Spring! And a few birds.

Giphsub

The first warmish day for a while, and I went out to see what was about. :scratch Dunno what some are, so IDs appreciated :thumb C&C also welcome.

#1 I have a feeling someone ID'd this as a Savannah Sparrow for me another time.


#2 Shrike (I think)


#3 And again (cute little fella)


#4 no idea :dunno

Harryb

Nice set Mike especially #2. You may want to try to bring out the eyes a tad more. You could try selecting the eyes and applying some USM to them.

dbaker1221

really nice series

jwear

very nice and a ?? are you having any focusing issues with your d300 ? bifs ,Df, or if the object is far away not as sharp as it could be

spechtal

great series. I like the shrike.

Ric Grupe

Funny...I looked at #2 and thought "cute little fella"...and then looked at your description of #3!

I really like the last one...I have no idea either.

Giphsub

Harryb wrote:

Nice set Mike especially #2. You may want to try to bring out the eyes a tad more. You could try selecting the eyes and applying some USM to them.

Thanks Harry. I've not done that before, so dunno what to do. Any suggestions??

Giphsub

dbaker1221 wrote:

really nice series

Thanks Dave. Appreciated

Giphsub

jwear wrote:

very nice and a ?? are you having any focusing issues with your d300 ? bifs ,Df, or if the object is far away not as sharp as it could be

Thanks Jeff. And actually, yes, I am having almost that exact problem, but I was putting it down to the Bigma. Is that the problem you had?? Is it easily fixed?? Sheeeeeeet! I'm only in Japan for another few week, so it will be a hassle getting it fixed if it is the camera...

Giphsub

spechtal wrote:

great series. I like the shrike.

Thanks Angela He/She is cute eh!

Giphsub

Ric Grupe wrote:

Funny...I looked at #2 and thought "cute little fella"...and then looked at your description of #3!

I really like the last one...I have no idea either.

Great minds eh! Thanks for the comments Ric

Maestro

Beautiful perches. I really like the shrike!!

Giphsub

Thanks Stephen, it is a cute little bird isn't it.

Harryb

Giphsub wrote:

Thanks Harry. I've not done that before, so dunno what to do. Any suggestions??

Its easy Mike, just enlarge the pic on your PC screen until you have the eyes large enough to select them with the "lasso" tool. Once you have the eyes selected apply USM to the selection (only the eyes will be sharpened).

If the eyes still don't stand out then lighten the selection.

raptorcaptor

Nice set Mike! Love the shrike shots!

Giphsub

Harryb wrote:

Its easy Mike, just enlarge the pic on your PC screen until you have the eyes large enough to select them with the "lasso" tool. Once you have the eyes selected apply USM to the selection (only the eyes will be sharpened).

If the eyes still don't stand out then lighten the selection.

Cheers Harry Will try it.

Giphsub

raptorcaptor wrote:

Nice set Mike! Love the shrike shots!

Thanks for commenting Glenn

BigAl

Very nice Mike! Love the shrikes

Giphsub

Thanks BigAl:D It's funny, I hadn't really noticed these birds up to about a year ago. Now that I have noticed them I see them quite a lot.

Giphsub

Went back and did the eyes Harry. Noticeable on 2 of them. Not such a difference on the shrike which has black eyes anyway.