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- Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:05 am
- Forum: Field Trips and Events
- Topic: Birdfair
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2421
Re: Birdfair
OK sounds a good one then!
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:30 pm
- Forum: Field Trips and Events
- Topic: Birdfair
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2421
Re: Birdfair
I remember first time I tried my canon 70-200F4 IS I was amazed at how good the latest canon IS was compared the old IS on my 100-400. You could see the lens was so much more stable through the viewfinder. In fact I found it hard to get a slow enough shutter speed to see camera shake in the shots. T...
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:34 am
- Forum: Field Trips and Events
- Topic: Birdfair
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2421
Re: Birdfair
I got "hands on" with the Sigma 150 Macro with Optical Stabilisation. What a superb bit of kit. I took a handheld shot at 1:1 and at 1/100th sec., and zoomed right in to the centre where there was no discernible camera shake - extraordinary. If I drop enough hints (like I haven't already ...
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:07 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: July 2011 Competition
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4704
Re: July 2011 Competition
It took maybe 10 seconds to do the sharpening. It's about the simplest of things you can do.
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:24 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: July 2011 Competition
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4704
Re: July 2011 Competition
A great photo is 30% field craft, 10% camera craft, 10% computer craft, 50% luck
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:21 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: July 2011 Competition
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4704
Re: July 2011 Competition
Congratulations to Julian. A well deserved win! :) Brown Hairstreak are a species that have alluded me this year due to little free time, and little co-operation from the weather grr!! Nigel's open winged Marbled white was my favourite this month - a real stunner. I also thought Suzie's Chalkhill Bl...
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:53 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Is this a Fritillary?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 726
Re: Is this a Fritillary?
Yep. Looks like Dark Green Fritillary to me
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:43 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: Latest must-have gear for Small Skippers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 432
Re: Latest must-have gear for Small Skippers
In France I have photographed butterflies with several of these attached. They must be quite annoying for the butterflies as they prevent them from properly rolling up their proboscis and you often see them trying unsuccessfully to remove them.
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:20 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: Chalkhill blues out yet?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 450
Re: Chalkhill blues out yet?
None at Old Winchester Hill on trips at Sunset Thursday and Sunrise Saturday. Plenty of newly emerged Marbled Whites though
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:46 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Sharpening
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1459
Re: Sharpening
I used to use High Pass also, but then forgot about it. I recently wentback to look at it and see how it compares to smart sharpen in CS4 and couldn't really see any difference, so think to use Smart Sharpen (at least in CS4) is equally as effective but far simpler. Having said that though, I'll che...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Goldie M Adonis
- Replies: 2
- Views: 299
Re: Goldie M Adonis
Hi Goldie, Lydden and Temple Ewell Nature reserve is where you're after: http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/dover-downland-complex/lydden-temple-ewell-james-teacher-reserve/ It's got Adonis Blues. I wouldn't say masses, but they are there. The place has thousands of Chalkhill Blues plus Co...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:37 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: Large Black Butterfly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 525
Re: Large Black Butterfly
I'd say Peacock, Red Admiral and also Small Tortoiseshell are all butterflies that regularly end up indoors and are predominantly black/dark with wings closed. If there was little colour visible when flying then probably Red Admiral is most likely.
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:53 am
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Sharpening
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1459
Re: Sharpening
Ah yes... the group is growing slowly
Fishing has well and truly taken second place to butterflies for me these days, in fact I rarely go fishing in the UK now, but I'm off to Norway in search of Halibut next month for my one fishing trip of the year
Fishing has well and truly taken second place to butterflies for me these days, in fact I rarely go fishing in the UK now, but I'm off to Norway in search of Halibut next month for my one fishing trip of the year
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:52 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Sharpening
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1459
Re: Sharpening
Afraid photoshop is all mumbo jumbo to me, could not understand it so deleted it from my pc. I have an old copy of paint shop pro 5 & no idea what most of it if for. So I just alter the brightness & contrast in psp5, if I cannot get an image I like in a couple of clicks the photo is deleted...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:50 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Sharpening
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1459
Re: Sharpening
I know practically nothing about photography, but that Glanville underside image is truly stunning (why do the antennae look so different though?) Thanks :) I hadn't noticed the antennae before. Normally the inside and outside edges would be similar but with Glanvilles this isn't the case it seems....
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:41 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: June 2011 Competition
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3220
Re: June 2011 Competition
Much better!Pete Eeles wrote: Well spotted - that was a bit cr*p wasn't it?! Should all be fixed now - I've change the preview size and cleared the cache. Let me know if you still see issues.
Cheers,
- Pete
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:17 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: June 2011 Competition
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3220
Re: June 2011 Competition
Something I never noticed before... In the comments screen, which is also the screen where you vote, the images aren't displayed at the full 800 pixel size, but are in fact reduced in size slightly to maximum 768 pixels high it looks like, and reducing the quality slightly as a result. I might be be...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:05 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: May 2011 Competition
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3182
Re: May 2011 Competition
Wow I was quite surprised to get to the top this month with all the other great images entered :) Have to say I was quite pleased to get my swall.owtail shot with 2 of my 3 days in Norfolk wrecked by the weather and only getting 3 hours on the last day with any chance of photos. My first ever visit ...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:12 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Sharpening
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1459
Re: Sharpening
I use photoshop CS4 and use the Smart Sharpen tool which gives a much more natural looking effect (ie not over the top) compared th the Unsharp Mask. I use a radius of 0.3, maybe sometimes 0.4 (the lower the figure the less harsh the result). The amount depends a bit from image to image but usually ...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Purple Emperor
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1485
Re: Purple Emperor
Darn it. I know a fishing guide in Uganda that leads Gorilla Treks in Rwanda. If only I'd realised Gorilla thumbs were the thing to have I could have got him to ship me a load over. Too late now dammit!
Will have to make do with whatever I can scrape up on the walk there instead.
Will have to make do with whatever I can scrape up on the walk there instead.