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    :) Hey ladies look what I got!

    This Widgeon was still around today and I was able to capture this stretching which looks pretty funny:)

    Once again I had tried to use high ISO, the light here is appalling right now, but it's fun to be out.

    In my view a much bettershot than yesterday's effort
    using Ev +2 , ISO 1250 f 8 AND ss1/250
    cANON 40d 100-400 + 1.4 TC

    C& C welcome

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    This really is a great caption contest photo.

    "YOU! Be at my place at 6:30 ... sharp."

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    HI Richard, it's definitely a cool pose, and great how the girls are ignoring him so well. Have you purposely adjusted the levels to get the background so white? I would prefer it to be toned down quite a bit. For the ISO you needed I guess there was no sun, so I would expect you to have no serious prob with the whites. I was at a reservoir near Birmingham last week and was lucky to get 1/250th at ISO 3200 and f5.6 with the dingy conditions. I did get a very balanced exposure that way though. It was the first time I've managed to get a coot with the feet clearly visible (on ice) so I was pleased, but at ISO 3200 the black feathers are pretty noisy.

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    Hi Geoff
    yes I quite liked the white with the birds sorta isolated

    heres a repost just cropped OOC, edge noise reduction and USM, small adj to black end in levels

    Appreciate your suggestion:)

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    Very cool pose and title. I like your re-post better as I also thought the BG was to overpowering in the OP.
    Doesn't look like the ladies are interested.
    Peter

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    It seems that the ladys are not impressed with his offering. Their asleep.

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    Hi Richard, I too much prefer your repost, much easier on the eye. Grey light on grey ice is rather dull grey of course, but at least it looks natural this way. I'm guessing you've also cropped a bit. For me you could leave it wider while still keeping the atmosphere of the photo, then the degradation due to the high ISO might be less visible.

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    Hey Geoff
    OK have stood back some looks a lot better but a little inbalanced, no canvas avail to left unfortunately
    OOC with NR and recovery in CR5, selective sharpening PS no adjustments to levels etc
    thanks for comment

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    The noise is definitely less visible now, though you could probably put back a bit of the saturation as in your earlier post. If you want to have a go at extending the canvas left and down there is tuturial here which I found good:

    http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...nvas-made-easy

    I think you could probably take a slice of ice from the right hand side and paste it on the left with some blending. Good luck!

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    Hi Geoff

    Good ideas, can do that; nice tutorial that

    wont post again now though

    thanks again, more skills!

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