Gigrin Red Kites

[Stan]

In between our two days at Slimbrige over Easter, we took a trip to Gigrin for the red kites and as usual they did not disappoint although our best shots were during the brief spells when the clouds moved away to expose the blue skies. All shot with 7D , 300 f4 and 1.4x, ISO 400

Stan



red kite * by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


red kite by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


red kite * by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


red kite by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr

[AndyMackie]

Re: Gigrin Red Kites

Oh wow, Stan, these are excellent. The 3rd in the series is the best for me but they are all stunning.
Have you considered lowering the saturation on the background of the 4th? I think it would make the subject more prominent.
Andy

[hhcanon]

Re: Gigrin Red Kites

Top notch Stan...

[Stan]

Re: Gigrin Red Kites

Thanks guys

Have you considered lowering the saturation on the background of the 4th? I think it would make the subject more prominent

here you go - not sure if better or not ( upload straight from computer so quality may suffer)

Stan

6665 - red kite desat.jpg

[Nathaniel]

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all are very nice to me. Very sharp and full of detail. What was you TV

[Stan]

Re: Gigrin Red Kites

What was you TV

they are all around 1/1600, manual mode

Stan

[AndyMackie]

Re: Gigrin Red Kites

here you go - not sure if better or not ( upload straight from computer so quality may suffer [ATTACH=CONFIG]8791[/ATTACH]

Stan, I prefer the original to this post but what I meant was to try washing out the background even more - not quite B&W but very pale. If it doesn't work, never mind - the original is fantastic.

Andy

[Stan]

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I understand what you mean Andy but taking it too far just looked awful

Stan

[colin C]

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Some of the very best I have seen from Gigrin Stan .... well done.

[Bill53]

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Absolutely stunning.

Bill.

[rajjayaraj]

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3 and 4 for me Stan, Raj

[jonesgj]

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Lovely (as usual) Stan. Thanks for sharing

[mikep]

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Cracking set Stan, excellent work.

Mike

[Stan]

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Thanks Guys

They are a joint effort, 1 and 3 are Dee's and 2 and 4 mine. No 3 for us was the shot of the day as soon as seen in the lcd and apart from a small crop it needed very little processing

Stan

[digiman]

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These are awesome. Number 3 definitely my fav, but all are amazing.

Thanks for posting,

Garry