As far as I can remeber I haven't done to much with the highlights, I have darkened the blues a bit, mut not to much.. Have also added a bit of clarity, which may help explain the halo-effect.
All adjustements were done i ACR, just a bit of sharpening and resizing in CS4.
I know I can't complain about corner sharpness at f/2, but it does not look like lack of sharpness, more like motion blur, a little strange...
EDIT: I just looked at the settings in ACR, and I did actually do a little highlight recovery, but when I turned all the "modifications" off, the halo-effect was still clearly visible..
Gregory.Rotter wrote:
How about some shots similar to this with the D700 and 70-300 VR? I'll be using the 35 F2D, 24-70 and 70-300VR when I get my D700 next month.
impossible, this is already a crop, you need a 500mm F4 on your D700
There's a lot of geese in the neighborhood i will have a shot at it soon. I don't expect a big difference since this was shot @ iso200. Both camera's look pretty the same (color/contrast wise) at that setting...
Here are a few from a roasting hot day in Kew Gardens last week. I eventually had to escape the green houses and go for a lay down in the shade to recuperate.
