I have a photo of a Gull on the wing somewhere, taken on film. Pentax
LX w f1.7x converter, and F 70-210 f4~5.6 racked out to 357mm, wide open
(which is roughly f11). So a long slowish lens shooting a moving bird
in the air, I was pretty pleased with it. The image was fairly sharp,
but it was obvious that I'd nailed focus on the birds trailing talons,
while it's eye was just a bit fuzzy. I seem to have lost the scan and
the image is no longer on the web, otherwise I'd post a link...
On 10/7/2010 12:04 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Thanks, P.J.
I noticed the halo almost immediately after I'd sent the link. (Funny
how that seems to happen just about every time I post a link to the
list.) There's something magical about the process of sending links
to my photos that reveals heretofore unseen flaws to me.
The worst part is that, at least in my hands, any attempt to fix the
flaw that suddenly reveals itself is damn near guaranteed to ruin the
entire image. So, this sort of hearkens back to the question about
what to keep and what to trash: this being a shot that I stick back
in the pile for a little while longer, until I've learned enough to
fix it without destroying the whole thing.
So, for now, it's a keeper, but not yet a showpiece.
-- Walt
On 10/6/2010 4:55 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
There's still a bit of halo around the bird, and focus seems to be
on the far wing. Still in all it's a very nice attempt.
On 10/6/2010 2:06 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
After posting the question regarding what images to keep vs. which
to delete, I thought I'd post this one ... the first in-flight
capture of a bird I ever took. This is the one that got me hooked
on it, and what made me immediately fall in love with my K-x. It
remains one of my favorites among all the photos I've taken.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5057232937/
K-x, DA L 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/6000, Shutter Priority
Unfortunately, when I resized it it stripped all the XIF data out,
but fortunately (thanks to Picasa) I still have the original file.
Comments, critiques, and hagiographic commentary are, of course,
welcome.
-- Walt
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