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16-APR-2004	PhilM

Patience *

If the Gull was luck, this was patience and determination. I lost count of the hours I spent waiting for one of the herons to do a fly past, and very nearly missed it as my wife called my mobile just at the wrong time!
Thankfully, this one flew round and round and round...

Canon EOS 10D ,Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX APO RF
1/400s f/7.1 at 500.0mm iso100 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	16-Apr-2004 11:17:30
Make	Canon
Model	EOS 10D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	500 mm
Exposure Time	1/400 sec
Aperture	f/7.1
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	0.33
White Balance
Metering Mode	center weighted (2)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	manual (4)
Focus Distance

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Canon DSLR Challenge		16-Aug-2004 10:05
I think I suffered from the Joe Reilly syndrome here - after so much work you can lose sight of whether you're improving an image or not. Although the original (out of the camera) was reasonably sharp, in the pursuit for absolute sharpness I went too far, and even my wife said she thought the heron looked almost "superimposed" on a false background. As always, there's as much learning in PS as in taking the original image. Thanks all. Phil

roberta		15-Aug-2004 18:35
Phil, Yes, it's better IMO. The darker background creates more contrast and really makes the heron show up nicely. Roberta

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Aug-2004 17:40
Thanks all for the comments. I've uploaded a differently processed version, less agressive sharpening etc. Please let me know if you think this is better... It can be compared to the original athttp://www.pbase.com/image/28014542 Thanks. Phil

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Aug-2004 08:56
Beautiful shot Phil. I guess I need to but a new lens to be able to take such pics, my longest zoom is the 28/135 as of the moment. Cheers. Vikas.

Karthik Murugesan		14-Aug-2004 03:42
Now this is just a perfect title for an excellent shot, wee bit too much on sharpening though. I can see you've cropped to get a close up. May be a selective sharpening to avoid the halo by the feather. - Karthik.

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Aug-2004 00:06
Phil, Your patience paid off. I have yet to get a closeup shot of a heron. The herons around here are very shy and as soon as I get out of the car, they take off. I always see them in late afternoon when the light isn't bright enough for my 100-400. That must have been a thrill to see it glide past you! Roberta