Drove by a Mexican Restaurant and noticed the great colors. [This attachment has been purged. Older attachments are purged from time to time to conserve disk space. Please feel free to repost your image.]
I like the first one a lot Craig. The second one - the sign in the door is distracting to me. But the first one....really really really nice.
Thanks Roger. I took the first one another step and cloned out the light and umbrella stand. [attachment=1] The one with the door, I wasn't sure either about the signs. I chose to leave them since the door is some kind of service door and I thought the signs helped convey reality. Also, I took your advice and bumped up the contrast in camera for the first time ever. It worked here! Thanks. [This attachment has been purged. Older attachments are purged from time to time to conserve disk space. Please feel free to repost your image.]
I didn't even notice them until you mentioned cloning them out! Glad the contrast boost worked for you. I noticed the same "problem" with the 80-400 on my day 3 pics from SWO. And while I'm only about 33% done with the pics of that day, my jaw is still on the floor noticing how I was able to keep up with a macaw in flight during the dolphin show there. Granted it was flying away rather than across the field of view, but no way off focus shots here....
I was wondering how your 80-400VR experience went. I think it gets a bad rap only becuase it was one of the first VR lenses Nikon came out with. I know there's been rumors (for like two years now) of Nikon updating it "any day now" but I really like the results I get with mine.
I'll have to summarize it later. I only used it two days during my 9 day trip - one at Sea World, and the other at DAK. The 18-200 never came off other than for that after Day 2 when the 50 passed away.
Hey Roger, do you think that Contrast boost would work on my swimming action shots as well? I posted some new ones from the last couple weeks on the thread I started. Check them out when you get a chance & let me know what you think. I also like the first shot of the Mexican Restaurant. That is some Fantastic coloring on that building. Great Job!!!
