Great capture. The bird on the left is a little hot on my monitor. Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Abbott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:00 AM Subject: PESO - A Pair of Birds > I went a-wandering this morning to try and find a tree that would look > nice for next months PUG. Today's the first sunny day that I've had a > chance to go out with my new *istDS so I thought I'd have a bit of an > experiment. Suffice to say, the experimentation didn't go too well and > my tree shots were crap. > > However, I randomly spied a couple of birdies up in a tree and got a > few shots. http://cowfish.org.uk/paw/birds.html is my favourite (270kb > I'm afraid...) > > Although what rather tropical looking birds like these are doing in > Gunnersbury Park in west London in December I'm not sure. > > Anyway, this is a) one of my first attempts at shooting wildlife > (first for birds in trees) and b) the first time I've done much > shooting with my DS, so any hints and tips much appreciated. > > Also, any advice on a free image manipulation program for Windows > would be great - my trial period for PSP ran out the day I got the DS > and I need something to tide me over until the new year, when I can > think about buying a real license. I'm using IrFanView at the moment > (and occasionally wrestle with the GIMP). > > Billy >
