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[Click]

Long time since I posted here, but I do still read the other posts:
Cheers Brian

Beautiful series. I especially like the Nuthatch. Well done.

 

[kodakrome]

A couple of common birds taken with my 5DsR, 300 f/2.8 II with 2xiii extender.

Goldfinch 1/1,600, f/6.3 ISO1000
2017_02_19_142236-1497 by Bryan Holliman, on Flickr

Chickadee 1/1,000, f/6.3 ISO250
2017_02_19_134958-1469 by Bryan Holliman, on Flickr

Nice shots...both are very pretty birds.

 

[kodakrome]

Couple of herons and a pelican.
6D and 400 5.6L

 

[Click]

Nice shots, kodakrome.

 

[hbr]

Excellent shots, kodakrome. I also have the same gear.

 

[kodakrome]

Nice shots, kodakrome.

Thanks, Click.

 

[kodakrome]

Excellent shots, kodakrome. I also have the same gear.

Thanks, hbr.

 

[Mikehit]

And a Treecreeper:

Cheers Brian

I have some target species this year and that is one of them. A nice shot, bjd.

 

[Cog]

 

[IslanderMV]

Eider munching on a massive mollusk.

 

[sedwards]

Closeup of a great gray owl
_D4_2985 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Closeup of a great gray owl

I really like this shot. Nicely done, Stuart.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Eider munching on a massive mollusk.

Very nice - any way you could raise the shadows a bit?

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Closeup of a great gray owl

I really like this shot. Nicely done, Stuart.

+1 Please send that guy to me! Our climate here is perfectly satisfactory and I'd treat him well.

Jack

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jeff.
A great capture of the moment there. That must be metaphorically bordering on "bitten off more than he can chew" (yes I know it will be swallowed whole).

Cheers, Graham.

Eider munching on a massive mollusk.

 

[sedwards]

White-breasted nuthatch in the rain.
1DIV 560mm ,f8 ,1/320 , iso 800

_D4_6108 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Beautiful. Very nice shot, Stuart.

 

[lion rock]

Beautiful shot!
-r

White-breasted nuthatch in the rain.
1DIV 560mm ,f8 ,1/320 , iso 800
on Flickr

 

[bjd]

Eider munching on a massive mollusk.

Very nice - any way you could raise the shadows a bit?

Jack

I have the same feeling with some of my shots, basically any birds with Black parts of their plumage. But up till now I never found a satisfactory way to do it, neither in LR nor PS. Sure I can lighten up just the shadows, create a mask of the parts I want to lighten and then adjust that, but I have never been happy with the results.
Anyone have any good suggestions?
Cheers Brian

 

[bjd]

White-breasted nuthatch in the rain.
1DIV 560mm ,f8 ,1/320 , iso 800

_D4_6108 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

Super