TooManyShots wrote:
Beautiful shots and good and warm lighting.

Thank you & so glad you like them.

Lil

Bahama.Llama wrote:
All of these are great shots, but I believe the background in #5 makes it the winner. Nice work!

Thank you Evan,

glad you like them & # 5 has a special place in my heart.

Lil

Thomas Sanders wrote:
Wow Lil Super sharp and lovely color!
No favs here all are excellent
Last one looks to be a Goldfinch to me with her winter suit on

Tom

Thank you Tom,

so glad you like them.

OK - with my ID & then two more - I now consider this a firm ID.

Thank you

Lil

Raindrop_333 wrote:
Lovely crisp images, Lil.

Jenna


Thank you Jenna,

glad you like them. You should stop by more often.

Lil

Shasoc wrote:
Great captures, Lil. They are very well exposed with sharp detail, good lighting and pleasing colors and bg. #1 and 4 are my favorites.
Socrate


Thank you Socrate,

thrilled you like them. Thanks for the picks.

Lil

Very nice shots, Lil. Just the right amount of sharpening for me. Wonderful poses and backgrounds. Way to go!

Nice job, Lil, nice and sharp with a pretty background. Bruce

Lil Judd wrote:

Thank you Tim.

I find it amusing that some are maybe a tad over sharpened. I've barely done any sharpening. Got to tell Nikon their lenses are almost too sharp.


Lil, my sweet are you doing any sharpening in the camera?

Are you using ACR without turning the sharpening off?



OK - I will tell Ross that when we go up he'd better be prepared that I have things to do. people to meet & go shooting with. He can hang out with his mother & sister & I'll go shooting with you guys. he'll be OK with that.


Good man and you betcha, there are a bunch of us waiting to meet you.



Lou is a very lucky man. He's been doing this for a long time & has had time to collect lenses over the years.


Lou is the biggest assest this forum has, the man is a national treasure.



Tim

JJBub wrote:
Very nice shots, Lil. Just the right amount of sharpening for me. Wonderful poses and backgrounds. Way to go!

Thank you Cris,

glad you like them & thank you for the kind words.

Lil

B Benson wrote:
Nice job, Lil, nice and sharp with a pretty background. Bruce

Thank you Bruce,

very kind of you & I'm thrilled you like them.

Lil

Tim Kuhn wrote:


Lil, my sweet are you doing any sharpening in the camera?

Are you using ACR without turning the sharpening off?

Tim my friend,

The D300 has a scale of 1-9 in camera sharpening. Mine is set at 4. In post I may set it at 5 or 6. NX2 allows me to totally change any in camera settings in post.

Don't use ACR. (Don't even know what it stands for - - hiding my inexperience)


Good man and you betcha, there are a bunch of us waiting to meet you.

Sounds wonderful. Since Ross just started "Criminal Minds" it won't be for a few months.



Lou is the biggest assest this forum has, the man is a national treasure.



That Lou is - a real treasure & a generous & loving heart. A big teddy bear as far as I'm concerned & someone with more knowledge that most of us can hope to ever acquire.

Lil

Hi Lil,

Beautiful series - love the sharpness - I must look into getting one of those lenses.

Thanks for recent advice BTY. Hope u r feeling better.

Alan

caralan9 wrote:
Hi Lil,

Beautiful series - love the sharpness - I must look into getting one of those lenses.

Thanks for recent advice BTY. Hope u r feeling better.

Alan

Thank you Alan,

I know I've not responded to your e-mail, but I'm aware of it. Just a tad busy right now.

Glad you like the series & yes - you should look into the 300mm AF-S f/4. It's got a bad foot, but add the Kirk collar & it's super sharp. not wide open, but just slightly stopped down.

I'm a lot better thank you & I will get to your e-mail today.

Thanks

Lil

Yellow birds are always cheerful and comforting Lil. Add to the fact that you did a marvelous job on all of them makes me smile

Karl

Beautiful work Lil!

You sure are busy girl even at home, great Goldfinches series my favorite is #4.

Garen

Beautiful colors---real eye candy for me!!

Karl Witt wrote:
Yellow birds are always cheerful and comforting Lil. Add to the fact that you did a marvelous job on all of them makes me smile

Karl

Ahhhhhh how sweet of you Karl,

thank you my friend. Busy day & no time for here at all. So thrilled you like them.

Lil

Brenton Biggs wrote:
Beautiful work Lil!

Thank you Brenton,

so glad you like them.

Lil

GAREN wrote:
You sure are busy girl even at home, great Goldfinches series my favorite is #4.

Garen

Well Garen, due to the fire my riding has been impaired a lot. I have to ride far on the street & going away it's OK, but heading home my Warmblood gets difficult & that's a pain in heavy traffic where people are driving about 50 mph on streets. Also, I have to cross major intersections - add an off & on ramp of the freeway - - not easy with two horses.

So things are not the greatest with the horses who want to go out on the trail & run. I have to try again soon - but it's not fun at all.

Glad you like them & thank you for the pick.

Lil