Looking at 3 Nestling Great Egrets.
Cropped; tripod mounted FE 100-400mm f4-f5.6 GM set to 400mm andA7rIII, silent shutter.
ISO 100, f5.6, 1/500 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.39 Stops.
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
I am continuously amazed at what Luminar sky replacement can do. Below is a before and after. There were some minor touchups on some branches but it was literally 30 seconds worth. I can't wait for sky replacement with reflections coming in a future version.
I know this is not everyone's cup of tea and we might each have our own limits to the extent or realism of sky replacement. For me, this simply another artistic tool for those times when I am traveling only to met with boring skies. Or when I have a vision of what the scene could be. To each his/her own . . .
galenapass wrote:
Out of curiosity, how much extension?
A combo of 10 and 16mm extension tubes; basically that’s the typical set available in the market. The lens was roughly at the minimum focusing distance with those 2 tubes.
AGeoJO wrote:
^^ Wow, Rene, what an awesome view and an impressive image!
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Another image and a crop from yesterday of a visitor to my backyard...
Two extension tubes were used in combo to get to this magnification. The image is cropped slightly and only in the upper left area.
my dear friend.
Thank you for your very appreciated words and your wonderful pictures. the view is really fantastic. am used to it. and yet it always takes my breath away. happy holidays and stay healthy
Douglas Liu wrote:
Great shot of the hummers, Joshua. Do the tubes affect AF? I bought ans sold a set of Kenko tubes, never used them.
Thank you very much, Douglas! I don’t use mine very often either but they do come in handy to get a higher magnification ratio as here. Withe combo of extension tubes, the actual distance to the flowers/hummer is approximately 9-10 feet. I have been using them daily for the last few days now . I am not sure whether it affects the AF speed in any way but the AF zips right on to the spot I focus on each time, the eye of the hummer using the Small Selectable AF-Area.
. I am not sure whether it affects the AF speed in any way but the AF zips right on to the spot I focus on each time, the eye of the hummer using the Small Selectable AF-Area. 
