City Pigeons by ctfchallenge


19-JAN-2008	Oved

Those were at ~200 meters away (my estimate), shot at 1815mm (35 equiv), hand held! That's quite nice for this little P&S ... ;-)

Canon PowerShot S5 IS
1/1000s f/4.0 at 72.0mm iso80 hide exif

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ctfchallenge		23-Jan-2008 21:27
Well done Oved - nice composition! These pigeons are everywhere it seems. The b/g is just great too! :-) CJ

ctfchallenge		22-Jan-2008 20:35
Bruce, thank you. Lonnit would probably argue that the birds are exactly on thirds :-) Anyway, I reckon the current composition gives equal weight to subject(s) and background and thus is more balanced. I'm not sure I'd like to introduce tension here... Maybe. /Oved

Bruce T Jones		21-Jan-2008 16:59
Wow, that IS a long way. Nice. A little to centered though, I think. -- Bruce

ctfchallenge		20-Jan-2008 18:15
BTW, I just had a small contrast enhancement and resize. The S5IS has an option for thirds grid which is a great help in composition and leveling the camera. /Oved

ctfchallenge		20-Jan-2008 18:09
Thanks Brent. In the background is the neighbor town of Tirat Hacarmel. Regarding digital zoom in camera vs cropping - I presume you get more latitude cropping, but I doubt you'll be able to tell the difference, especially with those sizes we post on the web... /Oved

ctfchallenge		20-Jan-2008 00:04
Impressive reach there Oved. I'd be curious as to how digital zoom in the camera compares to cropping later in Photoshop. What city is in the background? ~Brent

ctfchallenge		19-Jan-2008 19:04
No TC, used the camera's digital zoom.. No PP too, essentially. /Oved

ctfchallenge		19-Jan-2008 16:31
thats impressive for handheld - what tc were you using?

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