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nikonguy said
Praveen

I especially like the third shot of the (chipmunk?) looking at

the camera. It’s well composed in the frame with good detail

to the eye. The background is also subdued so it doesn’t interfere

with the main subject – nice shot!!!

I would definitely suggest shooting in RAW and using Lightroom or

Photoshop for post processing. I always use Lightroom because I

find Photoshop confusing. I’ll have to take the time to figure it out one

day but Lightroom is a great program for making a good photo a lot better.

Hope you keep shooting and posting and will look forward to more pics in

the future.

Dale.

Hi Dale,

Thanks loads for your comments… its just a bridge came… but shots came out than what I expected..

as it supports raw, ill give it a try…

have fun….

Praveen.

Mandrake said
Very sharp images of the chipmunk (We’ll take Dale’s word for it.)
Great job of avoiding camera shake at 1/25 sec. with focal lengths of 215mm and 164mm.
I’m assuming they were hand held.

Dale… I’m not sure I would buy Photoshop as it is very expensive and now has the Creative Cloud complication.
Go with Photoshop Elements 11 at $80 US  It has everything that you will need.

Thanks Mandrake.

Its just my bridge cam…:) 

one small clarification i need with regard to exposures of above pictures..

Don’t you think its kinda distracting bit.. (the chipmunks and their fur glittering).. wanted to make them more

soothing to the eye.. Will exposure locking work instead of spot metering.. ? Or any other solution ? (apart from post processing ofcoz)

Appreciate your advice.

Regards,

Praveen.