Making out in public - Great Horned Owl style!
R5 + RF800mm
Lovely shot, Nicely done, BHF3737.
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Making out in public - Great Horned Owl style!
R5 + RF800mm
I've been kingfisher-deprived since the beginning of covid. But, yesterday I found a kingfisher had moved to a pond where I regularly stroll by. Rather far away, but the 100-500mm at 1000mm gets some reasonable images. Stacking and blending in PhotoShop squeezes out a little more detail as they are at pixel-level resolution. (These are crops at 1px = 1px original (100%)).
Could you post in more detail about how you did your computer magic?I've been kingfisher-deprived since the beginning of covid. But, yesterday I found a kingfisher had moved to a pond where I regularly stroll by. Rather far away, but the 100-500mm at 1000mm gets some reasonable images. Stacking and blending in PhotoShop squeezes out a little more detail as they are at pixel-level resolution. (These are crops at 1px = 1px original (100%)).
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You can buy programs that do focus stacking, like Helicon. Quote from their website: "Helicon Focus. Focus stacking software: a post-processing technique that extends the depth of field in your photographs.To use this technique, you take several images of the same scene, focusing your lens on a different part of the object for each shot. Then you can use Helicon Focus to blend all the sharp areas together and produce a completely sharp image." I learned recently that you can do the same with PS, and I tried it out on dragonflies. You can do it to a burst of identical shots in the same way and combine them instead of choosing the best one and binning the rest. You load them as a stack, autoalign and blend. There are details available on the net if you search. To be honest, it made very little difference here but it works well for macro close ups when there is very little depth of field.Could you post in more detail about how you did your computer magic?
Beautiful Alan - they are quite elusiveI've been kingfisher-deprived since the beginning of covid. But, yesterday I found a kingfisher had moved to a pond where I regularly stroll by. Rather far away, but the 100-500mm at 1000mm gets some reasonable images. Stacking and blending in PhotoShop squeezes out a little more detail as they are at pixel-level resolution. (These are crops at 1px = 1px original (100%)).
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A particularly nice shot of a beautiful bird that is a menace.SparrowhawkView attachment 200698
I'm far from expert too but just Google "Marbled Wimbrel" in case you don't believe me...
And it's still very nice photo what ever you call it!
Lovely shot, Nicely done, BHF3737.
Thanks all. The second episode was a day later (today) where I could see the male Owl was alone and he was laughing his head off! Even there was is a smilyface on the leaf next to its head!! Below is the evidence.That is a really cute shot!
Fantastic! Was the owl making any sound?Thanks all. The second episode was a day later (today) where I could see the male Owl was alone and he was laughing his head off! Even there was is a smilyface on the leaf next to its head!! Below is the evidence.
R5 + RF100-500mm.
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Thanks. No he was not making any sound. Jokes aside, I guess he just was shaking his head and perhaps digesting his food of the last night. Sometimes our imagination goes beyond the reality.Fantastic! Was the owl making any sound?
I can't remember how near or far the birds have been, as this was back in 2017. And there were so many birds, especially at Lake Manyara.English is not my first language either - don't apologize: I didn't even notice your "mistake" (actually what you are talking about?). All I was talking about was the distance to the bird and I was really curious how it behaved when you where there (especially with these chicks present!) - just to learn something new...
Concerning the English - if the guys here with English as a first language start putting red flags on my posts - it would be very colorful !
Still one of the most beautiful little birds aroundI've been kingfisher-deprived since the beginning of covid. But, yesterday I found a kingfisher had moved to a pond where I regularly stroll by. Rather far away, but the 100-500mm at 1000mm gets some reasonable images. Stacking and blending in PhotoShop squeezes out a little more detail as they are at pixel-level resolution. (These are crops at 1px = 1px original (100%)).
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Very well analyzed! Thanks, Click!It is certainly their way to stay away from predators. Nice shots, Oskar.