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Subject: [Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Thu Mar 2 15:54:27 2006
References: <9b678e0602250532h4eaf13c7pb1e7c7222144936@mail.gmail.com> <C0259EAB.4C4C%telyt@earthlink.net>

Doug,
Sorry, I was away at PMA so missed the opportunity to look.  If you have PS2
the smart sharpen should let you do what you want.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 2/25/06, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> on 2/25/06 5:32 AM, Don Dory at don.dory@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Doug,
> > Two points or so.  First, this is a wonderful shot at 72dpi.  Second, it
> is
> > good to know that you are human too and require a tripod with an 800mm
> > lens.
>
> at 1/15 sec hand-held would be pushing my luck a bit ;-)
>
> >  Third, I suspect with some PS sharpening tricks this could in fact be
> > made into a reasonably sharp image at 11X14, the feathers and bars
> provide
> > edges that can be enhanced pretty easily with any artifacts buried in
> the
> > feather detail.
>
> I'd like to see what can be done.  I've uploaded a 100% crop of the owl's
> face to http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/leow01crop.jpg.  The file will
> be
> here for only a few days.  This file is level 10 .jpg, no PS work other
> than
> color corrections and dust spotting.
>
> >
> >> Without further ado, my Long-eared Owl photo:
> >>
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/leow01.html
> >>
> >> Hardware, etc: Leicaflex SL2, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, 1.4x APO-Extender-R,
> >> Provia
> >> 400F film.  Exposure was probably 1/15 sec with mirror pre-release.
> >
>
> --
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus))
In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otis))
Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus))