Check post 64 in your what do you want thread ,the one you likedPerhaps you can tell us what you think of them first Pete?
It's much easier to give a constructive critique if you know what the standpoint of the shooter is. Do you think they are perfect and should be on your wall, or do you have your own idea of their potential short-comings?
Wildlife photography is my passion but I'm limited with time and with variety even though I live in the country, I don't bother with posting them as I feel quite capable of judgment myself, when I feel I get a more interesting photo then I might but it is boring to see the same kinds of photos all the time. Nothing wrong with truth but it depends how it's put.
Not bad I would say, they weren't planned, don't like the fences but wasn't a lot I could do, it was wet and quite dark, nothing special about the subjects though I did like the way the wood pigeon was having a showerPerhaps you can tell us what you think of them first Pete?
It's much easier to give a constructive critique if you know what the standpoint of the shooter is. Do you think they are perfect and should be on your wall, or do you have your own idea of their potential short-comings?
Thought I'd throw myself to the lions :-DDen pays much mre attention to 'who' the poster is than I do. I hadn't put two and two together and hadn't even noticed whose post I'd linked in another thread was the OP here.
Pete said he was quite capable of self-judgement, so my opening gambit still stands. Over to you Pete!
I had it on all.focus points:-oInteresting to see the raindrop exploding near the pigeons foot
The head / eye look a little soft as the focus is more on its rear end. Not easy to pick out the head on a moving / flapping subject.
I normally use single point focus and move the point up a step or 2 if I am photographing perched birds - preparation can help. This would also help avoid cropping off part of the tail.
These were all seen and quickly grab the camera so didn't get time to get all the settings right that's why I was quite pleased they come out at all.I thought they were all soft/blurred.
#1 shot at 1/40th sec may have something to do with it as f5.6 should have given enough depth of field.
#2 again looks soft, although shot at 1/500th should have been fine. Fence looks in focus, the birds don't. I like the showing of birds behaviour.
#3 a tiny bit of the fence is in focus, the rest is blurred. even faster shutter speed this time 1/1250
Download fastone it's free & gives you a fair amount of options included clone/healing, straighting, colours, curves ect, then move up to LR
Will definitely go lightroomI'd go for lightroom straight away. The processing is just a part of it. The cataloguing., organising, finding of images is superb, the print module for me is essential
Fair enough - we've all done that, just the last two were quite high shutter speeds with a reasonable depth of field from the f number. Even at 20 feet from the subject you should have had about 6 inches so its unusual they seem so soft.These were all seen and quickly grab the camera so didn't get time to get all the settings right that's why I was quite pleased they come out at all.
It's worth watching the short tutorials to give you a good headstart. As said it's so much more than a processing tool, it's actually a workflow toolWill definitely go lightroom
Could be the lens, 70 300 tamron vcFair enough - we've all done that, just the last two were quite high shutter speeds with a reasonable depth of field from the f number. Even at 20 feet from the subject you should have had about 6 inches so its unusual they seem so soft.
Appreciate thatIt's worth watching the short tutorials to give you a good headstart. As said it's so much more than a processing tool, it's actually a workflow tool
http://tv.adobe.com/channel/how-to/lightroom-tutorials/
Could be the lens, 70 300 tamron vc though it has seemed sharp
Whats the difference with the student and teacher versions?
Students and teachers get a reduced price, but i presume you need to prove you are either a student or teacher
That'll do - it's what I run currentlyOK right, just got one lightroom 4 £30
I have d700 and 7100 so hopefully? If not I'll have to sell it and start again:-(
on the picture crit 1 had the potential to be a great shot, and the rain is very atmospheric,
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A serious question - how do you see this as having potential to be a "great shot"
can you explain your logic?
Well 'great shot' is a subjective thing - its never going to be the front page of bird watching magazine - but as shots of wood pigeons go it has the potential to be quite a good one its not badly composed or exposed, the rain lends a nice touch , the only thing really wrong with it is that eye isn't sharp
IMO some posters in this section sometimes forget that this site is about photography, not bird watching,