Post your best bird shots!

[Oren]

Brendan, I've said it before (and I'm not the only one) - you need to sharpen your resized pictures.

[Brendan7]

Sorry 'bout that Oren, it's just that I suck at post-processing and would probably ruin half my images by sharpening them. But I'll give it a shot anyways []


Well, today I actually got my first shot at a male Cardinal. We have them all over the place 24/7 but I don't have a blind and it's incredibly hard to approach them, especially with a 300mm lens. But today, I got lucky. I know it's not my best shot, but it's my only Cardinal so far so I like it.


300L IS F/4 @ 300mm, f/8.0, 1/500, ISO 640. Manual Exposure, Handheld. Resized and sharpened (!!!) in DPP. (Oren, problem fixed [])


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Ok, one more. This is of a nuthatch. I was probably at MFD for my lens and couldn't manage to get the bird's whole body in the frame. But it made for a nice headshot. I don't love the framing but, hey, I'm working on it.


f/8, 1/400, ISO 640 Manual Exposure, handheld. Sharpened in DPP.


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thanks for viewing and commenting,


brendan

[Mark Elberson]

Brendan, the sharpening you have done has made a BIG difference in my opinion. The feather detail alone is much more prominent than your past offerings. Great job :-)

[Brendan7]

Hehe! I finally did something correctly! Thanks Mark. Still learning all the technical aspects of photography [8-|]

[Wes]

[Fast Glass]

Hey Brendan,


You would have been better off using your 300 wide open and blur out the background on your cardinal.It would be less distracting.


Here is an example,


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John.

[Brendan7]

Absolutely true John. Unfortunately I was shooting at f8 because for my setups I need good DoF so the entire setup and bird is in focus. When the cardinal landed so close...I was too excited to use my brain [N]

[Oren]

Ohhh Fast Glass... I want your lens!


Seriously now, can you post pictures of this lens? I'd like to see it.

[Fast Glass]

Hi Oren,


Here is a link to some thing that looks something like my lens


[:P]


http://www.oldstarlight.com/images/All%20Other%20Pages/LX-200%20on%20Milburn.JPG


I'll try tofind a "better picture".


That is not a 600mm though.[]

[Fast Glass]

Ok, here is a real picture of it.








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It's right under the thumb.


Hope you like it,


John.