ctb Posted April 1, 2008 Share #1 Posted April 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Comments / Criticism welcomed Thanks for looking Chris V-Lux 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 Hi ctb, Take a look here Heron . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted April 1, 2008 Share #2 Posted April 1, 2008 Chris - Almost excellent. I feel it needs a little bit of post processing for exposure and sharpness, as below, perhaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctb Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted April 1, 2008 Many thanks Stuart, I knew it was a wee bit soft, but wasn't sure how to jazz it up, I like your rendition very much, again, many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted April 1, 2008 Share #4 Posted April 1, 2008 I think this is one area where the V-Lux1 is a bit weak, ideally you would have used manual focus on the eye of the bird but with that dreadful round and round focus ring the Heron would have flown by the time you got it spot on. Even with the auto set to spot focus it would take a good 'un to keep the spot on such a small moving target as a Heron's eye/neck. I guess that here it just went for the background, so maybe stopping the lens right down would give enough dof to get the eye and the background both in focus. Of course then you would have been at a slow shutter speed.... grrrrrrr see what I mean? Any other V-Lux owners got a view? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted April 1, 2008 Share #5 Posted April 1, 2008 I'm not a V-Lux owner, but I reckon that's a bloody good effort. The eye isn't that out of focus (if at all), and even with a MF SLR, shots like this aren't at all easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted April 1, 2008 Share #6 Posted April 1, 2008 I'm not a V-Lux owner, but I reckon that's a bloody good effort. The eye isn't that out of focus (if at all), and even with a MF SLR, shots like this aren't at all easy. Agreed. Chris knows where I'm coming from with this; no criticism of the shot, just the camera (but what can you expect for the the money?). Unfortunately on this forum we are up against some very competent bird shooters from the US, using top level/top cost equipment and we (I?) come to regard their excellence as the norm- if it ain't perfect, it ain't perfect. The V-lux is a bloody good tool at a budget price (even better in Panasonic guise), Chris and myself have been on an interactive learning journey together with it, a pity there are not more owners who pitch in with their comments. For those who have not used this camera, the manual focus ring does not work between fixed stops, it just goes round and round; this can be a real pain but when you have a 35-420mm equiv zoom lens which is only 3.5 inches (80mm) long, than I guess something has to give. As I said, it's a bloody good tool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted April 1, 2008 Share #7 Posted April 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Chris, Lovely in colour and perfectly captured... ..and would look nice in b&w too IMHO with full tonal range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctb Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted April 2, 2008 Yes I know where Pete is coming from, and as he is much further along the learning curve than I, I appreciate his input and words of wisdom, this photo, and the one attached where taken from inside the car, the heron was at least 30 yards away, and had I have thought about getting the perfect shot, there was time enough to use the manual focus, but had I decided to take that route the heron would have realised and flown, maybe a missed oppertunity, but I am happy to have got the photo's and happy with the results, when the next occession presents its self I will be better prepared and further along the learning curve. how do you compare this to the original posted photo Sincere thanks to Stuart, Pete, Andy and Azzo for taking time to encourage a learner Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted April 2, 2008 Share #9 Posted April 2, 2008 The second one is sharper on the bird's head and eye than the first (but not by much, which is is fine, because I reckon the first was pretty sharp). Both are extremely good and I wish I'd taken them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted April 2, 2008 Share #10 Posted April 2, 2008 Chris, IMHO, just as lovely as the 1st image.. ..and if these were my captures, I'd frame them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctb Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share #11 Posted April 2, 2008 The second one is sharper on the bird's head and eye than the first (but not by much, which is is fine, because I reckon the first was pretty sharp). Both are extremely good and I wish I'd taken them. Thanks Andy, I will tell them to hang around until June/July so you get a chance Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted April 2, 2008 Share #12 Posted April 2, 2008 Thanks. We have dozens of these at the end of our road, but they sit too far out on the marsh for even my Telyt monster to bring them in. You can see their two fingers raised, though We also have Little Egrets, and they tend to come in closer. A challenge for this year, I think! Check your PM, by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 2, 2008 Share #13 Posted April 2, 2008 Chris - The second one seems to be missing most of the objectionable "veiling" of the first. Keep working with it -- it's a terrific camera. I have a much earlier version (Panasonic FZ20 - Same lens), wich was a pain to focus manually, but provided remarkable results. that camera is with a friend in France right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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