You've done a nice job with this one. The heron stands out sufficiently from the background. The old adage holds true 'You can never have too much focal length!'
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:54:35 AM, you wrote: BW> G'day all BW> I never get sick of seeing these birds. They're very common but they BW> are such elegant and attractive creatures. BW> http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/147837/White-faced_Heron.html BW> This was taken hand held with the trusty FA 80-320 mm. It perhaps lacks BW> a little contrast between the bird and the background rocks but the BW> bird's pose was quite striking. BW> This is a substantial crop of the original frame, upsized back to 6 MP BW> in multiple steps with a little intermediate sharpening along the way. BW> Comments appreciated. BW> Cheers BW> Brian BW> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BW> Brian Walters BW> Western Sydney Australia BW> http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ BW> -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.