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Aplomado Falcon- over the shoulder


Posted by stevebein on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:25 pm

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From a trip to Mexico last year. Shot from the back of a pickup.
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10D or D60, I forget which, 500IS, 2XII, plus 1.6 multiplier+ 1600mm equivalent

1/250 sec, f/8.0
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 400
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by Alan Murphy on Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:13 pm
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Steve, this came out sharp for that magnifacation. well done. Love the pose.
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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:56 am
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Very sweet shot and pose Steve. Lovely bird - I have never heard of this particular Falcon. Nice one! 8)
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by Jerry Merrell on Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:57 am
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Steve, I have enough trouble sighting and focusing with just one teleconverter. Nice photo.
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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:26 am
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Gorgeous bird and a nice composition. There are sharpening artifacts visible throughout.
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by stevebein on Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:48 am
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EJ,
How do you see the artifacts and I don't? What do you use as a monitor, or do you enlarge?? Some people here see and comment on sharpening artifacts and some dont' see them. Is it just education for the eye, or do different monitors show differently, or do they enlarge the images?
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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:06 pm
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Nope no enlargement - just viewing it on a monitor - they are very clear on the underside of the tree and on any right-side subject to sky edge. If you don't see them then your monitor is out of focus or just not up to the task of critical photo work.
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by Wayne Nicholas on Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:35 pm
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I also see the artifacts on this, Steve. They're visible on the right and lower edge of the tree and the upper and right edges of the bird. They appear as a lighter area between the sky and the tree and the sky and the bird.
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by Marc Oliver on Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:51 pm
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Nice shot but I see obvious sharpening halos as well. All CRT monitors will degrade over time - I wouldn't trust anything over 3 years old for critical work. Also, I would sharpen the image first and then add text.

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by Bill Whala on Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:37 pm
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Cool shot of a really cool bird. 8)

I'm seeing sharpening halos along the right edges like E.J. said. Using the Smudge tool with a hard (non-feathered) 3pt brush will clean up the artifacts.
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by stevebein on Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:30 am
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I looked again and found that I had saved two versions of this image. Here is the first, the one above is the oversharpened one. Comments??
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by chew on Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:11 am
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Much better.
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