I'm probably going to regret this, but it won't be even the 100th time that's
happened. I will at least preface this with the cowardly caveat that there's
nobody on this list whose expertise and knowledge I respect, even revere, more
than that of our Moose. I was actually astounded by the miracles he recently
wrought wielding PS on a couple of old slide scans of mine I just couldn't
manage to make right.
But, anyway, here goes.
Although a great bird pose, it looks to me like this shot is on the verge of
being oversharpened. And the bokeh! I am not a bokeh fiend like some here, so
it takes something really bad to make me notice, and this is just harsh,
jarring, at least to my old eyes.
http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/LobosCrow.htm
This one looks oversharpened, too, but at least the bokeh isn't startling.
http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/LobosSparrow.htm
I linked to a couple of bluebird shots I took with the 500/8 Zuiko and E-1 some
time back, and I admitted that the first was oversharpened and oversaturated.
Compare it, if you will, to the aforementioned.
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1079.jpg
Subsequently, I offered another shot, more honest in terms of both sharpness
and saturation:
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1080.jpg
I'm probably going to get my clock cleaned, my ignorance exposed, and maybe
even my ass handed to me for these observations and criticisms, but I know
Moose will at least do so with class and good humor, something I wish a couple
of ex-wives had managed. At least, I don't think he'll be backing up a truck
while I'm at work and hauling away everything, including the dog.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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