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[sedwards]

i have been trying to figure out photoshop and camera raw for editing but its going at a snails pace lol. here is a female cardinal i tried to clean up a little , it was way over exposed
IMG_2086 by sedwards679, on Flickr

 

[Click]

The bullfinch, common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) - MALE


5D MKIII and 100-400 II

Very nice shot. Well done candyman.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Alan I used the 6D because I was short of light but here is one today with the 1D4.

It's got one advantage - 8000th rather than 4000th and one big disadvantage, the noise at ISO 1250. The motion of a chickadee appears to benefit from the highest shutter speed but even with fill flash I couldn't get as much DOF as I need with the focus uncertainty.

I also can't explain why this conversion to JPG using DPP produces such an ugly blotchy background when the RAW looks much better.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Now that the chickadee is posted the JPG looks more normal than the JPG on my computer. Anyone have any experience with something like what I've described?

Jack

 

[candyman]

The bullfinch, common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) - MALE


5D MKIII and 100-400 II

Very nice shot. Well done candyman.

Thank you Click. It is always nice to see such colored birds in nature.

 

[chauncey]

Swans...created from smoke.

 

[Click]

Nicely done, chauncey.

 

[GP.Masserano]

Camargue 2015

 

[Viper28]

AvGod - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula

AvGod is a bit of a legend. He lives on one of the hill locations in Mid-Wales used for aircraft photography. It is said he always appears just before a jet arrives, hence a Aviation God. In reality their are a "squadron" of AvGods, all well fed on everything from sandwich crumbs to mars bars by the bored photographers waiting for that jet to appear!

 

[Click]

Lovely shot, Simon.

 

[Northbird]

Excellent shot of the European Robin Simon.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Excellent shot of the European Robin Simon.

Me too! Very appealing.

Jack

 

[rpt]

Excellent shot of the European Robin Simon.

Me too! Very appealing.

Jack

+1

Lovely!

 

[GP.Masserano]

Svasso piccolo (2)
Lui' verde
Porciglione

 

[GP.Masserano]

Oca granaiola

 

[Click]

Great shots, GP Masserano. Nicely done.

 

[AlanF]

Off to Paphos in Cyprus tomorrow for a spot of bird photography. I am taking the 5DIII + 300/2.8 + 2xTC and my wife the 7DII + 100-400mm II. The 5DIII + 300/2.8 + 2xTC is carefully packed as hand luggage for the Ryanair flight. Here is a reminder for me of what that combo can do (dunnock, little egret, robin).

 

[AlanF]

Green Sandpiper, also taken on the same day as the three portraits.

 

[serendipidy]

Excellent shot of the European Robin Simon.

Me too! Very appealing.

Jack

+1

Lovely!

Gorgeous!

 

[serendipidy]

Off to Paphos in Cyprus tomorrow for a spot of bird photography. I am taking the 5DIII + 300/2.8 + 2xTC and my wife the 7DII + 100-400mm II. The 5DIII + 300/2.8 + 2xTC is carefully packed as hand luggage for the Ryanair flight. Here is a reminder for me of what that combo can do (dunnock, little egret, robin).

Fantastic shots. Such great feather detail and color.