[LRflex] Re: House Wren

  • From: Douglas Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:25:36 -0700

On Apr 23, 2006, at 7:37 AM, David Young wrote:

> At 23/04/2006, Douglas Herr wrote:
>
>> The House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) is a drab, very vocal bundle of
>> energy.  Later in the spring after the brush leafs out they'll be much
>> harder to photograph;
>>
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/howr02.html
>>
>> All comments welcome.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>
>
> G'Mornin' Dougl!
>
> Another first class shot, Doug! Composition, detail and, of course,
> focus, are spot on!
>
> However, on my monitor it seems a little light...  without much
> saturation.  Are you using the camera's exposure setting?  I'm
> finding that the DMR works much better if developed 1/2 stop
> under.  So, if I'm shooting ISO 1600 I might use ISO 800 with -1.5 EV
> compensation, then compensate 1 EV, leaving me with my effective ISO
> and still 1/2 stop underexposure. Seems to work well!
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
> Cheers!
> ---
>
> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA
>

David, I'm having some calibration issues, I think that's why the wren 
photo is so light.  It's not so light in Photoshop.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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