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[mikew_RIP]

This is one of those times when they think you cant see them.

 

[Blacktop]

Heron

Great shot Mike. do you remember where the focus point was on this shot? It is very sharp.

 

[mikew_RIP]

Great shot Mike. do you remember where the focus point was on this shot? It is very sharp.

Trust you to ask about this one

Just checked in NX and its on its shoulder,i was in a very windy position and struggling to keep the focus point on its eye so i did some on its shoulder,i have done selective sharpening on the whole bird,then a second selective on the eye and beak area.

 

[Ironwood]

Great shots Mike. You are getting the best out of that D7100/Tamron combo.

I hope your separation will be a short one.

 

[Moab Man]

You cut the detail into that heron shot with a razor blade - nice.

 

[mikew_RIP]

You cut the detail into that heron shot with a razor blade - nice.

Thanks its something ime trying to perfect,my thoughts are you aim for an out of focus background but if you apply sharpening to the whole image you start to defeat the aim.

 

[Moab Man]

@mikew Agreed. Do you use Photoshop CC? There is a Focus Selection tool that will select only what's in focus. Works nicely for what you're saying.

 

[mikew_RIP]

@mikew Agreed. Do you use Photoshop CC? There is a Focus Selection tool that will select only what's in focus. Works nicely for what you're saying.

No only got Elements 11 so having to work with High pass and the eraser

 

[Vixen]

If you like the background more out of focus why not use a wider aperture? I shoot most of my bird shots with aperture fully open. Or am I not understanding your meaning?

I do feel a blurred background puts the "focus" (so to speak) on the bird

 

[Vixen]

You cut the detail into that heron shot with a razor blade - nice.

It's great detail is it not? I love to see each individual feather. Don't always achieve that but Mike did so very well on this heron shot.

 

[weebee]

That is a nice shot. The detail is excellent.

 

[mikew_RIP]

If you like the background more out of focus why not use a wider aperture? I shoot most of my bird shots with aperture fully open. Or am I not understanding your meaning?

I do feel a blurred background puts the "focus" (so to speak) on the bird

It's great detail is it not? I love to see each individual feather. Don't always achieve that but Mike did so very well on this heron shot.

Thanks Vixen,i choose the aperture for various reasons,to give me the shutter speed i need/want,to try to get the best out of the lens, isolate the subject or more DOF,the trouble is these choices often work against each other

 

[mikew_RIP]

That is a nice shot. The detail is excellent.

Thank you Steve

 

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

Love the Heron shot! Tack sharp!

 

[mikew_RIP]

Love the Heron shot! Tack sharp!

Thanks Chris

 

[mikew_RIP]

This isnt your normal snow scene,the thing is we may get a couple of feet or no more at all this year, so posting this to cover my commitment but will get better if i can.

Camera
NIKON 1 V2

Focal Length
13.1mm

Aperture
f/4

Exposure
1/5s

ISO
3200​

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[Marilynne]

That's more snow than we get.

 

[mikew_RIP]

That's more snow than we get.

Go on rub it in

 

[mikew_RIP]

More snow today but it just replaced the small amount we have had.

 

[traceyjj]

Looks like you had more than we did... although I had to go to Manchester for workon Thursday, and the over the penine train journey had so much snow!