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    Kites and a heron

    It was a bit cold and grey, but enjoyable as always.


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    Heron getting out the way as the kites arrive


    Kites and a heron

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Great images; but first and the last images are not showing; may be due to a slow network....

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Everything showing for me and looking good.

    Sometimes, a grey day can actually work well because it avoids those over exposure hot spots caused by brilliant sunshine; providing you can get sufficient shutter speed.

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff F View Post
    Everything showing for me and looking good.
    Not for me, Geoff.

    first image not showing.
    second caption is a URL which takes me to a Flickr error page.
    sixth image not showing.
    seventh caption is a URL which takes me to a Flickr error page.

    Sometimes, a grey day can actually work well because it avoids those over exposure hot spots caused by brilliant sunshine; providing you can get sufficient shutter speed.
    Agreed, especially if the camera tends to less contrast in the highlights by which I mean that some if not many cameras do a non-linear S-shaped conversion to RGB. See DPR reviews of dynamic range for examples, e.g.

    https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympus-om-d-e-m1/19

    Scroll to "DR Modes" ...
    Last edited by xpatUSA; 30th April 2021 at 09:23 PM.

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Quote Originally Posted by xpatUSA View Post
    Not for me.
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    sixth image not showing.
    seventh caption is a URL which takes me to a Flickr error page.

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    Ted, don't know what's hapening here but there are only 4 images! And they all show OK on my screen right now.

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Ted and Nandakumar: I put the images into a flickr album that you can see here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/billtils/67H050

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Quote Originally Posted by billtils View Post
    Ted, don't know what's hapening here but there are only 4 images! And they all show OK on my screen right now.
    Thanks for the link, Bill, lovely shots esp. that third one!

    Here's my screen captures FYI.

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    Lower:

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    I always blame Flickr in these circumstances. No disrespect to your good self.

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Bill, I've been able to see all four. They are all very good. My favourite is the second one, I think because of the angle of the kite's head. The eye is in clear view and seems to be firmly focussed on something -- perhaps the next meal!

    As Geoff commented, the greyish sky made a good backdrop for the kite shots.

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Pictures of Red Kite are wonderful, first one is really great.

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Quote Originally Posted by xpatUSA View Post

    I always blame Flickr in these circumstances. No disrespect to your good self.
    Thanks for your work on this Ted. I have a photo-buddy who is a retired senior software engineer and always takes great delight in telling me that 99% of "failures" are due to operator error but in this case I'm with you. The oddity is that there is cleary a problem somewhere but not everywhere.

    Cheers

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Thanks for your comments David, Bruce, Geoff and Nandakumar (and Ted!).

    A bit of variety in the favourite choice - mine would have been the second because of the angle of the head but sadly the shot in the burst that was best for that did not pick up the classic 'V' red kite tail. Maybe next time ...

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Thank you Bill, they are truly awesome!!!

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    Nice series Bill, with Red Kite 2 being my favourite !!

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    Re: Kites and a heron

    Excellent work

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