Almost Loupey :)

[Knight]

Almost got this one Loupey , if i would have had better light maybe lol. Oh well theres always a next time hehe.

[Loupey]

Knight - I don't know about "almost" - I think you got it :thumbsup:

For one, you captured the entire wing stroke. Secondly, the wing stroke is beautifully captured by the angle of the sun.

I played around with your image. You'll see that if you bring down the overall exposure and tone down the highlights and color correct the image, the resulting image is fine indeed.

[Knight]

Thanks Loupey, i will try to give it a edit in CS3 tonight.

[nps474]

Hey Knight, I also think its very well captured, wondering, do you have any of the "before and after" frames saved to post up as well? Just curious.

[Bevb]

Nice one Knight!! what lense did you use for this?

[Knight]

Loupey i havent got around to trying your sugestions yet but i will NPS 474 do you mean before editing or shot before and after this one because i dont have any i just got the one lol
And Bev i used a 105 Sigma Macro with a kenko 1.4x for this one ,im still trying to get use to it, focusing ring and such .

[nps474]

NPS 474 do you mean before editing or shot before and after this one because i dont have any i just got the one lol

Got it. Just thought you may have had some other quick pics (same series) also actually snapped in flight. No biggie, looks like this is evidence you are for sure getting this down pat, Im betting you will be going back for more ariel manuevers pics. In flight shots of dragons (I have none as of yet) are also going on my list of wanted new captures.

[Knight]

Well this is the first time i semi succeed at in flight Dragons , now if i could only get Loupey to divulge a few more of his secrets

[Loupey]

Hey, Knight, I hope you don't mind but here is the version I did a few days back.

Don't quite remember the specific steps. But, as always, nothing area-specific, no masks, layers, or such. Just global stuff like color balance, levels, curves, and repeat. Colors are always tough - I tried to envision what the scene was like for you at the time.

Like I said before, you have a good image there. Just needs a little massaging.