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Giphsub
Apr-11-2008, 09:47 AM
From an hour on Kamogawa River in Kyoto today. Comments welcome.

#1
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993655_jz5bQ-XL.jpg

#2
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993720_i3VPZ-XL.jpg

#3
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993765_fP9C3-XL.jpg

#4
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993824_Y6hNQ-XL.jpg

#5
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993866_W5Rxx-XL.jpg

#6
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993921_6PdFa-XL.jpg

#7
http://giphsub.smugmug.com/photos/277993998_6uu6H-XL.jpg
Travis
Apr-11-2008, 10:24 AM
Nice series. It may be my monitor (work laptop) but the images look mildly underexposed. A slight levels adjustment should make them pop. Sharpness and captures are awesome.
Harryb
Apr-11-2008, 04:10 PM
Great detail in those shots Mike. :clap
Giphsub
Apr-11-2008, 06:22 PM
Nice series. It may be my monitor (work laptop) but the images look mildly underexposed. A slight levels adjustment should make them pop. Sharpness and captures are awesome.

Cheers Travis. You could be right, I did some very quick pp on my laptop under different light to my usual spot, so I may have missed the levels on them. It was overcast though and quite dark at times, so the shots don't have the bright feel of a sunny day.
Giphsub
Apr-11-2008, 06:23 PM
Great detail in those shots Mike. :clap

Thanks Harry! I sat and watched the one egret there for a good 45 minutes. He was extremely active.
BigAl
Apr-11-2008, 08:15 PM
Nice set Mike :thumb Were these with the Bigma?



Nice series. It may be my monitor (work laptop) but the images look mildly underexposed. A slight levels adjustment should make them pop. Sharpness and captures are awesome.They aren't underexposed on mine. More exposure would blow out the whites.
riddim_maker
Apr-11-2008, 08:35 PM
Great set Mike :clap :clap :clap
Well exposed, composed and presented:thumb
bfjr
Apr-11-2008, 08:42 PM
Great detail in those shots Mike. :clap

:agree and like the angles
Travis
Apr-11-2008, 10:08 PM
Looking at these on my home monitor, I stand corrected. The look perfect!
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 02:30 AM
Nice set Mike :thumb Were these with the Bigma?



They aren't underexposed on mine. More exposure would blow out the whites.

Thanks BigAl! No, I have been using the Nikkor 18-200 here in Kyoto because the birds let you get very close, and I still don't have a decent tripod for the Bigma.
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 02:31 AM
Great set Mike :clap :clap :clap
Well exposed, composed and presented:thumb

Thanks Russ :D I blew the whites a little the previous outing and was watching a bit more closely that day.
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 02:32 AM
:agree and like the angles

Cheers Benjamin :D He was pretty helpful with the angles. He worked a zigzag grid and kept coming back to face me!
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 02:32 AM
Looking at these on my home monitor, I stand corrected. The look perfect!

Well no worries anyway! Cheers.:D
Ric Grupe
Apr-12-2008, 03:59 AM
Good ones, Mike. :thumb

#6 is a really nice action shot! :D
jwear
Apr-12-2008, 06:25 AM
lots better on the white :thumb that nikon glass does look better :D looks like you got one acting like a reddish :clap
dbaker1221
Apr-12-2008, 06:42 AM
great shots..love em!!
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 08:17 AM
Good ones, Mike. :thumb

#6 is a really nice action shot! :D

Thanks Ric! :D You know I have about 5 shots almost the same like that one. He was so active and caught a heap of fish!
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 08:18 AM
lots better on the white :thumb that nikon glass does look better :D looks like you got one acting like a reddish :clap

Thanks Jeff! Yeah I was watching the highlights more closely. Acting like a reddish??
Giphsub
Apr-12-2008, 08:20 AM
great shots..love em!!

Cheers Dave! :D It's always nice to know I'm doing more than just amusing myself with these! ;)