Only one.......

[mervin]

Woke up very early this morning, got my car all bashed up and this is all I have to show for it.......



Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica

Canon 20 D + 500 F4
31 Jan06, 0834hrs, ISO 200, 1/250, F8, EV-1/3

[ranmasatome]

not worth it meh??
how come the background brown brown one?

[mervin]

becos the BG is sand + mud.

[ranmasatome]

oh... i thought ou PS it..
Looks like the barn swallow also suffers from early morning bed-head..

[mervin]

hahahaha !!!
me not so champion in PS lah !

anyway this ground is suppose to be dam good for birdings.
14 types of Raptors were recorded there + many other birds !!!!

a Himalayan Girffon Vulture was also recently sighted there but due to its weak health/condition, the Bird Park was called in to help.

These pixs were shot by a fellow "birder" named Fred.
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=174888

[benny]

Nice one!

Cheers,

p.s. what happened to your car?

[mervin]

Kina bady scratched loh, no worries mate.

[benny]

Kina bady scratched loh, no worries mate.

So...how about the 4WD you showed me? Good for bird and baby. And will make daddy a happy man.

Cheers,

[mervin]

Ah ? your Dad into 4WD and your wife expecting ?

[mervin]

anyway the branch is over, what do u suugest ?

[benny]

anyway the branch is over, what do u suugest ?

If you had shot in raw, you can use the layers technique to rescue it easily. In JPEG, a bit more tricky. Try to use the shadow/highlight function, but it's only available in Adobe Photoshop CS and above.

Cheers,

[benny]

Ah ? your Dad into 4WD and your wife expecting ?

How I wish my wife was expecting and my dad is into 4WD!!!

Cheers,

[mervin]

If you had shot in raw, you can use the layers technique to rescue it easily. In JPEG, a bit more tricky. Try to use the shadow/highlight function, but it's only available in Adobe Photoshop CS and above.

Cheers,

CS2 i have.

actually what i meant was what should i do when photographing this.
expose for the branch and get the bird all super dark, expose for the bird and the branch is all over....
try not to PS too much, know what i mean.

[benny]

I wouldn't do it any other way. Look at the black feathers, all the feather details are there. Also look at the white breast features. The whites are not blown. So you've manage to correctly expose the subject. If you compensate for the branch, you will lose details on the body.

Cheers,