4 bird portraits (4 x 200Kb)

[GeForceFX]

4 new pictures with my lovely 100-400 L
tell me what you think

#1
http://www.zwammers.com/geforce/images/IMG_4458.jpg
1/250s / F5.6 / ISO400 / 285mm

#2
http://www.zwammers.com/geforce/images/IMG_4483.jpg
1/250s / F5.6 / ISO400 / 115mm

#3
http://www.zwammers.com/geforce/images/IMG_4528.jpg
1/1600 / F6.3 / ISO400 / 400mm

#4
http://www.zwammers.com/geforce/images/IMG_4467.jpg
1/400s / F5.6 / ISO400 / 400mm

[foxbat]

What do I think? Absolutely beautiful! The colours, the sharpness, it's all there. Excellent.

[tommykjensen]

Yeah beautiful. I think these really show what the 100-400 is capable of.

[cfcRebel]

Wonderful portraits! Very sharp and nice detail.

[JSolie]

WOW! The sharpness on those shots is incredible. Did you do much in the way of sharpening during post processing?

My next step: Go to B&H and ensure the 100-400L is in the wishlist...

-- John

[Carzee]

That is some very good glass. I still vote for the eagle as #1.

[IntheRed]

Outstanding shots! Very sharp and clearn.

[Blackburnian]

Fantastic Portraits! Love the color, sharpness and clarity.

Very well done. I'd print the second on on a 13x19 and hang it!

Marc

[Dragonslayer]

All shots are wonderful perfect focus and details, super exposure here and nice framing, I like the second bird the best I think just because of colors and that funky hairdoo

[Airedale1]

Four flawless shots, some of the best I've seen on here.

[GeForceFX]

WOW! The sharpness on those shots is incredible. Did you do much in the way of sharpening during post processing?

My next step: Go to B&H and ensure the 100-400L is in the wishlist...

-- John


I did some unsharp mask, like i always do.
but the pictures are really sharp, even at 100%



and tnx for the nice comments everyone :D

[Agger]

Fabulous pictures:cool: , one day I hope to be capable of something like that :oops: such good sharpness and colour rendition :cool:

[luisv]

Fantastic shots... great detail and awesome sharpness... thanks for sharing ! ! Handheld, monopod or tripod?

I just purchased a 100-400 this past Friday, so I hope to take pictures like these one day... thanks for the inspiration ! !

[GeForceFX]

all handheld, with IS on

[dancinec]

Very nice photos.. my favorite is the second one.. my wish list includes the 100-400mm l also.. maybe next year.

[austinjames]

Super shots...4 is my favorite!

[luisv]

all handheld, with IS on

Nice... they prove what steady hands and IS are capable of doing...

[James Lane]

I'm new to this forum and this is my first attempt at this stuff. Very nice pictures. I do have a question though................how do you add the signature on the botom right? I would like to add this as well to my pics

James

[mrclark321]

Seeing those pics starts my credit card a jingling( no must resist )

Great work!

Dan

[GeForceFX]

I'm new to this forum and this is my first attempt at this stuff. Very nice pictures. I do have a question though................how do you add the signature on the botom right? I would like to add this as well to my pics

James

First i wrote the sig on a piece of paper.
than I scanned it, and opened the scanned image in Photoshop.
I duplicated the layer and deleted the original (that way I get a transparent background when I delete something)

with the magic wand tool I then selected the white background and deleted it.
now I had the sig on a transparent background.

I than placed a white color overlay.
than I saved it as a psd file.

after that i made an acion, that automaticly opens the psd file and copy/pasts it to the lower recht corner of my picture.

now, when I want the sig on a picture, all I have to do is play the action, and then use the move tool to place it where I want it, and to resize it (with the maintain aspect ratio clicked on)
If desired, I can then change the color of the color overlay in black (or an other color)
that's it.

I hope this helped you.
If you got more questions, feel free to ask them here, by email of even by MSN if you want. ( ggoole@hotmail.com )

gino

[PhotosGuy]

VERY nice shots! Sales of the 100-400L are going to go up!

[HJMinard]

Ummm ... wow! :shock:
All excellent shots ... very sharp.
The last one is simply awesome ... well done!