photographing birds in flight - advice sheet

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Kerry

Well today I finally got the chance to put some of the info on the sheet into practice. Until now all flying birds had spitefully stayed out of range but this morning the farmer fed the sheep near to the hedgerow and I managed to get a few shots of gulls, crows and rooks. Only the gulls turned out OK as the rooks/crows just showed up as mainly flat black without detail of feathers etc. Below is a link to three of the photos; not brilliant but not bad for a first try. Many thanks Pete.

gulls

Kerry

Nice - it sounds as though the rooks are underexposed (that can easily happen with predominantly black subjects), you might be able to rescue them in the image editor - btw it turns out that the disk with the image editor on that I supposedly posted you before the weekend is still in my old dear's car - it will go in the post tommorow without fail

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by eeyore

Nice - it sounds as though the rooks are underexposed (that can easily happen with predominantly black subjects), you might be able to rescue them in the image editor - btw it turns out that the disk with the image editor on that I supposedly posted you before the weekend is still in my old dear's car - it will go in the post tommorow without fail

You really are as efficient as me!

I tried having a play with the crows/rooks but the image editor that I have at the moment made no difference. We are surrounded by hundreds of them so I shall have plenty more chances.

Kerry

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Kerry

You really are as efficient as me!

nowhere near i would suspect

i've taken on rather a lot recently both with wab , with my own biz , and with this strange thing called "work" which apparently i am supposed to do between 9am and 5.30pm weekdays - its an outmoded convention if you ask me

anyway my old dear posted the CD recorded delivery this afternoon so you should get it tommorow or weds at the latest - let me know if it doesnt arrive

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by eeyore

nowhere near i would suspect

i've taken on rather a lot recently both with wab , with my own biz , and with this strange thing called "work" which apparently i am supposed to do between 9am and 5.30pm weekdays - its an outmoded convention if you ask me

anyway my old dear posted the CD recorded delivery this afternoon so you should get it tommorow or weds at the latest - let me know if it doesnt arrive

Work, that awful thing that gets in the way of life! I am just waiting for my lottery win - which will no doubt come very soon - and then I shall just make every day a day of leisure and pleasure.

Many thanks for sending it Pete; I'll let you know when it arrives. Can't wait to start having a fiddle!

Kerry