Oyster Catchers.

[busterboy]

My word these take some catching up with..:nuts:


1.
http://www.zen118613.zen.co.uk/birds/heron/oystercatcher.jpg

2.
http://www.zen118613.zen.co.uk/birds/heron/oystercatcher=1.jpg

[grumpybadger]

Love the first one, second appears to be a bit soft around the head (is is a tight crop?)

[busterboy]

Love the first one, second appears to be a bit soft around the head (is is a tight crop?)


Yes mate, Couldnt get near these birds at all, Both shots were taken at 700mm and heavily cropped.:eek:

[Richard Peters]

lol, oddly, when I went to Mull in Scotland a few weeks ago these things were everywhere. And pretty easy to get close to conpared to the few I have seen down south. By the end of the holiday we were ignoring them and not bothering to take shots as we had seen so many lol

[Jonnyreb]

I see Tim's been out bothering the birds again :D

At least with the 1Ds MKII you can crop heavily and still get decent resolution ;)

[busterboy]

I see Tim's been out bothering the birds again :D

At least with the 1Ds MKII you can crop heavily and still get decent resolution ;)

Another advantage with the 16.7 Megapixel camera..:thumbs:

[Richard Peters]

Another advantage with the 16.7 Megapixel camera..:thumbs:

[homer voice]mmmm 16.7 megapixels[/homer voice] lol

Whats the pixel size of these monster files?

I went to a thing once that had some wildlife photog pro's giving talks and one said he used a MKII purely because it means if he is shooting bids in flight he just has to worry about getting them in the frame somewhere at a reasonable size, then he just crops right down at home to get the right framing. Was shocked as at the time I thought pro's got all that framing etc right at the time of shooting and thats what made them so good. However it was also nice to know we are all capable of getting perfect framing just like them and they don't get it all right at the time of shooting!

[Jonnyreb]

[homer voice]mmmm 16.7 megapixels[/homer voice] lol

Whats the pixel size of these monster files?

I went to a thing once that had some wildlife photog pro's giving talks and one said he used a MKII purely because it means if he is shooting bids in flight he just has to worry about getting them in the frame somewhere at a reasonable size, then he just crops right down at home to get the right framing. Was shocked as at the time I thought pro's got all that framing etc right at the time of shooting and thats what made them so good. However it was also nice to know we are all capable of getting perfect framing just like them and they don't get it all right at the time of shooting!

About 17mb RAW and 98mb TIF - makes 5 shot pano's a very slow process!!

[grumpybadger]

Bizarely, one of the highlights of a recent trip to Knowsley Safari Park was the oyster catcher that just happened to be passing through (i.e. not captive).

Not in flight but nice to be able to get so close:

http://www.beastall.com/2007_knowsley/bin/images/medium/nr7v7849.jpg

Paul

[Richard Peters]

About 17mb RAW and 98mb TIF - makes 5 shot pano's a very slow process!!
Thats not bad actually, my D2x does un-compressed RAWs about the same size. Tell me about the pano's, I did one recently that was 380mb before I even started adjusting it using layers - ended up at about 800mb before I flattened it :gag:

What are the dimensions of the files?

[Ewan]

First shot is great. Not too much noise, despite the crop. The only thing that spoils it IMO is that reflection down the bottom of the pic :( Other than that, great :D

You don't wanna go near these things when they have nests... :shake: I've seen them dive-bombing geese, and heard of them dive-bombing humans!

[matty]

i would run them both through noiseware Tim, just to get rid of some of the grain