Sometimes it's not so much the quality of the shot...

[jimf]

...but the fact that you managed to take it at at all.

http://www.frostbytes.com/gallery-albums/mousilake-2004/P1240012.sized.jpg

That's about a mile below the summit of Mt. Mousilake in NH last Saturday. It was about -17F when I took it. I actually got pretty much what I was trying to get before my fingers went numb.

A little later there was a kind of crystal forest -- a tunnel of trees that were completely coated in ice. It was gorgeous. But by the time I got the snowshoes on I was too cold to pull out the camera. Sigh.

[cmr164]

...but the fact that you managed to take it at at all.


That's about a mile below the summit of Mt. Mousilake in NH last Saturday. It was about -17F when I took it. I actually got pretty much what I was trying to get before my fingers went numb.
Knowing you, you probably rode there! Are these with the new camera?

[gus]

I RECON !!!!!!!! I took this shot from behind my head whilst trying to hide behind a light fitting 300 feet up. You should have seen my face when i regained posture & looked at the shot.

Try that again ..If any one would like to clean the shot up...pls feel free.

http://humongous.smugmug.com/photos/1177627-L.jpg

[cmr164]

I RECON !!!!!!!! I took this shot from behind my head whilst trying to hide behind a light fitting 300 feet up. You should have seen my face when i regained posture & looked at the shot.

Try that again ..If any one would like to clean the shot up...pls feel free.


Quick stab... rotate -14 degrees, +5% saturation, 40% sharpen...

[wxwax]

My turn to play. Humungoloid, this has been cropped, the bird brightened with levels and contrast, the sky darkened with levels, a little blur to the sky and overall one pass at sharpening. As usual, the Photoshopping is a little too obvious, but you get the idea.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/2177474-L.jpg

[gus]

Thanks blokes...they look much better.

[jimf]

Are these with the new camera?

No, I didn't have it yet, this is the C2500L. Besides, the Li-Ion battery on the Canon probably wouldn't even have enough juice to turn it on in -17F weather :-).