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Old 12-05-2008, 08:27 PM
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Never attempted anything like this before.
I was shooting pigeons the other night and couldnt decide which to upload, so I thought Ill do a few.
Theyre a bit small at 800px wide, but it was worth a go.
Each on a separate layer and used a soft eraser to blend together.
50 million pixels into 142,400 lol.




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Very effective Merv and well thought out, great job, although you did worry me at first when you said you were shooting pidgeons the other night!
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Hi Merv .. Well done .. interesting how you have set this up ... Thanks for sharing ..
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Hi Merv,
for a first attempt this has turned out very successfully. The blending has worked very well and the spacing between each is spot on. I would have liked to see a little more space at either end so the crop was not so tight, but that is just me. Top marks mate...
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Hi all,
thanks for lokoing and commenting.
Bev, I always find the term "shooting babies" a bit odd lol.
Phil, I totally agree, and there was plenty of space, but to keep the bird as large as possible at 800px, I cropped it very tight.
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I like this composition in the fact it is quite unusual. Nice work mate.
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I could shoot your pigeons again for you if you wanted. I have some fireworks they could fly through as well.
Talking of fireworks I have used one of your shots in my latest upload "splash of speed".
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Cheers mate,
I have just realized it may look better mirrored.
I thought you may have, but there is plenty going on in that one of yours.
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Hey! The Birdie shots are cracker ... since You have just started down this road ... and the end composition looks spot on!
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Great Work Merv, I like it. Well Done
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Cheers lads.
I'm happy you like it, I'm shooting anything at the moment, waiting to get some motorsports done.
Do you ever get to Shelsley Paul?
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