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BIF - D500 with the 200-500 lens
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 729746" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>First off, lovely bird. We don't get them over here. What is it?</p><p></p><p>For some reason the forum software isn't letting me display them any larger than the inset, but I can see that you're shooting wide open and that's the first thing I'd recommend changing as if a lens will be soft it's there, particular with big zooms. I shoot with the 500mm f5.6pf and it's pretty sharp across the board, but I still keep it at f7.1 because I can see a difference. </p><p></p><p>Next thing I'd recommend is moving beyond Lightroom for post-processing. I've used just about everything but I ran into a guy while shooting a pair of bald eagles near my mom in Florida and he turned me on to Topaz Adjust AI (which subsequently led me to Topaz Denoise AI). It's fundamentally changed the way I post-process wildlife shots. Adjust has a section much like the Basic tab in the Lightroom Develop module and honestly I've found that to be useless. But it has Clarity and Detail sections that are effectively very focused breakdowns of the Texture and Clarity sliders in Lightroom/Camera Raw that allow you to focus how those are applied, and then a sharpening slider that seems to have built in intelligent masking. It's easy to overdo it at first but after you figure out how each slider impacts the image it's easy to hone in on a beautifully sharp image. Nice thing about them is that you can download fully functional 30-day trial versions, so when you're ready to try them you can do it without buying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 729746, member: 9240"] First off, lovely bird. We don't get them over here. What is it? For some reason the forum software isn't letting me display them any larger than the inset, but I can see that you're shooting wide open and that's the first thing I'd recommend changing as if a lens will be soft it's there, particular with big zooms. I shoot with the 500mm f5.6pf and it's pretty sharp across the board, but I still keep it at f7.1 because I can see a difference. Next thing I'd recommend is moving beyond Lightroom for post-processing. I've used just about everything but I ran into a guy while shooting a pair of bald eagles near my mom in Florida and he turned me on to Topaz Adjust AI (which subsequently led me to Topaz Denoise AI). It's fundamentally changed the way I post-process wildlife shots. Adjust has a section much like the Basic tab in the Lightroom Develop module and honestly I've found that to be useless. But it has Clarity and Detail sections that are effectively very focused breakdowns of the Texture and Clarity sliders in Lightroom/Camera Raw that allow you to focus how those are applied, and then a sharpening slider that seems to have built in intelligent masking. It's easy to overdo it at first but after you figure out how each slider impacts the image it's easy to hone in on a beautifully sharp image. Nice thing about them is that you can download fully functional 30-day trial versions, so when you're ready to try them you can do it without buying. [/QUOTE]
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