Getting close to the seagulls

[victorp]

This seagull stood quiet on a post for me as I came very close to take these pictures with my standard 18-55mm

[hollow]

Man! He probably was curious about your camera ! :lol:

Nice captures. Try a little sharpen :)

[khiemluu]

That's a great capture, beautiful vibrant shot!

[victorp]

The funny thing is they look pretty sharp at full resolution but when I reduce them to make them a small file they loose a bit of sharpness, what can I do about that???

[khiemluu]

The funny thing is they look pretty sharp at full resolution but when I reduce them to make them a small file they loose a bit of sharpness, what can I do about that???

Are you constraining the image proportions of the original image?

Khiem.

[mrclark321]

Nice shot....As you turned and walked away he probably tried to crap on you!!
There famous for that!!!

Dan

[victorp]

No I just reduce the size in the same percentage for the width and height !!

[victorp]

no he actually stayed on that post for quite a while

[khiemluu]

No I just reduce the size in the same percentage for the width and height !!

Hmm theoretically that should result in the same proportions...what program are you using to do this?

[victorp]

Paint Shop Pro studio

[khiemluu]

Paint Shop Pro studio

If you make sure "Lock Aspect Ratio" is checked, then that should help.

Otherwise i can't think if what else you could try.

[victorp]

It has happened to me all the time that i have to reduce them to under a 100kb, the originals are between 2 and 3 MB and look so much better.
Should I try another program???

[victorp]

I found the lock aspect ratio and it was not ticked, I will try that next time, thanks for the advise

[khiemluu]

I found the lock aspect ratio and it was not ticked, I will try that next time, thanks for the advise

Glad i could help out mate.

[marie]

what wonderful wonderful shots

I love the second one especially
you caught the soul of the bird

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[marie]

Nice shot....As you turned and walked away he probably tried to crap on you!!
There famous for that!!!

Dan


same with people http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif





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j/j


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[PhotosGuy]

:D:D Nice shot!

[Titus213]

Very nice color. I like the position of the bird in #2 but don't care for the horizon going thru his head.

They are pretty things for being so nasty. Sea pigeons.

[Andrew Pratt]

I typically run USM in PSP8 on resized photo's to bring back the sharpness lost in the downconversion process. Nice photo's BTW :)

[rbuttrum]

Great shots well composed, IMO a wider opening would have softened the background more and provided the bird more impact in the picture.
Usually I sharpen an image as a last step. I leave the original untouched and then prepare a copy for printing or a copy for the internet and process each one separately. I use the High Pass Filter for initial sharpening and a touch up with the Unsharp Mask. If the image came from my 20D I use Miranda's 20D CPro for sharpening - its hard to beat, he recommends sharpening before downsizing however.
Look forward to seeing more of you images
Ralph

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Fantastic shots! Especially for the lens used! Great job. I love the second one. The way the sea gull is looking up at the sky. It's cute.

[Ballen Photo]

Victor, That IS close for the lens you used. Very NICE work. :D
-Bruce