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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2020 09:33 |
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Graham Whistler
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Not bad at all through a window. Sorry had go in PS and pulled out a lot more detail. Are you using 9 point focus now , this is spot on? Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2020 09:53 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:Agree Chris, but it is half the price of my previous Nikon 500mm f4 and nearly 1/2 the weight and size. Quality of images is best ever far better auto focus compared with my old lens and you can carry it round all day. That is what you get for first class results at a very reasonable price. Lovely portrait, Graham There is no doubt that the D850 and PF 500mm lens are capable of superb clarity and the lens weight makes it a joy to handle. Not actually sure where my tripod is? You are really getting the best out off the equipment. Well done. The only point I would add, is that one's technique has to be spot on to capitalise on the massive potential of the combination. I confess when at home I am less precise, perhaps even a bit slapdash (eg shooting through windows and using less than optimum settings),being happy to just record the event/creature. As we have discussed, Affinity Photos raw converter is not getting the most out of the Nikon raws....something I need to address when I have a moment. So HOW you handle the raw image is a significant factor to quality results. My fieldcraft also has a lot to be desired. A Great Spotted Woodpecker landed in our old apple tree and I started off photographing from the house but every time it went behind a bough I crept closer....finally resorting to stealth mode....  Click here to comment on this image. Jan captured the moment my crawling dragged the trousers off...but I've spared the world that horror. I am currently waiting to be airlifted to a vertical position. Once that has been achieved and I have removed the imbedded bread, corn, mealworms, peanuts, squashed fruit, hedgehog droppings and bird poo from my clothes, I will attempt to process and post what I got.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2020 10:02 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:Not bad at all through a window. Sorry had go in PS and pulled out a lot more detail. Are you using 9 point focus now , this is spot on? Yes ...the 9 point is better than single spot and group modes that I WAS using. Youve convinced me I need to dump Affinity if I want the best out of the images....just have to get Photoshop onto my laptop. Or maybe a new laptop?
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2020 16:29 |
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Eric
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2020 17:46 |
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Graham Whistler
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Super shots Eric.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2020 02:41 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:Super shots Eric. Thanks. I love the lychen dust being scratched off by his claws as he scrambled up the tree in the 2nd image. Ridiculously slow shutter speed given the lighting under the tree shade....the sun only appeared as it flew away! 😡 I had the iso at 2000 (should have gone higher) and using f11 meant I was hand holding 700mm at 1/200th. A testament to the lightweight nature of this combination. His head was moving around like ...err...a woodpecker, so I was lucky to get some stationery shots. I ditched over 100 blurred ones. 😔 Mike tells me this is an juvenile male, as the red on the head extends completely forward. When they are full adults, bizarrely only the nape retains the red. I would have expected a breeding adult to have the greater decoration? Nature is complicated.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2020 05:11 |
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Graham Whistler
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A super set of pictures well taken you were lucky it stayed so long. I have tested the 500 PF hand held and still sharp at 1/60 sec the VR works very well. But as you say faster speeds needed for noving bird. Sorry for off topic but this shows how good VR is taken in a French chateau in 2004 Nikon D70 18-70mm lens at 18mm with VR hand held 1/2sec f5.6 it is very sharp even on a 16x20 inch print. I also often say we forget just how good these early DSLRs from Nikon were. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2020 10:17 |
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Iain
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One from today. The debate is still on, I think its a juvenile Willow Tit but I've asked a friend with about ten times my knowledge on birds to see what he says. DSC_0883 by Iain Clyne, on Flickr
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2020 11:24 |
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Iain
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I meant to say Willow Warbler which it has been confirmed as. I must read what I write before posting. I must read what I write before posting. I must read what I write before posting.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2020 11:39 |
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Graham Whistler
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Ian nice shot I agree 90% it is a Willow Warbler, colour looks right,thin pale strip over eye, pale yellow/brown legs, short thin bill here in Summer. See what Eric thinks.
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