Here's a Black Crowned Night Heron I caught in flight bringing twigs back to it's nest.
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Wonderful BIF @macrunning.
Was the eye so bright SOOC or did you do a bit in post?
Please don't get me wrong. The whole pics looks wonderful natural.
But I don't know this bird and can't rate this.
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Hi Maximilian, I did some post processing in Lightroom, DxO PureRaw to remove noise and Photoshop to remove some tree limbs on the left. I took up the luminance in Lightroom on the red slider to 50. Too much?
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This is a jpg of the original raw file (_K1A5835-1.jpg). On the file named 2nd.jpg you can see the light hits the eye better and is a fairly vibrant red. No adjustments were made to 2nd.jpg, this is just a .jpg of the raw file.
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Someone related here that you had to boost the colours to sell bird prints. I leave them as natural as possible. Here's the brightest-eyed Blackcrowned Night Heron I have ever taken (5DIII + 300mm f/2.8 II + 2xTC), with no adjustments. The eyes can seem very bright when sunlight reflects strongly from them.
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Well I guess it's a good thing I'm not trying to sell prints. I edit the photos the way I like for me. My images usually only make it onto my computer desktop and wallpaper which rotate every few minutes. Occasionally I post on here. Everyone has their own way of editing or not editing photos and that should be the way it is. I enjoy what I enjoy and everyone else can enjoy what they enjoy.
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Here's another shot I took with the light hitting the eye and you can see how vibrant it is. This is an un-edited .jpg of the raw file.
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Hi @macrunning!
Thank you for your fast and honest replies.
Looking at your 1st.jpg and 2nd.jpg I'd say - and decide only for my personal taste - maybe a little bit less red would still do well.
But still a beautiful pic as I stated in first.
Any kind of edit is about personal taste and also about art.
As long as someone is not claiming that it is natural and SOOC, everything is allowed.
Thanks again.
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"In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught" - Bob Dylan
I prefer the later line: "I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sun"
and shoot all those wonderful birds, you lucky Floridians!
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Agree 100%. In the film times the possibility to edit your photos were pretty limited. But still there was a difference of the colors (and even resolution!) that you will get lets say between Kodak and Fujifilm (just a sample!). And you choose the film that you like - kind of "editing" too
. Now we have rather big range for adjusting our photos according to our own taste. And it was one (just one!) of the main reasons the digital took over the film. For the people who don't sell their photos (like me) the only critics/advise are coming from posting on forums like this one (actually for me it's the only this one). And I learned something posting here!!! For the people who are selling their photos - they have to adjust to the market, not necessarily to their own taste that could be (rather) different!
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It's already listed on the B&H site. F6.3 instead of F5.6
)) but also ~6500$ instead of ~17000$ oops. And 2.4kg against 3.1kg (still not 1.2kg and ~1000$!!!!).My Nikon 200-500 is only 2.3 kg but has the versatility of the zoom lens
!.Well, we have to wait to see how superior it is!
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It's an absolute cracker of a lens, but not for me, and I think probably not for you either. Its mfd is 5m, and neither of us could use that on a hike where we shoot insects, flowers and birds. Also, crucial for me, weighing in at 2.4kg and needing a 1.3kg body, I couldn't carry it for long. But, for some, it's going to be a dream lens. Shooting from a safari vehicle or a car, on the other hand, I could use it! Calm down GAS!It's already listed on the B&H site. F6.3 instead of F5.6
My Nikon 200-500 is only 2.3 kg but has the versatility of the zoom lens
Well, we have to wait to see how superior it is!
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I think that would be my turn off here. (and the price
)Zoom with higher flexibility together with a MFD good for insects at the same time, that's what I'd need.
EF100-400L II or RF 100-500 , that's what I'd prefer. IQ is more than good enough for me.
For sure a great specialist for birding and wildlife.
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A Great Egret flying back into the nest to take over babysitting duties for it's partner.
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I don't have GAS for this lens: MFD and as a prime it has not enough flexibility for what I shoot! Neither the Canon shooters should be (at least most of them): until this lens becomes easily available Canon could come with something new (but they really should think twice before announcing something like RF 800 f5.6 at that price!!!).
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