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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 12:52 |
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Judith
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I had a shot at seagull snapping a couple of weeks ago. Birds are a pain - damned things keep moving!! My technique probably won't help you much but was... Oh, bird! Point camera. Follow the bird, follow the bird, follow the bird...SNAP!!  It worked though. D810 and 70-300 lens. Here's one of the piccies. Nothing done to it except a resize for here. Yes, that is a genuine Scottish blue sky - it happens sometimes! The second pic is a crop from the centre of it. Very sharp. The light conditions were pretty good though. Attachment: JWP_7698crop.JPG (Downloaded 17 times)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 12:53 |
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Judith
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And the detail of the bird's head... Attachment: JWP_7698crop2.JPG (Downloaded 15 times)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 13:10 |
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Judith
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I had a rather different birds in flight challenge last month though when I went on an Osprey spotting walk. The light was chalenging as it was evening and by the time I spotted one it was 10pm and I was walking back to the car. OK, it was in the north of Scotland at the height of summer and it was still light. So, I pointed the trusty D810 and used the technique above and shot off a series of pics. Considering the poor light and the distance the osprey was from me, I am amazed at the amount of detail the camera picked up and that it managed to focus at all. They're not great quality, but hey, it's an osprey and I'm happy lol. I'm clueless about noise reduction. What would be the best way to clean it up a bit? Iso 6400, 1/1250s, f5.6 70-300mm at 300. This is the original pic: Attachment: JWP_7569sm.JPG (Downloaded 15 times)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 13:10 |
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Judith
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And this is it cropped with a quick levels adjustment. Attachment: JWP_7569 crop.jpg (Downloaded 16 times)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 14:08 |
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Robert
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A very quick process in Lightroom then into 'DeFine' one of the NIK filters, then into Photoshop and used the blur brush very finely to blend the noise both on the bird and the sky around the bird. Left the remaining noise so you can see the difference. We have a pair of Osprays nesting not too far from here on my way back to Morecambe, I keep meaning to call by and see what I can get... This may be just the inspiration I need! Had it been a full res image in NEF I could have done a lot more I think. Attachment: Screen Shot 2017-08-28 at 20.03.00.jpg (Downloaded 15 times)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 14:25 |
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jk
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So that is from a 36MP image so image it with 1/4 or even a 1/3 less noise and grain from the D850.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 14:26 |
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jk
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Judith wrote:I had a shot at seagull snapping a couple of weeks ago. Birds are a pain - damned things keep moving!! But this is a very nice shot! BTW prepare for visitors next year in 2018. NC500 beckons but I might get distracted!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 14:31 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:So that is from a 36MP image so image it with 1/4 or even a 1/3 less noise and grain from the D850. No, that's an unprocessed JPEG crop which has also endured the forum software degradation. I would expect that to be twice as good with a well processed non reduced file, posted through Flicker, or viewed on the photographers own screen.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 15:33 |
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Eric
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Lovely gull shot Judith. I am up in Scotland in September...please arrange for same blue sky and obliging birds. 
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2017 15:58 |
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Judith
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Robert wrote: A very quick process in Lightroom then into 'DeFine' one of the NIK filters, then into Photoshop and used the blur brush very finely to blend the noise both on the bird and the sky around the bird. Left the remaining noise so you can see the difference. Thanks Robert. I haven't investigated Define yet. I'll give it a whirl with the nef when I get time. There are 8 or so pairs of ospreys at the RSPB reserve in Loch Garten which is a fair bit away from me but they fly to the shore at Spey Bay to feed (think its about 50 miles so they earn their snacks).
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