Southern Masked Weaver

[Tony Sparkes]

Hi Guys

First one so gently does it
5D,Sigma 120-300, F8 @ 1/1000 sec ISO 800

Mid Morning, bright sunshine at a wetland in the north of South Africa

Regards

Tony

[Gordon McKechnie]

I can't seem to see any picture?

[Tony Sparkes]

its strange try this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/limpopo...3771/lightbox/
Regards
Tony

[Julie Kenward]

Tony, you're grabbing the wrong link for the Flickr image to come through. You might send a PM to Chris Ober and see if he can help you with the right link.

[Tony Sparkes]

Tony, you're grabbing the wrong link for the Flickr image to come through. You might send a PM to Chris Ober and see if he can help you with the right link.

Sorry Julie I am now totally confused who is Chris Ober? and send him PM how do I do that?

Regards

Tony

[Julie Kenward]

Tony, Chris is one of our computer gurus who runs this software. If you go to the top of the page you'll see a link called "Staff." Click on it and scroll down to Chris Ober's name. Put your cursor over his name and it will turn blue - click on it. Now you're on Chris' home page. On the left side there is a link that says "send private message (or PM). Click on that and tell him you need to know how to link your image.

You can also try the sticky thread at the top of the forum called "Posting Guidelines" if you haven't already read that it can help too.

[Tony Sparkes]

Tony, Chris is one of our computer gurus who runs this software. If you go to the top of the page you'll see a link called "Staff." Click on it and scroll down to Chris Ober's name. Put your cursor over his name and it will turn blue - click on it. Now you're on Chris' home page. On the left side there is a link that says "send private message (or PM). Click on that and tell him you need to know how to link your image.

You can also try the sticky thread at the top of the forum called "Posting Guidelines" if you haven't already read that it can help too.

I have PM Chris nothing from him yet. I thought I follwed the posting guidline but it would seem apparently not. I wait for further instruct from the guru's

Regards

Tony

[Jeff Dyck]

Tony - the link from Flickr you want to use can be found under "Share This", just above the image (don't try to reference the Lightbox shot). i.e. for this image the reference you want is "http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5461293771_71bfacb1fb_b.jpg"

Here is your shot:

[Jeff Dyck]

Welcome Tony. You have an interesting pose here and the smooth background is very appealing. This looks like a tough lighting situation with strong back / side light - normally not ideal, but in this case I do like the detail you achieved with the light coming through the open wing. It is too bad that bird's head isn't turned toward the camera - it would give a better sense of connection to the viewer. It would be worth your while to review the "Head Angle Police" and "Head Angle Fine Points" threads in the Tutorial section - lots of great information in there that should have you thinking about these things in the field before you depress the shutter. I would also add that the left side of the canvas is cramped - it would be nice to have some more space / separation between the end of the primary and the edge of the canvas. In this case, with that clean background, it will be easy to "create" a bit of canvas in Photoshop if recropping isn't an option for you.

[Tony Sparkes]

Welcome Tony. You have an interesting pose here and the smooth background is very appealing. This looks like a tough lighting situation with strong back / side light - normally not ideal, but in this case I do like the detail you achieved with the light coming through the open wing. It is too bad that bird's head isn't turned toward the camera - it would give a better sense of connection to the viewer. It would be worth your while to review the "Head Angle Police" and "Head Angle Fine Points" threads in the Tutorial section - lots of great information in there that should have you thinking about these things in the field before you depress the shutter. I would also add that the left side of the canvas is cramped - it would be nice to have some more space / separation between the end of the primary and the edge of the canvas. In this case, with that clean background, it will be easy to "create" a bit of canvas in Photoshop if recropping isn't an option for you.

Hi Jeff

Many thanks got there in the end re: correct link. I will ensure I do this in future. With regards more space, unfortunately not an option to re-crop but and did realise it was tight. I will look at adding more canvas as this was something I want to try. I first saw it here with one of Arthurs shots. As for looking into the camera yes will see what I can do next time you know what its like when you are a beginner shoot anything that moves
Regards

Tony

And thanks again for helping me out

[Julie Kenward]

Tony and everyone else...Chris has created a new sticky post at the very top of the forum that explains how to link from Flickr just in case you have any more questions in the future. It's up at the very top of the ETL forum.

Agree with Jeff on his assessment of the image. It's a bit underexposed on the bird because of the shadow cast from the nest above. Using fill flash in a situation like this will certainly help bring the details of the bird out when it is beneath another object.

[Tony Sparkes]

Welcome Tony. You have an interesting pose here and the smooth background is very appealing. This looks like a tough lighting situation with strong back / side light - normally not ideal, but in this case I do like the detail you achieved with the light coming through the open wing. It is too bad that bird's head isn't turned toward the camera - it would give a better sense of connection to the viewer. It would be worth your while to review the "Head Angle Police" and "Head Angle Fine Points" threads in the Tutorial section - lots of great information in there that should have you thinking about these things in the field before you depress the shutter. I would also add that the left side of the canvas is cramped - it would be nice to have some more space / separation between the end of the primary and the edge of the canvas. In this case, with that clean background, it will be easy to "create" a bit of canvas in Photoshop if recropping isn't an option for you.

Hi Jeff

Ok tried the add canvas for the first time, take a look at this now I agree a lot better.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/...c34e716e07.jpg

Regards

Tony Sparkes