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    Image captured in my back garden, this wasn't intentional I was in fact photographing finches in flight and this opportunity just popped up in front of me.
    Model Name : OM-1
    Focal length in 35 mm film : 341.0mm
    ISO : 500
    Exposure compensation : -1.3 EV
    Shutter : 1/1600 sec
    Aperture : F5.6

    I processed ACR/PSCC no other external sharpener or NR. Sharpening at raw stage was minimal.

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    Dear Jon,

    Beautiful little bird and I like the sense of movement here, I guess he/she just landed?

    Colours look good but the shadows appear a bit heavy and perch a tad 'overwhelming', almost competing with the subject... albeit very interesting.

    Reading your intro I do realise you were surprised by the arrival of the Robin and had no time to adjust settings etc. Must say face and beak are sharp with good detail, nice sparkle in the eye. I did enjoy viewing, thank you Jon.

    Warmest regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Jon, I like the body pose and wing position as it indicates, (knowing the subject) how jumpy/flighty they can be. The log is a bit dominant but it is what it is, however....

    Overall the Blacks & Contrast are just swamping the whole image, there is blue creeping in on the log and a slight magenta coming through also. Control this and you start to see far more and what you have originally capture. I think you are going back to old habits in frustration of not processing the file through usual channels and so it's not really working in parts. Let me know when you convert to DNG too.

    The bright know needs to go, the eye is just drawn too much.

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    Gabriela, Steve thanks for your comments, I agree. I have an alternative, I think it's a bit better, I convereted the raw to DNG then processed ACR/PSCC using minimal sharpening in ACR and no noise reduction at all.

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    Hi Jon ... lovely wing position I can imagine what he was doing .
    Kind of nice for a grab shot , so not much to do about the large looking perch .

    From the processing POV ... I think , that Steve has pointed out a good direction ... from where you can experiment .
    I think both of your versions are a bit dark and too contrasty , but matter of taste .

    Nice one with potential

    TFS Andreas

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