crop Chris, I think the same could be set for the Snowy as well.
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Darran, I don't know how much of a crop you have going on for that PF shot, but it does look a little off. Hopefully we can sort things out on Wednesday. Just as a comparison here's a shot from my 7D and 100-400, wide open at 400mm, shown as a 50% crop and unedited.
Do you have a filter fitted? Is the lens spotless? I know your AF microadjustment needs checking, but your shot does seem to lack punch. Partly that's down to the lighting, but I wonder what else is going on. Your pictures are lacking EXIF data.
Also, while I can't be certain, it looks like you may be outputting your files in the Adobe RGB colour space. Colours are rendering differently in IE9 vs FF3.6. Something seems not to be quite right.
Do what you like with the Owl Daz, don't like 'em
But yes it would work just as well
I don't see any pictures of cake?
Fricking Flickr - I want to see EXIF from a quick right click on an image. I don't want to come over all Sherlock Holmes to find basic image data. I hate Flickr. The EXIF should be in the image (IMHO).Tim,
It's not cropped much and the exif data should be available as it can be viewed on flickr.
No filter fitted, I prefer not to use them as I've always felt that a hood offers good protection
As far as I am aware, the lens was spotless, I tend to check quite often when shooting.
I've just checked and oops, you are correct, they were exported via Adobe RGB rather than sRGB.
Fricking Flickr - I want to see EXIF from a quick right click on an image. I don't want to come over all Sherlock Holmes to find basic image data.
Actually, can you email me the raw file for the PF, if you don't mind? I'll have a gander and see what it looks like unmolested.
Pretty good set overall Darran
I found the birds of prey very difficult and the squirrels were a bugger to get! I'm determined to do better next time. Good to meet you by the way
Did you notice I didn't mention cake
the more I bite, the bigger I get
Good images Darran. Useful tips from Tim.
Now I did not even hint that it might be Darren
Wish I had thought to photograph some weighing scales and put the squirrel on those though
but most people jumping on the bandwagon don't even know the orginal story and there are fatter ****ers here than me!!!
And your point is :shrug:
I did not phrase that very well - forget about you and the cake - I think the picture you took of the squirrel superimposed onto scales would look good
Thanks Darren, I normally post with the layers showing if I post it in the post processing and image editing section but for some reason did not do it this time.
I think it probably went something like:
Duplicate image (I always duplicate so I have a clean copy to go back to if (when) something goes wrong)
Select squirrel and create mask
Mask - refine mask enough that the fence disappears
New blank layer, clone tool, set current and below, and clone fur over the areas where the fence was
Look through own library for tree branch with similar light angle to put it on and end up with mushroom
Resize mushroom to fit squirrel (sort of)
Select area of mushroom around feet and create new layer to try and make it look as if it had tucked its toenails into it
New layer and create shadow behind squirrel
You have caught such a great pose with this squirrel that the potential ideas for playing with it are endless