First D800 Fract
Been away for the last couple of weeks getting to know my D800. I see that I have missed tons of great images while I was away. Here is the first fract with the new camera of a loon with chick up at the cottage on Horseshoe Lake near Parry Sound, Ontario
Look forward to comments.
Welcome back, Andrew..and I'd say you have your head wrapped around the subtleties of the D800 pretty well. Your usual deft handling of the Fractalius plug-in...you've done a great job enhancing the details and textures...love the muted tones and colors. I do wish the tail wasn't clipped on the RHS...and I am wondering if it might benefit from a slight CCW rotation? Nice work...looking forward to seeing more!
Sweet piece, Andrew! BTW, how do you like the new camera? I want one BAD!
Andrew, welcome back, you have been missed! I love this shot. It is a bit tight in the frame but with that cutie on the back who would not love it!
Gotta love new toys, and this image. I agree with Denises thought on the comp, but the processing is top of the line as always. Glad to see your images back again.
That youngster on the back is soooooo cute! Especially with that full-on stare! The fract effect is great. I really like the intertwining blue & black lines in the foreground water, and how they provide such an interesting platform for the more solid colors of the loon.
Andrew, glad to see you back. Besides loving the expression and pose of the chick, I absolute love the rich blues in the bottom of the image and their reflections on the chick and the loon's feathers. Beautiful work
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Thanks folks for the comments...I'll try adding a little canvas around the edges so that it is not quite so tight and fix the clipped tail at the same time.
Dan, so far I love the D800, but with RAW files hitting the 50MB size it looks like I'll have to upgrade the computer too...I thought I would have to anyway. I used both full frame lenses and DX lenses as the D800 automatically adjusts for the different lenses. This is kinda nice to make a lens a little longer if need be but you do lose megapixels in doing so. What I finsd a tad annoying is when the D800 crops the sensor for the DX lenses is does so by placing a rectangle frame over the viewing area and you need to compose within the rectangle for the 1.5 crop, this makes it easy to clip subjects. When viewing in Live View this does not happen as you see exactly what you are composing with the chosen crop.
Thanks for the info, Andrew. So, the camera automatically crops! Can you control this, on or off?Originally Posted by Andrew McLachlan
Hi Dan,
Yes, you can have full control of this and can select various crops (full frame, 1.2X, 1.5X and 5:4). You can manually crop a full frame lens for extra reach if needed too. If you use a DX lens the camera does automatically crop accordingly. Images with the DX crop are running around 18MB in size.
First off, a GREAT image. Whatever you decided to do after that is secondary (not to take anything away, I like what you did). It is just that the original image is so good.
D800... wow! That camera is making me considering switching from Canon. Nice treatment and great base image.
Douglas Bolt
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Wonderful image, great work with the fract. Sounds like the D800 is a winner!
That chick on mom's back is adorable! Looking right at you. I'd crop some off the top and do a bit of a CCW rotation. Nice image. Wonder how it looked before fractilus.
Nice work Andrew, saw the original in your blog. Love the head position on both birds.
I ordered my D800 and they told me, maybe January..then out of the blue yesterday I get a call that its arrived, I have until Monday to decide...I just paid for a D3s, so I'm not in that great a hurry...what are your Pro's and Cons of the D800?
Thanks for the additional comments folks, much appreciated.
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