Birds of Prey 1

[Bryan Hunt]

Here are some more pics from the International Bird of Prey Centre Newent

 

[Glen Roberts]

You've doen very well with the first shot to get it in focus, those Falcons come in at some speed...

 

[Hamish Gill]

Number 4!
because there is more separation of colour and tone from the background, and for its composition i think
number 5 would have been awesome should it have been just that little bit sharper!
do you ever do any pp Bryan?

 

[Bryan Hunt]

The only one with any pp is number 1 and that has only bee cropped

 

[Hamish Gill]

do you avoid post process for a reason?
just interested ... hope you dont mind me prying?

 

[Bryan Hunt]

I am not very good at it thats all, so try to do very little .My daughter tries to show me but its no sinking in must try harder and also i am a bit old school so like to get it right straight from the camera

 

[Hamish Gill]

What software do you use?
Have a download of the free trial of lightroom ...
its very easy and takes little getting used to ...

the d300 is a very good camera ... in fact its a pro camera
pro cameras tend to take less punchy and lower contrast images because they expect you to be pping the images ...

if you really dont want to pp have you tried changing the picture settings to add a bit more colour and contrast in camera?

 

[Ralph Thornton]

...i am a bit old school so like to get it right straight from the camera

I definitely agree that it's best to get as much as possible straight from the camera. I tried to avoid pp when I started with digital too. But then an artist friend pointed out that in film I made the shot and then turned the processing over to some one else. I had no control over the post processing and took what I got. I remember throwing away so many slides after a big trip that I wondered about all the wasted money and resources.

Now with digital I don't have let someone else process my photos. I am learning (definitely not an expert) that the camera is only one part of the creative process of making a good photograph. Keep up the good work!

 

[Bryan Hunt]

I've got CS5 which i am slowly trying to learn but sometime just pop on to Picnik to make some quick edits

 

[Bryan Hunt]

Is this better? just a bit of curves and sharpening