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[evoWALO]

The Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. There are also a huge number of this species inhabits towns and cities, where they take refuge in abandoned buildings and trees. They often move in large groups and considered as one of the noisiest species of birds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Glossy_Starling

 

[Dr_Q]

evoWALO, I'm still of the opinion that you're oversharpening your bird shots. The above looks like both the birds and the plant are made out of plastic, they're just not believable to me. I like bird shots a lot and I know how hard it is to capture anything, I just wish you'd tone down the sharpening a bit!

 

[evoWALO]

Dr_Q as I upload the full version to flickr it is possible that the site's resizing technology may be oversharpening the image. Also the shot you see above has been cropped from 16MP to 1.2MP so it could be that also. The birds were unfortunately about a hundred meters or so away from me under cloudy defused light.

 

[SileNceR]

evoWALO - check the settings in your editing program, I know in mine when I export (lightroom2) I have it set to sharpen for screen; and this is something I have to remember to turn off if i've been particularly heavy on sharpening during PP (otherwise the edges are waay too sharp) - it looks like you may have this issue as your shots look sort of... sharpened on top of sharpening.

 

[IceBone]

You should only apply unsharpmask after you have resized the photo to the desired dimensions. If you sharpen before, then resize and sharpen again it will 1) look worse, 2) lose information.

 

[KaJuN]

I've been looking for something like that for ages, nothing...

I did find a walkway under a railway track with the most psychadelic lighting ever...

Lone Star is on his way to push the self-destruct button! Come on Scwartz!!


And jumping back in the thread with one of my own. I would have missed this shot if I hadn't noticed it when coming out of the restroom. :lol:

https://pic.armedcats.net/k/ka/kajun/2010/03/23/med.jpg

 

[flyinhawaiian]

From my weekend at a Dyno meet:

 

[Top Geek]

We've had a lot of fluctuation between warm and cool in the past few weeks, which has left some deep textures in the ice over the pond...

https://pic.armedcats.net/e/ep/epp_b/2010/03/24/2010-03-23_Freeze_Melt_Freeze.jpg

 

[IceBone]

Horizon's a bit too high? Try putting it at the golden ratio.

 

[Olie]

Havn't shot much.

have some car Noms

 

[Top Geek]

Horizon's a bit too high? Try putting it at the golden ratio.

Fair enough, although I wanted to feature the ice more than anything else. I don't really think that's actually a very good shot anyway.

 

[Alok]

 

[flyinhawaiian]

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I'd like to see more of both the car (RX-8) and the girl... not necessarily in that order...

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/finktel_jr/4454594581/sizes/l/"][IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4454594581_ec8efa55c9_b.jpg[/URL]

 

[evoWALO]

Philippine Woodpecker (Dendrocopos maculatus)

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 800 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: +4/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
Software: Aperture
Date and Time: 2010:03:13 17:28:41
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto

 

[Top Geek]

evoWALO, I haven't commented on any of your recent shots, but mostly because I figured it would be superfluous; the "stunning" factor of your bird shots is implied.

 

[evoWALO]

evoWALO, I haven't commented on any of your recent shots, but mostly because I figured it would be superfluous; the "stunning" factor of your bird shots is implied.

Feel free to be critical. Without it we would never improve. If i were to critique my shot I would say my angle was wrong and my focus wasn't on the birdies' head.

 

[phuckingduck]

epp: would you be offended if I told you that some of your shots seem like work you've already done? Your good, incredibly good, one of my favorite here, but I see you repeat yourself photographically.

evo: drop it to 1600 and just take the 1/500 shot. The grain takes away from that shot (for some reason the grain causes my eyes to go to the leaf in the background rather than the birds) and you have headroom to afford a slower shutter speed. And yeah, watch your focus.

 

[djdorifto]

 

[Top Geek]

epp: would you be offended if I told you that some of your shots seem like work you've already done? Your good, incredibly good, one of my favorite here, but I see you repeat yourself photographically.

Not offended at all. I'm running out of things to shoot in this area. Any ideas?

 

[djdorifto]

nakey girls