mooo,

[Tlee05]

Shot with just a basic 18-55mm lens on a 300D it was just turning dark when i got this shot

http://www.wide-eye-media.co.uk/mooo3.jpg

[dancinec]

Good composition but it is underexposed. You should be able to lighten the cows so they show up better.

[Tlee05]

Thanks dancinec it shows up pretty well on my monitor maybe mine is brighter(TFT) but i took your advice but i seemed to have lost the sky :( http://www.wide-eye-media.co.uk/moo9.jpg

[Gary Fairhead]

Way too dark on my monitor. The second one is slighly better but still too dark and yes..the sky is blown. What could be done with the original image ( where all the data is) , especially if it is a raw image is to adjust exposure while still raw, convert to Tiff or Jpeg, remove shadows and sharpen slightly. I see you have image editing allowed so this is what i mean ( but like I said the original file would work out better).

Photoshop CS 2 used. Shadows removed by approx 40% and higlites darkened by approx 10 %. Auto contrasted and approx 30 percent sharpenning of luminance and detail channel ( color not sharpened to avoid halo effect). This preserves the sky and brings the subject out of the shadows. Hope you like!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/g2a/Holding%20Pattern/mooer.jpg

[Tlee05]

Thanks for the adjustments, I looked at your image on a normal CRT monitor and it looks great compared too on my TFT and my first image looks well dark on this monitor

[dancinec]

That is what I would have done also. Remember you don't want to move the exposure slider, but look under "shadows and highlights". Nice adjustment Gary.

[Ferco]

love the shot, well done.