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Sep 21, 2007 08:55 |  #1
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Skipper butterfly from this afternoon, Lynx spider with Hoverfly from yesterday. Are these images better in terms of not being too dark?

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Sep 21, 2007 09:30 |  #2

Love them Dave. Great shots!!


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Sep 21, 2007 10:44 as a reply to  @ Photogirl2007's post |  #3

Definitely better Dave, but they still look a touch dark on my monitor. Don't rely solely on my judgement though...


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Sep 21, 2007 10:51 |  #4

Very good shots again Dave, but still a touch on the dark side.

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Sep 21, 2007 12:45 |  #5

Nice skipper. Lovely action shot in #2. Both look a good exposure to me.


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Sep 21, 2007 13:02 as a reply to  @ skylab's post |  #6

Hiya Dave,

Good shots, as others have said still a tad on the dark side especially #2 #1 is my favorite.

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Sep 21, 2007 15:30 |  #7

Good shots Dave- like the skipper best. Think these are better from the darkness POV but looks like your shooting conditions are giving you highish contrast pics.
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Sep 21, 2007 15:34 |  #8

Very nice work Dave, maybe a smidge dark, but then I'm on a uncalibrated laptop and if I cahnge the angle of the screen they change also.


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Sep 21, 2007 19:58 as a reply to  @ Greg_C's post |  #9

Lovley captures Dave..Number 1 looks perfect on my laptop and is my favourite..number 2 looks a little dark to me too.

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Sep 21, 2007 20:45 |  #10

exposure looks good to me here,, I prefer #1,, its hard to make out the Lynx spider in #2,, I can see his leggs,, but thats it


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Sep 21, 2007 22:38 |  #11
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Thanks guys - images still look a tad dark on my dad's CRT monitor, which is uncalibrated, but makes me suspect that they are indeed still a bit darker. I feel that #1 is better than #2 from that point of view.

Brian - I've been trying a new contrast procedure in Photoshop, which looks OK on my working LCD monitor, but might not be OK when viewed on a calibrated monitor. Perhaps this is what you're seeing. QLD light is harsher than the light I was in before in NSW, and I still suspect that the onboard flash on the D60 was bringing me a softer light than my diffused 430ex flash unit. I know it shouldn't, but that's wht my gut instincts are telling me. The skipper butterfly shot was taken with FEC set to +1/3 stop, could have possibly been lowered a bit, but it's hard to say.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

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