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Godwits
Just a couple of shots of some Godwits from a while back 
rather liked how they came out with the reflections etc.
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(again, I apologise for the sharpness... I'm looking at these on my old laptop, and they look horribly soft here, but they looked nice and sharp on my other computer, so I have no idea how they look to other people!)
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rather liked how they came out with the reflections etc.1.
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(again, I apologise for the sharpness... I'm looking at these on my old laptop, and they look horribly soft here, but they looked nice and sharp on my other computer, so I have no idea how they look to other people!)
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Hi Laura
Obviously no idea how they looked on your other computer.
To me they're kind of hazy & lacking a bit of contrast perhaps but I wouldn't say soft. The head on the first shot is certainly sharp.
Agree about the reflections & composition though.
Obviously no idea how they looked on your other computer.
To me they're kind of hazy & lacking a bit of contrast perhaps but I wouldn't say soft. The head on the first shot is certainly sharp.
Agree about the reflections & composition though.
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It's hard to tell how they look at all on this screen. I might see if I can plug my monitor into this laptop tomorrow.
They probably are a bit hazy - I should really deal with that in PP... I'm terrible, as we have fairly hazy sunlight here all the time, and I never compensate enough for it, or I try to, think I have, then come back a few weeks later and hate the shot! XD
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They probably are a bit hazy - I should really deal with that in PP... I'm terrible, as we have fairly hazy sunlight here all the time, and I never compensate enough for it, or I try to, think I have, then come back a few weeks later and hate the shot! XD
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Really agree what you have both said, they both look hazy, though the reflections and the composition work well. They look like the could do with a bit of a boost, but it could be hazy light too.
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I like the first one best
Agree the second looks a little hazy.
Agree the second looks a little hazy.
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I like shots of birds on/in the water when you get that symmetrical effect from their reflection.
May be a little play with the levels on shot 2, but both good captures.
May be a little play with the levels on shot 2, but both good captures.
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Hi Zoundz, I have never heard of this bird! No surprise there, lol. They do look a little hazy as said above. Was it a misty day? Had the lens got wet and steamed up? CXould be anything. Nice composition, love the reflections
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No nothing like that - the Bigma is dying a death, it's just in generally poor condition these days 
and the light was very hazy - it's been incredibly sunny here, and some days the visibility is horrible!
It doesn't help that I may have processed them to look like this, as my two monitors are vastly different, and they were processed on the other one.
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and the light was very hazy - it's been incredibly sunny here, and some days the visibility is horrible!It doesn't help that I may have processed them to look like this, as my two monitors are vastly different, and they were processed on the other one.
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