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Whilst in Adelaide for my Brother's birthday, we went on a day trip to the Barossa Valley and Adelaide hills. Here are a few from the day that I liked. Hope you do too.

The Chateau

This photo looks softer than the original bigger pic. Is that just part of resizing for the web?

A Reflection


and That ol' Bird

Any tips of retaining the detail in the black feathers?

Any comments or criticism gladly welcomed. Thanks

When you resize the images often lose a little quality including sharpness...I tend to sharpen once and then maybe reduce the opacity nearly everytime I resize something for the web...

Love the reflections in the second shot...its very well seen and caught!

You could use a little fill flash to retain some details in the black feathers...but make sure you underexpose the shot to keep detail in the background and the fill flash should only really be enough to brighten the bird...

i like the first of these russell....with the magpie did you loose the detail in pp....i took a photo of a willy wag tail recently using these settings....manual...aperture f8...exposure time 1/125...i didn't post because the tail isn't visible...hope you dont mind i'll put it here for you to look at.


cheers pa

Bindii wrote:Love the reflections in the second shot...its very well seen and caught!

Thanks Bindii. I noticed the reflection and thought mmm cool photo. I took this one, and then stepped back a few steps to get a wider shot, and a little breeze picked up and the reflection disappeared in a flash.

Pa wrote:i like the first of these russell

Thanks Pa.

Bindii wrote:You could use a little fill flash to retain some details in the black feathers...but make sure you underexpose the shot to keep detail in the background and the fill flash should only really be enough to brighten the bird...

Pa wrote:with the magpie did you loose the detail in pp....i took a photo of a willy wag tail recently using these settings....manual...aperture f8...exposure time 1/125...i didn't post because the tail isn't visible...hope you dont mind i'll put it here for you to look at.

Bindii and Pa, thanks for the tips with the magpie. I will try a bit of fill flash next time. Pa I do not mind you putting a photo up. It looks pretty sharp, and can def see the detail in your feathers. I think my photo may have been slightly underexposed, and I was in shade, and so was the magpie. Looking at the photo up close there is a little detail in the feathers. Something to work on for next time though.

I was pretty happy with the shot, cause his eyes (and beak) are pretty sharp. The extra detail in the feathers would have been a bonus.

rflower wrote:A Reflection

Did you try the whisper at one end of the dam and listen at the other? Pretty cool effect!