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They're cute! And so nice that you have eye contact from all, with nice catchlights. Small thing but you might crop or clone out the small darker part of a wave right at the top edge.
It does show some loss of quality from the crop -- you might try less sharpening and see how it compares -- you may have enough in the original that you don't need to push it more. The babies' feathers seem to be showing artifacts the worst.
Thanks for jumping in! Always nice to see what everyone is finding to shoot. I've been on an osprey and dragonfly kick lately -- both with the same rig -- 7D2 and 100-400 II + 1.4X. Coming back to the parking area from the osprey, we've been finding dragonflies settling down for the night. My osprey-shooting partner has amazing eyesight and knows a lot about dragonflies, which helps.
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Oh yes -- WAY better!! There is something about going public with an image that shows up things you hadn't seen before. It certainly happens to me a lot.
I don't know if Elements does updates to the CRAW portion, as full PS does, but maybe not. The newest Elements would solve a newer camera issue, but there may be a cheaper way. You can convert files to DNG format and Adobe Camera Raw will open them. Wonder if that would work for Elements? The DNG converter is free and easy to use. It is updated soon after a new camera comes out. Google it to find the version for your OS.
Keep shooting! You'll keep loving that lens!
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Love the repost. The only thing I'd cut is the adult's black neck. That should leave you with a pleasing crop.
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Love the looks in their eyes and nice soft details on them.
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Thanks Diane, Paul and Warren! Paul.... if I cropped out the adult neck.... then it seems that I won't have much "nose room" for the little one?
As to processing.... spent the day researching.... appears that my biggest problem is that I am running Vista... nothing will update nor upgrade nor install to that OS now. Not Elements, nor CS6 nor Lightroom. To-do list for next week: Upgrade to at least Windows 7, 64 bit, (if the puter can handle it)... option: new "brain"..... then upgrade the processing programs. It's always SUMTHIN!
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It's a constant game of leapfrog -- but when you consider what we can do with images now, it's mind-boggling and so worth it! Best of luck with upgrading!
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Sandy pleased that others have problems with colours, like yourself have looked at things that I have posted then looked again later thinking I must be colour blind. The repost is much better IMHO.
Keith.