Black eared-kite in pair

Posted by daniel ck chan on Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:36 am

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The shot was taken in Tsim Bei Tsui, Hong Kong in Oct 03. The followings are the technical details. Please comment. Thanks.
10D+500IS+1.4x, ISO200, Manual Exposure, f5.6, 1/800

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:48 am

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Beautiful birds and wonderful back shots. A little more usm would make them pop.

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by KK Hui on Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:58 am

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Nice shot, Daniel!

Per Alan's comment plus a bit more contrast ...

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by Peterh on Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:06 am

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Great action Daniel,

amazing

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by Bill Whala on Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:46 am

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Very nice shot!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:33 am

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Super cool birds and great implied action.

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:52 am

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Remarkable !

At first I was going to "complain" that there wasn't complete separation between the two birds, but now I feel it's actually preferable the way you've got it; it makes the scene look more 3D.

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by AForns on Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:26 am

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Two birds in the frame in focus and in flight on top of that. Very nice. Congratulations Daniel

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by Jim Neiger on Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:31 am

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Awesome action capture!

I agree with KK's suggestions.

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by daniel ck chan on Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:56 am

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Thanks for your comments.

Alan, KK,

I have increased a bit sharpness and contrast. Pls press "refresh" to see if it has differences.

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by AlexC on Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:02 pm

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Excellent pair!!, Great flight action to boot!! Congrats!!

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by Jill on Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:25 pm

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Daniel, A very beautiful shot ... even though I can only see the top half of the image. Tried refresh several times to no avail.

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by daniel ck chan on Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:25 am

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Jill wrote:......can only see the top half of the image. Tried refresh several times to no avail.

It shall be OK now. Sorry about that......

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:24 pm

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Wonderful flight image Daniel,

The birds are plain compared to the Kites found in South U.S. but you have captured elegant poses from both birds. The completely extended and straight edge of the lead birds fore-wing contrasts nicely against the curved fore-wing of the trailing bird.

I love this!

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