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After buying my new opticron es80ed the other day, I thought it was about time to put the camera on the end and see what happens.
Using an adaptor made out of an old 35mm film canister I tried a few shots of flowers etc and then focused on our regular garden robin who was waiting for meal worms as usual. This shot was passed briefly through PS to adjust the colour and contrast slightly and also to sharpen the image a bit.
Any comments on how I can improve things would be very helpful

P.S. Camera was a ricoh caplio rr30, focused on infinity using self timer. Eyepiece 20-60x zoom.
Bob

bob hastie said:

After buying my new opticron es80ed the other day, I thought it was about time to put the camera on the end and see what happens.
Using an adaptor made out of an old 35mm film canister I tried a few shots of flowers etc and then focused on our regular garden robin who was waiting for meal worms as usual. This shot was passed briefly through PS to adjust the colour and contrast slightly and also to sharpen the image a bit.
Any comments on how I can improve things would be very helpful

P.S. Camera was a ricoh caplio rr30, focused on infinity using self timer. Eyepiece 20-60x zoom.
Bob

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Excellent shot, Bob. Can't see much room for improvement. I may have gone over the dark background foliage with the dodge tool set to lighten shadows (soft brush @10-20%) just to cheer up the gloomy background.
Very nice to see such a good image from a lesser known camera.
Regards,
Andy

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that.
Next move is to get out in the field to see if I can get some shots of less obliging birds.
Bob.