SunBird @ SBG

[ortega]

3rd attempt at birding

critiques please





I need a 500mm lens (images are cropped for composition)
thanks

[Esystem]

Too mush noise reduction on both of your pictures. Look like your bird had just came back from a Facial treatment.

[ortega]

thanks, let me check my camera, I might have forgotton to turn off the NR.
but it could be the 2X TC

[Zeckson Chow]

Bro... Very nice catch. The composition is just nice for me. Colours and white balances are good too. However, too soft in my opinion. Did you apply too much Gaussian Blur?

[fuse]

hey bro, thats a nice catch of the male sunbird, u just into birding also? me got recommended by bro garion to AWA at avianwatchasia.org, a few CS dudes are in there also and i learn quite a lot too.....

managed to get a shot of a female one recently but not a good angle and not sure how to edit also, only learnt USM recently, how do u guys reduce noise after sharpening?

thanks

[ortega]

thanks zec

I did notice the soft spots in the image, strangly it occurs in patches
I am investigating the cause

did not use gaussian blur at all (why would i want to blur my image?)
I did however, applied smart sharpen and neat image

I will open the jpg file from the camera and check

[ortega]

images from my camera are also as such (soft in certain areas)
will investigate further

[oeyvind]

Originally Posted by ortega did not use gaussian blur at all (why would i want to blur my image?) I did however, applied smart sharpen and neat image

Too much neat image/NR, looks like plastic

[ortega]

Originally Posted by oeyvind Too much neat image/NR, looks like plastic

nope, as mentioned above unprocesses images from my camera also like that
will test lens setup this weekend