A sleepy swan, and a funny duck

greengiant · 25 Jun 2006 at 18:05

Visited a nature reserve last week and was able to get nice and close to a few very tame ducks and swans.

I was able to take quite a few pics of tame swan, including this one of her sleeping, she must have been all of 10 feet from the picnic table where I was sitting!:

Taken using my Fuji S5600. Slight post pro using dcraw + gimp (levels, sharpening)

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Brian

AdWright · 25 Jun 2006 at 18:20

I think that the levels could probably do with some further tweaking:

(hope you don't mind)

antc · 25 Jun 2006 at 20:45

I like that shot, pretty cool being able to catch it sleeping. I think AdWright's adjustment of levels has really helped.

greengiant · 25 Jun 2006 at 21:31

AdWright said:
I think that the levels could probably do with some further tweaking:

(hope you don't mind)

Adwright, would you mind sharing what you did to the image? I agree your version looks a bit better.

Oh, about the funny duck mentioned in the title, I guess the funny thing about it was I forgot to post the image in the original post! :rolleyes:

cheers

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Brian

benjo plz. · 25 Jun 2006 at 21:32

greengiant said:
Oh, about the funny duck mentioned in the title, I guess the funny thing about it was I forgot to post the image in the original post!

Yeh, I wanted a funny duck. :mad:

What a Jip

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hoodmeister · 25 Jun 2006 at 21:34

so, where's the duck!

Cool swan

Adwrights version is a touch nicer, but it really brings out the dirt, too :eek:

themask70 · 25 Jun 2006 at 21:38

Not bad

AdWright · 25 Jun 2006 at 23:11

greengiant said:
Adwright, would you mind sharing what you did to the image? I agree your version looks a bit better.

Very simple tweak - created a new levels layer, selected the White Point dropper and clicked on the brightest white part of the picture - on the swan's wing, just above the head. That's it - as I said, it only needed a slight tweak

freebooter · 25 Jun 2006 at 23:25

I have been thinking about getting a 5600. How does the zoom work? I see in the pics it has a ring on the front of the lens, does this control the zoom or do you have to use the buttons on the back?

greengiant · 26 Jun 2006 at 18:27

freebooter said:
I have been thinking about getting a 5600. How does the zoom work? I see in the pics it has a ring on the front of the lens, does this control the zoom or do you have to use the buttons on the back?

Freebooter, the zoom is controlled by the buttons on the back "W" and "T".

The lens barrel is good for protecting the zoom mechanism, and gives you a good grip on the camera. .

V. good camera for the money, plus you can use normal 55mm filters.

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Brian

greengiant · 26 Jun 2006 at 18:30

AdWright said:
Very simple tweak - created a new levels layer, selected the White Point dropper and clicked on the brightest white part of the picture - on the swan's wing, just above the head. That's it - as I said, it only needed a slight tweak

"Auto Levels" in gimp also seems to do the trick. Thanks for the advice.

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Brian

greengiant · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:00

By popular demand, here is mr funny duck:

Fireblade2K4 · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:04

Thats a nice swan picture I have to say, although it does look a little noisy to me....or am I just being picky :confused:

Heres my edit anyway with a little tweek and noise reduction, hope you dont mind.

Stu

Zefan · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:06

That duck IS funny!

Nice shots.

benjo plz. · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:09

Zefan said:
That duck IS funny! Nice shots.

Yep, tis a quacking shot

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/runs.

Fireblade2K4 · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:11

<< Goes and looks for funny duck shots >>

Stu

Fireblade2K4 · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:19

Heres my contribution to this post, not much of a "Funny Duck" but quite an inquisative one I have to admit.

Stu

benjo plz. · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:39

That's the same duck. You damn stalker!!

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Fireblade2K4 · 26 Jun 2006 at 19:43

Phnom_Penh said:
That's the same duck. You damn stalker!! .

Its his brother actually...lol

Stu

greengiant · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:29

Fireblade2K4 said:
Thats a nice swan picture I have to say, although it does look a little noisy to me....or am I just being picky

Heres my edit anyway with a little tweek and noise reduction, hope you dont mind.

Stu

Stu, no, you are probably correct.

I had the camera in RAW mode, which disables noise reduction (after all it is just the data straight from the ccd). More detail in the image (once sharpened post pro), but slightly more noisy.

cheers

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Brian