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    Michael Pancier
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    Taken at the farm last May

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    Manual metering +2 off cloudy sky
    cropped into portrait

    probably could have used flash here, but it was on the big lens:cool:
    Last edited by Michael Pancier; 08-07-2008 at 08:27 AM.

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Michael,

    Exposure looks good at +2 off the sky. Lots of noise though which at ISO 400 I am surprised at. Though I like this type of landing posture, the wing position is not my favorite - prefer a backwards stroke or full front stroke. Flash would have been nice.

    Is the noise issue due to having needed +3 off the sky and you opened the image up in post-processing?

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    Michael Pancier
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Amoruso View Post
    Michael,

    Exposure looks good at +2 off the sky. Lots of noise though which at ISO 400 I am surprised at. Though I like this type of landing posture, the wing position is not my favorite - prefer a backwards stroke or full front stroke. Flash would have been nice.

    Is the noise issue due to having needed +3 off the sky and you opened the image up in post-processing?
    I added lucis art filter to extract from detail from the image. That also adds some noise. I forgot to add the NR. I just reposted it with Noise Ninja added. does it look better now?
    Last edited by Michael Pancier; 08-07-2008 at 08:27 AM.

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    I really like this ethereal leaping image, even though noisy and slightly fuzzy head. Agree that +3 EV might have helped, especially w/o flash.

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    Like the pose and love white on white but there are some big time image quality problems here. Super-noisy, the head looks very soft (not to mention manipulated), and detail is lacking...
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    Artie nailed this one!!

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    Looking at the noise and softness I have to ask you if this is a heavy crop..... Artie nailed this one...but I think you should try to find out what caused the noise and softness and work on that.

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    Hi Michael,
    The areas of improvements have already been covered by other members. I echo those thoughts. The concept is good and well tried.
    Last edited by Sudhir Shivaram; 08-08-2008 at 10:10 PM. Reason: Improved the language used.

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