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On 7/27/2017 4:30 PM, David B. wrote:
On 27-Jul-17 7:28 PM, Davoud wrote: David B. The images at the links you posted, Peter, are not a patch on the quality of those photographs taken by Davoud (in MY opinion, anyway). PeterN: OK. You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Reasons for your opinion would be appreciated. Enough on this. I try to make my photos in conformity with my aesthetic sensibilities. Love 'em or leave 'em. I suspect that PeterN does the same. PeterN and I are not opponents in a competition. OK - I have no wish to 'fight' with anyone here. I have had many discussions here that have not degraded into fights. I truly enjoy a discussion, in which we can express differing opinions, without insulting the other person. Just as one example, there is one person where here, and in another group we are politically as far apart as is possible. Yet we have met in person, on several occasions, and consider each other friends. Despite years of disputes in the other group, neither of us has ever resorted to insults, and we both respect our differing beliefs. We also discovered that we had more in common than either of us realized. P.S. Here's one more y'all might like https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/34885963754. The detail in that image is truly amazing! Thanks for sharing. :-) Yup! -- PeterN |
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On 7/27/2017 5:42 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: Snip Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. I guess I got a bit complacent with regard to that Osprey. He was a daily regular on my drive to work. Needless to say the lighting and sky changed day-to-day, as did the fish, but the bird and pole remained the same. https://www.dropbox.com/s/suq7xxiwbx5v2ip/dsc_0079C.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7td5jbhf98zhy7/dsc_0081C.jpg This guy is a much better image, though I would have liked to see him a little less centered. I shudder to think what sort of crop you might have inflicted on this shot to extract the Osprey. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5jo0s333n3wcyt/dsc0062c.jpg Not sure I would even try. Are your other crops from that original? Obviously not an Osprey https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxvo9r4pfv4g4es/Vegetarian%20Woodpecker.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao4wqtcalfsrlma/Thanksgiving%20escapee.jpg?dl=0 -- PeterN |
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On 7/27/2017 9:13 PM, Bill W wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:10:45 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 4:34 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 8:22 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, David B. wrote (in article ): On 26-Jul-17 9:08 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 26, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jul 26, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/26/2017 10:47 AM, David B. wrote: On 26-Jul-17 3:35 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/26/2017 2:24 AM, RichA wrote: On Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:45:54 UTC-4, David B. wrote: I've just viewed the most fantastic images of birds - I have never seen finer, EVER! Other folk may view them he- http://www.primordial-light.com/aves.html I've made a note to explore David's work further when I return home to my iMac! Thank you for providing the route to find you, Davoud! :-D -- Regards, David B. Difficult, getting that close to a bird like those in the wild and not spooking them. Unless they are acclimated to people, or you use a long lens.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqsbscqwac...son%20birds%20 oy s ter%20cathcers%20terns_4192%20crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fjzuep8syetz60/my%20dinner.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycftpxc2x5...%20with%20fish .j p g?dl=0 The images at the links you posted, Peter, are not a patch on the quality of those photographs taken by Davoud (in MY opinion, anyway). OK. You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Reasons for your opinion would be appreciated. I can’t speak for David and his opinion, but I have my opinion, and observations regarding those three shots. Starting with the Oyster catcher. At first I thought this was your old Oyster catcher shot from a few years back, then I saw that this was recently captured with the D500. The image quality (IQ) is awful, and that seems to be a result of several things, including your usual crop, and poor focusing on this particular part of your frame. If this is a demonstration of the IQ capability of the D500, I am disappointed. The hawk shot is just a ridiculously severe crop resulting in an image not much better than a thumbnail. It hardly seemed worth posting. I certainly have managed to wring out better quality images with my D70. The Osprey is a great capture, but again suffers from your cropping, and sharpening techniques in post. The edge halo detracts from the image just as it did when you first shared it. BTW: here is a D70 shot of Osprey with snack from 2004. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Shared/Demo/dsc0067C.jpg Your comments say exactly what *I* had thought - thank you. Your link doesn't 'work' for me. :-( Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. As you recently said to me ..... ...... everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ;-) I certainly don't intend to force my opinion on anyone. I should have made it clear that comment was just my opinion. You shouldn't have to. It should already be clear that everything on usenet is opinion. Agreed. -- PeterN |
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Davoud:
P.S. Here's one more y'all might like https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/34885963754. PeterN: Very well done. did you use focus stacking? Indeed, in Photoshop CC 2017. The key to making such photos and showing details is big, soft light, I have found. That's a 500 watt-second studio flash in a softbox with a white foamcore reflector. Sam Droege of the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, just down the road from me in Beltsville, MD, uses an analogous technique, though he makes many more such photos than I do and his setup is geared for mass production. See the BIML Flickr page here https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/ and read about his technique in this PDF ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laur...Take%20MacroPh otographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf. I tried the BIML technique a few years ago, when I was just starting in photographing small arthropods and flowers, and I found it to be unsuitable my purposes, in part because my "laboratory" is a kitchen counter. But BIML's top-quality photos show that it works for Droege and his crew. For my setup, please see this photo of a blue mud dauber wasp, Chalybion californicum, https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/7749871750 and my "laboratory" setup for that photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/18783033861. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 7/27/2017 5:42 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: Snip Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. I guess I got a bit complacent with regard to that Osprey. He was a daily regular on my drive to work. Needless to say the lighting and sky changed day-to-day, as did the fish, but the bird and pole remained the same. https://www.dropbox.com/s/suq7xxiwbx5v2ip/dsc_0079C.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7td5jbhf98zhy7/dsc_0081C.jpg This guy is a much better image, though I would have liked to see him a little less centered. This is what the uncropped version looked like. Shot with D70 + 80-400mm https://www.dropbox.com/s/7j1kdtp652jj8yl/dsc_0081Oc.jpg I shudder to think what sort of crop you might have inflicted on this shot to extract the Osprey. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5jo0s333n3wcyt/dsc0062c.jpg Not sure I would even try. Are your other crops from that original? Nope! Depending on glass I got in a little closer. The unfortunate thing was being restricted by all the limitations of the D70. This shot is only resized from the NEF. No other post, no crop, no adjustments, no sharpening, etc. This was the D70 + 70-300mm. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv9hpke0xw2w89y/dsc_0032B.jpg Obviously not an Osprey https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxvo9r4pfv4g4es/Vegetarian%20Woodpecker.jpg?dl=0 That would be a Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao4wqtcalfsrlma/Thanksgiving%20escapee.jpg?dl=0 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 7/27/2017 9:13 PM, Bill W wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:10:45 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 4:34 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 8:22 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, David B. wrote (in article ): On 26-Jul-17 9:08 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 26, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jul 26, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/26/2017 10:47 AM, David B. wrote: On 26-Jul-17 3:35 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/26/2017 2:24 AM, RichA wrote: On Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:45:54 UTC-4, David B. wrote: I've just viewed the most fantastic images of birds - I have never seen finer, EVER! Other folk may view them he- http://www.primordial-light.com/aves.html I've made a note to explore David's work further when I return home to my iMac! Thank you for providing the route to find you, Davoud! :-D -- Regards, David B. Difficult, getting that close to a bird like those in the wild and not spooking them. Unless they are acclimated to people, or you use a long lens.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqsbscqwac...son%20birds%20 oy s ter%20cathcers%20terns_4192%20crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fjzuep8syetz60/my%20dinner.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycftpxc2x5...%20with%20fish .j p g?dl=0 The images at the links you posted, Peter, are not a patch on the quality of those photographs taken by Davoud (in MY opinion, anyway). OK. You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Reasons for your opinion would be appreciated. I can’t speak for David and his opinion, but I have my opinion, and observations regarding those three shots. Starting with the Oyster catcher. At first I thought this was your old Oyster catcher shot from a few years back, then I saw that this was recently captured with the D500. The image quality (IQ) is awful, and that seems to be a result of several things, including your usual crop, and poor focusing on this particular part of your frame. If this is a demonstration of the IQ capability of the D500, I am disappointed. The hawk shot is just a ridiculously severe crop resulting in an image not much better than a thumbnail. It hardly seemed worth posting. I certainly have managed to wring out better quality images with my D70. The Osprey is a great capture, but again suffers from your cropping, and sharpening techniques in post. The edge halo detracts from the image just as it did when you first shared it. BTW: here is a D70 shot of Osprey with snack from 2004. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Shared/Demo/dsc0067C.jpg Your comments say exactly what *I* had thought - thank you. Your link doesn't 'work' for me. :-( Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. As you recently said to me ..... ...... everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ;-) I certainly don't intend to force my opinion on anyone. I should have made it clear that comment was just my opinion. You shouldn't have to. It should already be clear that everything on usenet is opinion. I'm surprised "nospam" hasn't disagreed yet. ;-) -- == Later... Ron C cynic-in-training -- --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:01:19 -0400, Ron C wrote:
On 7/27/2017 9:13 PM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:10:45 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 4:34 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 8:22 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, David B. wrote (in article ): On 26-Jul-17 9:08 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 26, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jul 26, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/26/2017 10:47 AM, David B. wrote: On 26-Jul-17 3:35 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/26/2017 2:24 AM, RichA wrote: On Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:45:54 UTC-4, David B. wrote: I've just viewed the most fantastic images of birds - I have never seen finer, EVER! Other folk may view them he- http://www.primordial-light.com/aves.html I've made a note to explore David's work further when I return home to my iMac! Thank you for providing the route to find you, Davoud! :-D -- Regards, David B. Difficult, getting that close to a bird like those in the wild and not spooking them. Unless they are acclimated to people, or you use a long lens.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqsbscqwac...son%20birds%20 oy s ter%20cathcers%20terns_4192%20crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fjzuep8syetz60/my%20dinner.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycftpxc2x5...%20with%20fish .j p g?dl=0 The images at the links you posted, Peter, are not a patch on the quality of those photographs taken by Davoud (in MY opinion, anyway). OK. You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Reasons for your opinion would be appreciated. I can’t speak for David and his opinion, but I have my opinion, and observations regarding those three shots. Starting with the Oyster catcher. At first I thought this was your old Oyster catcher shot from a few years back, then I saw that this was recently captured with the D500. The image quality (IQ) is awful, and that seems to be a result of several things, including your usual crop, and poor focusing on this particular part of your frame. If this is a demonstration of the IQ capability of the D500, I am disappointed. The hawk shot is just a ridiculously severe crop resulting in an image not much better than a thumbnail. It hardly seemed worth posting. I certainly have managed to wring out better quality images with my D70. The Osprey is a great capture, but again suffers from your cropping, and sharpening techniques in post. The edge halo detracts from the image just as it did when you first shared it. BTW: here is a D70 shot of Osprey with snack from 2004. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Shared/Demo/dsc0067C.jpg Your comments say exactly what *I* had thought - thank you. Your link doesn't 'work' for me. :-( Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. As you recently said to me ..... ...... everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ;-) I certainly don't intend to force my opinion on anyone. I should have made it clear that comment was just my opinion. You shouldn't have to. It should already be clear that everything on usenet is opinion. I'm surprised "nospam" hasn't disagreed yet. ;-) Well, I assume he agrees. But I'd bet he also knows that I don't mean literally everything... |
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:39:17 -0700, Bill W
wrote: On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:01:19 -0400, Ron C wrote: On 7/27/2017 9:13 PM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:10:45 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 4:34 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 8:22 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, David B. wrote (in article ): On 26-Jul-17 9:08 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 26, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jul 26, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/26/2017 10:47 AM, David B. wrote: On 26-Jul-17 3:35 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/26/2017 2:24 AM, RichA wrote: On Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:45:54 UTC-4, David B. wrote: I've just viewed the most fantastic images of birds - I have never seen finer, EVER! Other folk may view them he- http://www.primordial-light.com/aves.html I've made a note to explore David's work further when I return home to my iMac! Thank you for providing the route to find you, Davoud! :-D -- Regards, David B. Difficult, getting that close to a bird like those in the wild and not spooking them. Unless they are acclimated to people, or you use a long lens.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqsbscqwac...son%20birds%20 oy s ter%20cathcers%20terns_4192%20crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fjzuep8syetz60/my%20dinner.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycftpxc2x5...%20with%20fish .j p g?dl=0 The images at the links you posted, Peter, are not a patch on the quality of those photographs taken by Davoud (in MY opinion, anyway). OK. You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Reasons for your opinion would be appreciated. I can’t speak for David and his opinion, but I have my opinion, and observations regarding those three shots. Starting with the Oyster catcher. At first I thought this was your old Oyster catcher shot from a few years back, then I saw that this was recently captured with the D500. The image quality (IQ) is awful, and that seems to be a result of several things, including your usual crop, and poor focusing on this particular part of your frame. If this is a demonstration of the IQ capability of the D500, I am disappointed. The hawk shot is just a ridiculously severe crop resulting in an image not much better than a thumbnail. It hardly seemed worth posting. I certainly have managed to wring out better quality images with my D70. The Osprey is a great capture, but again suffers from your cropping, and sharpening techniques in post. The edge halo detracts from the image just as it did when you first shared it. BTW: here is a D70 shot of Osprey with snack from 2004. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Shared/Demo/dsc0067C.jpg Your comments say exactly what *I* had thought - thank you. Your link doesn't 'work' for me. :-( Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. As you recently said to me ..... ...... everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ;-) I certainly don't intend to force my opinion on anyone. I should have made it clear that comment was just my opinion. You shouldn't have to. It should already be clear that everything on usenet is opinion. I'm surprised "nospam" hasn't disagreed yet. ;-) Well, I assume he agrees. But I'd bet he also knows that I don't mean literally everything... Every thing except the edge cases. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 7/27/2017 10:55 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/27/2017 5:42 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: Snip Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. I guess I got a bit complacent with regard to that Osprey. He was a daily regular on my drive to work. Needless to say the lighting and sky changed day-to-day, as did the fish, but the bird and pole remained the same. https://www.dropbox.com/s/suq7xxiwbx5v2ip/dsc_0079C.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7td5jbhf98zhy7/dsc_0081C.jpg This guy is a much better image, though I would have liked to see him a little less centered. This is what the uncropped version looked like. Shot with D70 + 80-400mm https://www.dropbox.com/s/7j1kdtp652jj8yl/dsc_0081Oc.jpg I shudder to think what sort of crop you might have inflicted on this shot to extract the Osprey. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5jo0s333n3wcyt/dsc0062c.jpg Not sure I would even try. Are your other crops from that original? Nope! Depending on glass I got in a little closer. The unfortunate thing was being restricted by all the limitations of the D70. This shot is only resized from the NEF. No other post, no crop, no adjustments, no sharpening, etc. This was the D70 + 70-300mm. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv9hpke0xw2w89y/dsc_0032B.jpg The D70 is not a bad camera. When I switched to digital, I went for the D200, because the D70 had issues with my AI lenses. My daughter made some nice money with her D70, and she prefers it to my old D200. though she has not had time to take many pictures after her promotion to Senior VP. She has no time. Obviously not an Osprey https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxvo9r4pfv4g4es/Vegetarian%20Woodpecker.jpg?dl=0 That would be a Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao4wqtcalfsrlma/Thanksgiving%20escapee.jpg?dl=0 You haven't identified that bird. -- PeterN |
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On Jul 28, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 7/27/2017 10:55 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/27/2017 5:42 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: Snip Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. I guess I got a bit complacent with regard to that Osprey. He was a daily regular on my drive to work. Needless to say the lighting and sky changed day-to-day, as did the fish, but the bird and pole remained the same. https://www.dropbox.com/s/suq7xxiwbx5v2ip/dsc_0079C.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7td5jbhf98zhy7/dsc_0081C.jpg This guy is a much better image, though I would have liked to see him a little less centered. This is what the uncropped version looked like. Shot with D70 + 80-400mm https://www.dropbox.com/s/7j1kdtp652jj8yl/dsc_0081Oc.jpg I shudder to think what sort of crop you might have inflicted on this shot to extract the Osprey. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5jo0s333n3wcyt/dsc0062c.jpg Not sure I would even try. Are your other crops from that original? Nope! Depending on glass I got in a little closer. The unfortunate thing was being restricted by all the limitations of the D70. This shot is only resized from the NEF. No other post, no crop, no adjustments, no sharpening, etc. This was the D70 + 70-300mm. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv9hpke0xw2w89y/dsc_0032B.jpg The D70 is not a bad camera. When I switched to digital, I went for the D200, because the D70 had issues with my AI lenses. My daughter made some nice money with her D70, and she prefers it to my old D200. though she has not had time to take many pictures after her promotion to Senior VP. She has no time. Obviously not an Osprey https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxvo9r4pfv...ecker.jpg?dl=0 That would be a Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao4wqtcalfsrlma/Thanksgiving%20escapee.jpg?dl=0 You haven't identified that bird. That was Arthur the escapee. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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