Bill Graham
New member
Hello to all!
I'm a new member and ran across Asher's post in the Layback Cafe about needing images in all the forums, so I thought I'd offer these.
Do you ever get a song in your head that you can't shake? The kind that keeps popping up all day, no matter how trite or inane it may be? These photos have been my personal "song of the day", on and off, every time I run across them. So I've added them to my "Selects" collection in Lightroom, figuring if they keep coming back maybe they're not so bad after all.
First:
Another:
And the last:
A little background: My usual practice when I get a new camera is to take it out in the backyard and shoot with it a while, winding up with a lot of dull images but a good idea of what the camera is capable of doing. The first two images were from my F100, back in February when it first arrived. Technically, they're pretty bad, having been shot on Kodak ISO400 consumer film and translated into low-res scans by the local Wolf's. The third image is from my new D300, technically speaking,a lot better in quality.
I have a bird feeder in the back yard but it mostly attracts small, skittish birds so I've never gotten a typical wildlife shot from it, despite a lot of exposures. I also have a large fig tree which the birds love. The last two shots were of birds in the fig tree, taken 9 months apart but remarkably similar in exposure and composition.
As wildlife photos, they're abysmal, period. No details, underexposed, no feathers you can see, etc.. The subjects are all in the center of the image, which I'm well aware is a big no-no, the photos are grainy and focus is questionable. I have no particular investment in any of them, they were all just quick shots taken to test a piece of gear.
But for some reason, I like them all. I've printed the third shot and been very happy with the print at 13x19. I'm thinking I need to have some high-res scans done of the first two and print them large as well.
So I'm asking for your opinions. What do you think? Have any suggestions for cropping, PP, printing, whatever? Or just delete them and be done with it all.....
TIA for your input,
Bill
I'm a new member and ran across Asher's post in the Layback Cafe about needing images in all the forums, so I thought I'd offer these.
Do you ever get a song in your head that you can't shake? The kind that keeps popping up all day, no matter how trite or inane it may be? These photos have been my personal "song of the day", on and off, every time I run across them. So I've added them to my "Selects" collection in Lightroom, figuring if they keep coming back maybe they're not so bad after all.
First:
Another:
And the last:
A little background: My usual practice when I get a new camera is to take it out in the backyard and shoot with it a while, winding up with a lot of dull images but a good idea of what the camera is capable of doing. The first two images were from my F100, back in February when it first arrived. Technically, they're pretty bad, having been shot on Kodak ISO400 consumer film and translated into low-res scans by the local Wolf's. The third image is from my new D300, technically speaking,a lot better in quality.
I have a bird feeder in the back yard but it mostly attracts small, skittish birds so I've never gotten a typical wildlife shot from it, despite a lot of exposures. I also have a large fig tree which the birds love. The last two shots were of birds in the fig tree, taken 9 months apart but remarkably similar in exposure and composition.
As wildlife photos, they're abysmal, period. No details, underexposed, no feathers you can see, etc.. The subjects are all in the center of the image, which I'm well aware is a big no-no, the photos are grainy and focus is questionable. I have no particular investment in any of them, they were all just quick shots taken to test a piece of gear.
But for some reason, I like them all. I've printed the third shot and been very happy with the print at 13x19. I'm thinking I need to have some high-res scans done of the first two and print them large as well.
So I'm asking for your opinions. What do you think? Have any suggestions for cropping, PP, printing, whatever? Or just delete them and be done with it all.....
TIA for your input,
Bill