my first ducks, woohoo

ivar · March 4, 2006

I had a camera today for a few minutes, with a reasonably long lens and i found my target. Ducks!!! (no egrets around this part of the world, sorry) first time photographing ducks (or even animals come to think of it). I wasn't impressed with the lens. But hey, what do i know and care, i got pictures

This is my trying-to-understand-PS-too-much-time duck-shot. Does it work? hmm, i'm not convinced.

saurora · March 4, 2006

You have a nice reflection going there in the first shot, but I don't like that his tail-end is missing. Probably would have worked better as a horizontal. I l like the 2nd shot best, but mostly for the ripple effect in the water. The last one just doesn't work for me in black and white. Neither does the grainy effect...is it your exposure or PS??? I'm not an expert at either

so can't offer too much help on correcting these!!! I hope you were borrowing this lens since it didn't impress you much!

ivar · March 4, 2006

saurora wrote:

You have a nice reflection going there in the first shot, but I don't like that his tail-end is missing. Probably would have worked better as a horizontal. I l like the 2nd shot best, but mostly for the ripple effect in the water. The last one just doesn't work for me in black and white. Neither does the grainy effect...is it your exposure or PS??? I'm not an expert at either so can't offer too much help on correcting these!!! I hope you were borrowing this lens since it didn't impress you much!

Thanks for looking. I have a similar one to number 1, and it is a 'landscape' one. But the duck was so exactly in the middle, i just didn't like it

To be honest, the third one, is my way of playing with PS, and trying to save a picture. The owner of the camera left it on 1600 iso, and i didn't check

till i was starting to wonder about the absurdly high shutterspeeds. So grain comes both from camera, and PS. Both the camera and the lens weren't mine. Focus was soooooo..... sloooooooowwwww.....

Thusie · March 4, 2006

Fun huh?:): Nice job all round but I do miss the ducks butt in the first shot

ivar · March 4, 2006

Thusie wrote:

Fun huh?:): Nice job all round but I do miss the ducks butt in the first shot

Okay, especially for you and Saurora, the missing half of the first picture :giggle

And yeah, it was fun actually

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saurora · March 4, 2006

ivar wrote:

Okay, especially for you and Saurora, the missing half of the first picture :giggle

And yeah, it was fun actually :

Now you can practice your stitching in PS....be sure to post your results.

(Glad you're at least having fun!)

Rohirrim · March 4, 2006

Glad you were able to capture your target. As has been mentioned the first one is nice, but missing a little

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I don't really feel the B&W works that well in your last one, thats just me though.

ivar · March 4, 2006

saurora wrote:

Now you can practice your stitching in PS....be sure to post your results.
(Glad you're at least having fun!)

I'm always having fun when i have a camera in my hands

: It was good practice for stitching. But i ended up with duck who needed to see a chiropractor ASAP, hehe.

ivar · March 4, 2006

Rohirrim wrote:

Glad you were able to capture your target. As has been mentioned the first one is nice, but missing a little .

I don't really feel the B&W works that well in your last one, thats just me though.

Thanks for looking. I know and agree about the first one, but i still like it for some reason. About the last one, i don't think it's just you, i think it's just everyone (including me

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Thusie · March 4, 2006

saurora wrote:

Now you can practice your stitching in PS....be sure to post your results.
(Glad you're at least having fun!)

:DGlad to see the duckie all back together

Awais Yaqub · March 4, 2006

o very nice photos weldone they are cute

my first ducks, woohoo

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