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Postby Pa on Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:33 pm

i took these on the banks of the manning river last wednesday morning c&c welcome.
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Postby Marvin on Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:54 pm

I can't seem to see the first one. In the second one you lose the bird with the seed? in the background. The seagull is nice and clear with a good OOF background. Likewise, in the fourth you have done well to get a nice coloured background and not overexpose the pelican too much. I enjoy trying to take pictures of birds - never an easy exercise so well done.
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Postby mudder on Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:07 pm

G'day Pa,

Beautiful bird in the first two, looks like you could perhaps go for a bit more contrast and I'd probably crop in a bit on the first to exclude the darker stuff on the left and frame closer in on the bird...

Seagulls are tricky to exposure for I reckon and pelicans are an exposure nightmare, hot white next to black, doh, I always have trouble with them :lol: Great pose and background for the pelican shot too, isolates him well...
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Postby Pa on Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:20 am

thanks marvan and mudder for your comments.
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Postby kipper on Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:45 am

The fourth is my favorite out of these, but I must ask are these heavy crops? There looks a fair bit of loss in feather detail (except the seagull).
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Postby Pa on Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:44 am

hi darryl the seagull, there is very little crop to it, the pellican was about 50 mtrs away and the lorri"s were about 10 mtrs so they were cropped a fair bit.
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