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Indeed, 2 cool takes…
though #1 seems to be over sharpened!
Pretty much agree with all the comments above, The Major issue with both images is that they lack detail caused by high ISO or large crops I would imagine...
What detail is lacking in the Ct Joe?
•Indeed, 2 cool takes… though #1 seems to be over sharpened!
I see, what I learned to recognize as sharpening artefact, the excessiveIn what respect?
From what I can see there is a lot of noise in the background of the image and the branch and bird itself lack the fine details on the feathers etc. Looking back at the image this could be caused by a crop plus some hefty noise reduction? As I said before framing wise, colours all look spot on its just the level of detail on the shots isn't there if you get where I'm coming from, if your happy with the shots then thats fine, just sharing my honest opinion...
I see what I learned to recognize as sharpening artefact the excessive
micro contrast specially on the green growth on the lower part of the branch, for example.
I saw a couple of Blackcaps outside my work today. First time I've seen them up there.